Discrepancies between the Julian calendar and the length of a year led to the development and adoption of the Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar is based on 365.25 days in a year. As such it adds an extra ‘leap’ day every four years. Unfortunately, the year is slightly shorter at… Read more“Map Monday, Gregorian Calendar Creation and Adoption”
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Map Monday, Maps of food a different take
What could possibly possess me to feature maps made out of food? It’s a good question that if you’ve got enough time to be reading Map Monday will probably interest you. As the astute among you have no doubt discerned one of the hardest parts of this blog is finding… Read more“Map Monday, Maps of food a different take”
Freaky Friday, connecting equinoxes, calendars, eclipses, and wall street
March 20th 2015 has the distinction of being a double Freaky Friday. I’m not talking about the 1976 movie where teen Jodie Foster and her mother Barbara Harris exchange bodies or the 2003 remake with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. FWIW I enjoyed the former and have never seen… Read more“Freaky Friday, connecting equinoxes, calendars, eclipses, and wall street”
