Trees of Mystery
Another estate sale find. I picked up some old educational slide show presentations, complete with cassette tapes. First up is a presentation about the Trees of Mystery in Oregon. I scanned all the slides, digitized the tape, and put it all together in iMovie. This was my first attempt using iMovie, and it turned out [...]
Red Cross Trainmobile
Here’s a treasure I picked up at a rummage sale a while ago. Two very large 16″ acetates* that lost their labels a long time ago. I love picking up unmarked acetates as they’re a complete surprise. Sometimes it’s a child’s bad piano rehearsal, sometimes it’s gold like this one. The recording is a WWII [...]
Now Reading: The Poisoner’s Handbook
I recently picked up The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York and I am enjoying it thoroughly. As some of you know, I’m a sucker for books about obscure American history. This one follows the birth of forensic science in early 20th century New York. I’m only [...]
Interesting Article About Miscegenation
It’s an older article (2004) but it’s a damn good one. One aspect that I found particulary note-worthy are the arguments against interracial marriage in the 1780′s: First, judges claimed that marriage belonged under the control of the states rather than the federal government. Second, they began to define and label all interracial relationships (even [...]
Renraku.com v10.0
Woo! I can’t remember exactly what version this reincarnation is, but it’s at least 10. I built the WordPress theme from scratch and spent a few days getting the style where I wanted it. I’ve been running a few separate blogs, but I think I’ll just make this the one-stop-shop for that stuff. I’ll probably [...]
