I forget how I found this link, but it goes to a live HD feed of the view of earth from the International Space Station. Every time I get a quick break, I click to see where it is. Alas, a lot of the time the screen is black, which means that the ISS is on the night side of Earth. Other times all I can see is cloud cover, but even that is fascinating.... Read more →
We like museums, so last Sunday we drove into Philly to the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Antropology. The write-up in our handy-dandy tourist guide said it had great collections of ancient artifacts, and they were not lying. Penn Museum of Achaeology and Anthropology First of all, the admissions was reduced because it's summertime. And because the museum is not air conditioned! Well, given that it was founded in the late 1800s, I'm not surprised.... Read more →
What a fun Fourth of July weekend! We did cool stuff and we relaxed, we ate and drank, we drove and walked. That's pretty much it! Well, okay -- here's a bit more detail. On the fourth itself, we hung out here at home. We did go for a nice walk by the river and down the trail, but other than that, we did some serious nothing. In the evening we got to hear many... Read more →