Tag: Archive
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The Joy of Distractions
The problem is a classic one, simple to see, and basically impossible to avoid. You start digging into a project, trying to find something you’re sure is there, and realize you need to bring order to these other things that are tied to yet another thing. Of course, all of the things are fascinating in…
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We’re Going to Miss the Newspapers
It is amazing to start in a project like this and have the power of a tool like Newspapers.com. With over a billion articles scanned and indexed, the days of digging up microfiche rolls and running them in the machines at the university library are well and truly gone. It is all about tuning your…