Author Archives: Will

What the Digital Humanities Can Do

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Will

If you’re like me, you’ve been hearing about Digital Humanities for a long time, without totally understanding what the term means.  Or, more precisely, without totally understanding what of real value the “digital” can add to the “humanities.”  The Digital … Continue reading →

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Columns-n-a-Crate

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Will

Get your Greek Revival here! Whole columns, crated and ready for installation. Buy in bulk and save! Enough to cover every church in Virginia and banquet hall in Astoria.

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Creature of Habit

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Will

I drove to campus this morning because the car needed some love, and yet again, I forgot about it and walked home. Brian and Mabel and I had to head back up the hill to retrieve it this evening.

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Places I Have Lived, in 1941

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Will

Yesterday Kevin sent me a great site put together by Yale that has made available 170,000 photos taken by the Farm Security Administration between 1935 and 1943 to document the last years of the Depression and the early years of World … Continue reading →

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