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Census 1960: The Wave of the Future

Computers from 1960 may seem dated now, but back then this monstrous computer (called a Film Optical Sensing Devise for Input to...

Part of planning for this trip around America is doing research to estimate major changes to the landscape since Steinbeck’s time. The...

I am happy to report that despite crippling Houston heat, Chesky and I spent a relatively comfortable trial run in the trailer last...

The other day, when talking about my upcoming trip around America with a friend very involved in US politics, he mused that it would be...

My business cards from Moo arrived yesterday, and I am very pleased with the results. Although their cards are more expensive than some,...

When John Steinbeck traveled around America in 1960, he saw a very different racial makeup than the one I am going to see. In fact,...

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Between my sophomore and junior year of college, I spent a glorious two nights camping in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It was the...

Warning: this interactive map is a time sink! The map of contiguous US counties below allows the user to see what counties in the US...

Requirements When I first began planning this trip, I had to figure out where I was going to live for 92 days on the road. After much...