Under pressure

I told myself I wasn't going to do this. "It's too cliché," I said. "Everyone will make fun of you for capitalizing on a wave of popularity." But you know what? This is my blog and I can do whatever I want. Also, I couldn't come up with anything substantial enough to be a feasible …

The magic of maps

A good, old-fashioned map can add a whole lot of character to a place. Sure, the colorful country-accurate map of the Earth on a globe is an impressive sight especially fully animated online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcJzi2GvNWc But that view of the planet is a bit too modernist and clinical for my tastes. I'm more of a fan …