jim.liebert

jim.liebert

How I got started down the road

My university experience was very liberal arts. Not liberal art as in a philosophy major but liberal arts as in no particular thought of future employment. I started out as a math major and added physics when my advisor coincidentally…

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Test your knowledge of Latin phrases, pseudo-Latin phrases, and not-Latin-at-all phrases. (Hint, when done you should have three answers each in the four categories)

A Penny Farthing for your thoughts

I was late to the bicycle. As a little, little kid I was more than happy with my dad’s depression era coaster. I’d roll it up to the top of our block, generate some speed going downhill, jump on and…

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Number 100! Here’s a quick recap of the previous 99. If you missed any go here to revisit.

Your worldview is skewed

The Mercator Projection is the most recognized map of the world today. Developed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569, it revolutionized sea navigation. It quickly became the de facto view of the world, propogated into classrooms all over the…