Photos
Worthwhile Reading, Viewing, and Listening
Smiling Victorians…a photo essay
A tour of the Atlanta Hartsfield air traffic control tower
Speaking of ATC…a controller at Boston Center and a Delta pilot on her frequency discover that her grandfather was the man who hired him, back in 1981.
The transistor: a documentary from 1954.
Tonight being Burns Night, here’s a song I like from Robert Burns...musical setting by Ludwig Beethoven, oddly enough. Some 19th-century musical entrepreneurship was involved in the Burns-Beethoven connection. Lyrics, including modern-English translation, here.
Think I’ll pass on the kilt and the haggis, though.
