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overholt, 1 year ago to random

I did not expect to see my actual city on this US Census list of fastest-growing cities, unless they are counting the bunnies who live under our shed and recently doubled in numbers. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2023/comm/heading-south-fastest-growing-large-cities.html

overholt, 8 months ago to random

The oldest printed book in the Huntington Library isn’t its Gutenberg Bible, but a Chinese Buddhist text nearly four centuries older. https://huntington.org/videos-and-recorded-programs/thousand-years-books-printed-1085

overholt, 9 months ago to random

The most desirable seat on the bus to me is the empty window seat next to a man in the aisle seat refusing to slide over so he can have a row to himself. I will climb you like a jungle gym, sir.

overholt, 11 months ago to random

In 1948, the University of Manchester photographed its groundbreaking Mark I computer for a photocomposite stitched together from 20 separate shots. A newly restored image from the best surviving original materials of each shot reveals a wealth of detail that’s been lost over the years. https://rylandscollections.com/2023/06/21/a-new-view-of-the-manchester-computer/

The crisp restoration

overholt, 10 months ago to random

A peek inside the gorgeous entomology notebook of a 19th century naturalist. https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2023/07/bugging-out-over-jacob-stauffers-sketches-of-insects-1859-1880/

overholt, 27 days ago to random

Donald Duck says protect your children with DDT-infused wallpaper. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/mg74qm295?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=042924

overholt, 1 month ago to random

Thoughtful of them to put it where nobody would slip.

overholt, 4 months ago to random

I’m all in on Mastodon. If we can’t make a go of this then I’m going to learn to live without social media.

overholt, 11 months ago to random

Simmons University is facing financial troubles while locked into a contract that gives more than half the revenue from online students to learning platform 2U until 2039. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/21/metro/simmons-university-considers-cutting-several-liberal-arts-departments-amid-financial-crisis/

overholt, 4 months ago to random

The bullies beat Claudine Gay. Black women in academia wonder if they will be next. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/03/opinion/claudine-gay-resignation-academia-black-women/

overholt, 10 months ago to random

Currently on an email chain about a seemingly simple administrative question that has become a black hole drawing in more and more people. At current rates of expansion, by 2026, nearly a quarter of the world's population will be CCed and it will consume more global computing power than Bitcoin mining.

overholt, 7 months ago to random

My collegiate-themed hotel included a pencil, shrink wrapped for my protection, but not so much as a scrap of paper in the room.

overholt, 4 months ago to random

Included with a book I just ordered for Houghton . I appreciate the thought but I’m pretty sure we’ve got this covered.

overholt, 18 hours ago to random

I got the Shingrix shingles vaccine on Thursday, and I definitely felt some side effects yesterday (fatigue, chills) but I’m pretty confident it’s way better than actually getting shingles.

overholt, 2 months ago to random

My "Other duties as assigned" include "Explains that Houghton does not front on a street and therefore does not have a street address, and that attempts to reverse engineer one will only end in tears."

overholt, 6 months ago to random

Charlottesville’s Lee statue meets its end, in a 2,250-degree furnace https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2023/civil-war-monument-melting-robert-e-lee-confederate/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjk4MjkyODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjk5Njc4Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTgyOTI4MDAsImp0aSI6IjI5M2FmYWI3LTgxZjQtNDUxYy04NDk2LTEyZTBlYTcyMDA0OCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9kYy1tZC12YS9pbnRlcmFjdGl2ZS8yMDIzL2NpdmlsLXdhci1tb251bWVudC1tZWx0aW5nLXJvYmVydC1lLWxlZS1jb25mZWRlcmF0ZS8ifQ.5DfgbNhm2wm-NooGbe1xT6ImYK4TwINpcF8jtas0e0s&itid=gfta

The video of them cutting its face off is very satisfying.

overholt, 6 months ago to random

Hans Christian Andersen would hold an audience rapt with his storytelling while simultaneously cutting away at a folded sheet of paper, unfolding it at the story’s climax. https://specialcollections.princeton.edu/2023/10/hans-christian-andersens-papercuts/

overholt, 1 month ago to random

I try to keep this account fairly #USPOL free, but I do want to confirm that Houghton Library absolutely is a drug-infested sex den. https://library.harvard.edu/collections/ludlow-santo-domingo-library

overholt, 1 month ago to random

The greatest response letter since "I feel that you should be aware some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters." https://www.404media.co/lol-no-maker-of-fuck-the-lapd-shirt-laughs-at-cops-copyright-threat/ via @jasonkoebler

overholt, 7 months ago to random

Absolutely not.

overholt, 4 months ago to random

My copy of Shift Happens, a voluminous history of keyboards, arrived in the mail today, and it is every bit as fabulous a production as promised. (And masterfully packed to boot.) Kudos to @mwichary and @glennf!

Front covers
Opening showing full color photos of vintage keyboards
Shipping package with foam supporting every corner

overholt, 1 month ago to random

The kind of title page that feels like it should be followed with "THREAD (1/?)"

overholt, 1 month ago to random

Harvard Yard will be closed all week in anticipation of protests. As I've mentioned before, I get it, but it makes things hard for our external patrons, especially when it's announced at 7pm on a Sunday. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/22/harvard-yard-closed-palestine-protests/

overholt, 23 days ago to random

Am I so out of touch? No, it’s the ethics that are wrong. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/did-student-or-chatgpt-write-that-paper-does-it-matter/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020240503%20(1

overholt, 16 days ago to random

Oh no, disaster has struck Houghton’s Lincoln Collection! (It’s OK, it’s just a simulated training disaster)