Feb
28
2023
I love industrial architecture, it's a cacophony of shape, form, color, form, function, and when operational sounds and smells. Truly modern marvels. On a recent road trip, while stopping to grab a burrito bowl I at Chipotle, I serendipitously...
Aug
20
2022
On my favorite website ever, History Link, THE website of Seattle and Washington State history, I saw the other day that it was the anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone for the Northern Life Tower in Seattle (August...
Mar
23
2022
This is pretty cool you can virtually tour the historic Georgetown Steam Plant! They used to have regular tours, but they've been curtailed for now, but hopefully soon they'll start up again. This is a really fun alternative! Well...
Jan
23
2022
"History is context for the now." - Historian Dan Jones from episode 16 of Dan Carlin's Hard Core History Addendum
Image: Map by Navigator Tupaia and Captain James Cook c. 1769
Dec
08
2021
Here's a great collection of canned salmon and other labels on display at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon. A great museum detailing the history of the maritime industry on the Columbia River and focusing on...
Oct
27
2021
In addition to graphic design and movies, another one of my passions is history. In particular I am very interested in the history of my city, Seattle. In the spirit of Halloween here's some pictures of the grave stones...
Oct
16
2021
Spotted this great ghost sign in Port Townsend Washington. A cool hand painted sign for the Buhler Motor Company. The building that this adorns is currently the very appropriate Bergstrom's Antique & Classic Autos. A really fun car focused...
Oct
13
2021
On this day, October 14, in 1066, the forces of William, Duke of Normandy faced off against King Harold II and his English army near the town of Hastings. William the (Spoiler Alert) conqueror, ultimately vanquishing his opponent after,...
Oct
23
2018
Happy 6,022 birthday universe!
Today is the birthday of the universe! At least according to the Ussher chronology, a 17th-century chronology of the history of the world calculated from a literal reading of the Bible by James Ussher, the Archbishop...
Aug
27
2017
During a bout of unproductive, yet informative and fun web surfing today, I learned more about the Brooklyn Bridge. Thought I'd share this great site and video from the History Channel. It's a good warm up to the much...
Mar
15
2016
A friend of mine showed me this amazing animated visualization and I had to pass it along. It points out the location of every bombing raid by the RAF or the US Army Air Forces during the second world...
Feb
18
2016
"Remember how long you have procrastinated, and how consistently you have failed to put to good use your suspended sentence from the gods. It is about time you realized the nature of the universe (of which you are apart)...
