Quote of the Week
“Intense love does not measure, it just gives.” —Mother Teresa
Happy Valentine’s Day
Sonnet 43: How do I love thee?—Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of being and ideal grace.I love thee to the level of every day’sMost quiet need, by …
More Than Just Golden Arches
It is safe to say that when Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California, in 1940, they never imagined it becoming a global corporation. One thing that may go unnoticed by most Americans who know the brand for their Big Mac and Quarter Pounder sandwiches is the menu variety that …
How Does Kodak Make Film?
As a follow-up to last week’s post about the history of the Eastman Kodak Company, I stumbled across a three-part video series from the Smarter Every Day video series asking the singular question, “How does Kodak make film?” I have just started watching this video series (it is almost three hours of content spread across …
A Light Show for the Ages
Last year was a busy year for both the northern and southern lights, due to a flurry of electromagnetic energy from the sun. According to reports I read, the northern lights were visible as far south as my former home state of Indiana. So that marked one of two celestial events that I missed by …
Quote of the Week
“As long as you’re green, you’re growing.As soon as you’re ripe, you start to rot.” —Ray Kroc
Looking to the night sky
Wednesday was the Lunar New Year which rang in the Year of the Snake. So it seems fitting to look at the sky for today’s blog post. I give you NGC 2264, also known as the Christmas Tree Cluster. This image was released just before Christmas on December 19, 2023, by NASA. NGC 2264 is …
“You press the button, we do the rest.”
The title of this post recalls the earliest days of photography. It was an early slogan of the Eastman Kodak Company. The company was formally founded by its incorporation on May 23, 1892. The company emerged after a merger of the Eastman Company (started in 1890) and the New Process Film Company (a newcomer to …
Quote of the Week
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” —Derek Jeter