An encomium to Craig Symonds

Now that almost all my friends from Tape Day have gotten to see themselves on TV, I thought it might be worth a second blog post to reminisce about the experience of watching oneself on Jeopardy! (…

And it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. The Journey I’ve taken the Jeopardy! Anytime test almost every year for the past many years. Nothing ever came of it, nor did I exp…

And it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. The Journey I’ve taken the Jeopardy! Anytime test almost every year for the past many years. Nothing ever came of it, nor did I exp…

ALT: Master And Commander Peter Weir: 1805 Intro

John Williams has written some of the most famous film scores ever, from Star Wars to Indiana Jones to Jurassic Park . But before the blockbuster success, there was a kid growing up around jazz m...

Tropy is free open-source software that allows you to organize and describe photographs of research material.

One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer ship

The United States in the First Barbary War, 1800–1805

According to me. So, take that under advisement.

ALT: a man with a beard is talking and says your conclusions were all wrong

This post will be updated with additional information as available. U.S. Naval Academy and Naval Support Activity Annapolis are on lockdown following reports of a threat against the installation, a Na...