Wikipedia's logo—an unfinished jigsaw puzzle shaped like a globe with characters from several languages on the pieces—actually has a few errors. Though Wikipedia knows about the errors, it has chosen not to correct them: After all, it's fitting that the logo for the open-source online enc...
It all started in 1800. After George Washington’s death in 1799, his birthday (February 22) became a national day of remembrance. The 1832 centennial of his birth and the start of construction of the Washington Monument in 1848 kept Washington’s memory in the national spotlight, and the t...
Recently we had a visit from son Gabe, on the mainland between stints delivering one yacht to Caribbean islands and captaining another one for the winter. Sons Rob and Zach are already working for me on the place, so with three strong boys it seemed like a good day to bite the bullet a...