Explorations large and small
Located at the edge of Fort Meade, Maryland, in an old, nondescript motel, is the National Cryptologic Museum. Admission is free, and with that admission you can explore how the worlds of communications, mathematics, and security intersect in cryptology. Photos Continue reading Codes, cyphers, and the National Cryptologic Museum
These photos of the Washington National Mall were taken on June 16, 2014, on a very hot day. Photos include the Jefferson Memorial, White House, Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, World Continue reading Washington National Mall
Perched at the end of two piers in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the National Aquarium opened in 1981 as part of the city’s massive downtown redevelopment. At one time, the National Aquarium in Baltimore was associated with the older National Aquarium Continue reading National Aquarium in Baltimore
Fort McHenry celebrates the 200th anniversary of the defense of Baltimore in 2014. This defense, immortalized in a poem that evolved into the national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, saved the most important seaport in the United States at the time, and Continue reading Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is a lovely small town surrounded by farms. The area is awash in green, rolling hills, and is almost stereotypically serene and peaceful. This was not the case during July 1-3, when two massive armies collided in and Continue reading Gettysburg National Battlefield Park
Founded as a town in Virginia, Harpers Ferry endured fluctuating economic conditions, Civil War, and floods that carried away the apostrophe in the town’s name but still left a spectacular natural and man-made landscape. Photos of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
FOSE is the largest computer conference and exhibition in the Washington, DC, metropolitan region. At one time, it had days of meetings, classes, speeches, and other educational events, plus miles and miles of aisles filled with the latest computer hardware Continue reading FOSE was gunning for business
When you arise at an early hour and head out to your freshly washed car, only to see it covered with seed pods intent on germinating in the car’s steel, glass, enamel and plastic, the only safe course of action is to Continue reading Seedlings tormenting me
This was the early version of Google. Using these humble wooden drawers, generations of scholars and researchers, desperate students and cunning spies, despairing parents and fanatical bibliophiles, and every other shape and size of reader delved into the depth and breadth Continue reading Early version of Google