A Little Ludwig Goes a Long Way

A smattering of opinions on technology, books, business, and culture. Now in its 4th technology iteration.

Marion Ohio -- the highlights

29 October 2008

  • OHS - Places - Harding Home. Contains almost all the original furnishings of Harding.
  • Harding Tomb – tho we always called it the Harding Memorial. When I was very very young I was skinny enough to slip thru the bars.
  • Other Marion Museums – the Stengel-True Museum, Unuion Station, the Wyandot Popcorn Museum. Wyandot historically produced much of the popping corn in the country…
  • Hence the annual Popcorn Festival
  • The Palace Theatre, a shockingly nice theatre for this size town. Built during Marion’s heydays in the 1920s…
  • Unfortunately there is nothing much to see from Marion’s industrial boom days, but from Wikipedia: “Products of the Marion Steam Shovel Company (later Marion Power Shovel) built the Panama Canal and in the 1960s, NASA contracted with Power Shovel to construct the crawler-transporters that moved the assembled Saturn V rockets, used by Project Apollo, to the launch pad. In 1911, 80% of the nation’s steam shovel and heavy duty earth moving equipment was manufactured in Marion, Ohio.” I worked 3 summers for the Shovel.
  • Nearby towns – Waldo (Home of the G&R, famous for fried balogna sandwiches), LaRue (smallest town ever to have an NFL franchise)

Scientists Store and Retrieve Data Inside an Atom

28 October 2008

[Scientists Store and Retrieve Data Inside an Atom Science Blog](http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/scientists-store-and-retrieve-data-inside-atom-17644.html). - Kind of mind-bending.  Love this stuff.

PSU 13, OSU 6

28 October 2008

Scout.com: Big Ten Roundup - Week 9 Standings & More. Sigh. A beautiful night and a hard fought effort by our guys, but we just made one mistake too many against a tough and disciplined opponent. Sigh. Was great to be back in Ohio Stadium for the first time in 20 years.

I’ve been to two games this year and both losses. I’m not feeling too lucky, I am bringing some of that bad Seattle sports mojo with me apparently.

Know your foe -- Michigan State

17 October 2008

What various Sparty’s are saying

  • SpartyMSU: 2008 Game 8: MSU vs. Ohio State. “The Spartans match up well in this game…  The Big Mo is with the Green and White”
  • The Enlightened Spartan. “Can the Spartan defense contain Pryor enough? YES. Can the Spartan defense cause turnovers and stay steadfast in the red zone? YES. Can the Spartan offense get an efficient game from Hoyer to balance the Ringer running game? YES. What does that mean? Spartan victory.”
  • GreenandWhite. Lansing press coverage

Oh and let’s not forget this classic moment from the 05 game in which Sparty lost in classic Sparty fashion.

Go Bucks!