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Most popular spring courses at Harvard College
Three of the five are economics courses! The full report by Sophia M. Armenakas (The Crimson) is available here. Without further ado, here are the top five: (1) Economics 10b: “Principles of Economics” (455 students); (2) Life Sciences 1b: “An … Continue reading
Grand Chess Tour
The official press release and the full schedule of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) are here.
When Italia was the center of the world
For some strange reason, both of the beautiful Roman-centric maps pictured below the fold popped into my Twitter feed less than two hours apart on 4 February 2019. Hat tips to Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) for the top map, circa 20 … Continue reading
Questions on Facebook’s quinceañera
Did you know Facebook turns 15 years old this month? (Although there are several alternative dates for marking Facebook’s founding, Mark Zuckerberg launched his once “clean and simple” social network from his dorm room in Kirkland House (Harvard College) on … Continue reading
My corner of the world
While we were attending the 2019 Federalist Society Florida Chapters Conference on 1 February 2019, we saw the beautiful globe map pictured below in the lobby of Disney’s Beach Club Resort. Since growing up in Los Angeles, California and completing … Continue reading
Rest in peace
We have completed multiple Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) over the years and know first-hand how challenging it is to complete them. My MOOC-taking strategy was to set aside 90 minutes every other day to watch the videos, take notes, … Continue reading
St Charles Borromeo
We drive or walk by this serene statue of St Charles Borromeo almost every day, so we decided to stop today to take a picture. It’s located in the College Park neighborhood of Orlando, Florida.

