I’ve known about a wonderful history site, MacroHistory, for quite some time, and I’ve even posted about it here before. But when I posted about it, it was a tiny note in a post about me essentially being busy with class work, and not having much time to blog. Considering how much I like and [...]
History
American Pride
After watching the inaugural speech yesterday by Obama, I think that, in time, if he follows through with what he has promised, I will once again have some pride in being American. The past 8 years, and in particular, the last 4, have had me feeling quite self conscious when, talking to people on the internet, [...]
Google Maps and the Isle of Lindisfarne
Earlier today I was reading some of Magnus Magnusson’s Scotland: Story of a Nation, which led me off on a bit of a peculiar web path. In the text, Lindisfarne Island was mentioned a few times, which is the site of the first Viking Age invasion in England. They attacked on June 8th of 793AD, [...]
Term Paper Woes (Part 2)
I wrote a couple of days ago about having some serious problems with getting started on a term paper for one of my classes. Things with it have moved forward a bit, and so I wanted to toss an update out:
I now have enough material to write the paper. However, only one of my sources [...]
Term Paper Woes
It’s that time of the semester again – that is, close to its end. I think just about anyone who’s done the whole college thing would say that the end of the semester, the last few weeks, are the worst. Even if you stay on top of things the rest of the time, things start [...]
