“Interesting” 1: I Read the 1954 Encyclopædia Britannica Cover-to-Cover

When my dad returned from the Korean War, he used the GI Bill to attend university, first studying Geology and then switching to Law. As a “Going to University Present,” my grandparents bought him a complete set of the 1954 Encyclopædia Britannica1. It was a bookshelf-worth of books (in fact, it came with a bookshelf, … Read more

The Metric Pledge

I pledge to use and internalize the Metric System in my own life wherever possible, so long as it does not impact safety. Further, I will not make it easy for others to cling to outdated measurement systems.