What’s On My Desktop?

This is my desktop today. Actually, it’s not really a desktop, it’s a drafting table, and it’s more for projects than for office-type work, but you didn’t know that. The contents of the table depend entirely on what I’m focusing on [...]

Nine things you can learn from your family history

If you think names like Esther, George, or Gertrude are old fashioned, it’s only because you haven’t gone far enough back in time to find Lurinda, Appolonia, Abais, Gurthelia, Arbutus, Orange, and Flora Bell. Go on, guess which ones are the men in that list. Appolonia is such an excellent name, you might find [...]