Tag: retro
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Exchanging Postcards with Random Strangers
In typical internet fashion, a recent online errand to buy stamps sent me tumbling down a rabbit hole. I was on the US Postal Service website to order more international stamps, and at the top of the stamp page there was this colorful product. Maxicards? Postcrossing? What’s this all about? A few minutes later, I…
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Learning Celestial Navigation
In my continuing effort to acquire miscellaneous skills, I took up celestial navigation a little while ago. Yes, I mean using a sextant, some printed tables, and a rudimentary grasp of the principles of spherical trigonometry to find my position on Earth. It’s unlikely anyone really needs to do this here in the 21st century,…