Wawel Royal Palace
Courtyard of Wawel Royal Palace Zamek Królewski na Wawelu in Polish, the Royal Palace on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland was the residence of Polish kings and remains an important…
Meandering Thoughts #51
My grandparents spent their final years in a retirement community in North Carolina which provided all levels of care, from light-touch living assistance (activities, events, meals, cleaning) to complete nursing…
Meandering Thoughts #50
This BBC article dissects how tennis line judges are being replaced by electronic line calling at professional tournaments - this year, Wimbledon - and asks how future umpires, who started…
Meandering Thoughts #49
I don't understand how it works. It's not how I would have done it. The code is absolute crap. It's over-architected. All too often software engineers drop these phrases as…
Those Birdly Voices
By Alex Liivet from Bournemouth, United Kingdom - HMV Oxford Street, CC BY 2.0, cropped HMV was a major British record company whose letters were acronym for His Master's Voice,…
Random Learnings #58
Today I needed to go to the First National Bank Building in downtown St. Paul, MN for a personal appointment. The external cladding of the north entrance I used screams…
Muzeum Inzynierii I Techniki
The Museum of Engineering and Technology is a cultural institution of the city of Kraków, Poland with multiple locations, a former tram depot becoming its headquarters after a major renovations only…
Random Learnings #57
My wife and I are traveling to Switzerland this fall for some bucket-list train rides, including the Glacier Express between Chur and Zermatt. The Glacier Express requires seat reservations which…
Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego
Located at a former airport, the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków, Poland has over 200 historic aircraft plus other aviation miscellany in its extensive collection. CNN called it out as one…
Meandering Thoughts #48
My wife and I visited Missouri Mouse Antiques, a local antique mall, searching for a door stop. As we browsed, my wife saw a hanging, macrame (?) lampshade and commented…