Wednesday, 01.18.2012 | by Margi | 0 comments
Today is about stopping SOPA and PIPA, which I definitely support and want to participate in. Certainly I should be marching on our senators’ offices and demanding freedom, or something. But as it happens I’m doing some research for a … Continue reading
Monday, 12.26.2011 | by Margi | 0 comments
I’ve recently picked up a copy of Robert Bruce’s biography, Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude and, oh my, the love letters sent from Bell to Mabel Hubbard have left me breathless. (Chapter 15, if like me … Continue reading
Sunday, 12.25.2011 | by Margi | 0 comments
Saturday, 12.24.2011 | by Margi | 0 comments
Things I don’t understand: math mostly; the balancing equations of chemical reactions; physics in general; energy and its transformation from, say, sound into electrical currents and back into sound; frequencies carrying sound and light. These are various systems of logic, … Continue reading
Tuesday, 09.20.2011 | by Margi | 2 Comments
What a beautiful way to spend a morning. As visual research for an upcoming project, I’ve been looking through Chronicling America, a long-term project dedicated to digitizing historic newspapers. The project is maintained by the Library of Congress, in partnership … Continue reading