Category: history

Editor in chief

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Joseph Djugashvili and the use of his blue pencil are the subjects of Holly Case’s article.

The editor is the unseen hand with the power to change meaning and message, even the course of history. Back when copy-proofs were still manually cut, pasted, and photographed before printing, a blue pencil was the instrument of choice for editors because blue was not visible when photographed. [This] …editorial intervention was invisible by design.

Apparently, Steve Jobs referred to himself as an editor; nytimes article is about twitter.

Leonardo, chef

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Leonardo was a mad chef. He enjoyed kitchen contraptions, of his own designs; but, how would it run? “By wind or by water? By cogs and by cranks? By oxen or by peasant-power?”  In the late 1490s, most things ran via peasant-power.
Assassin’s  Creed did a good job shaping my image of Leonardo; I don’t see him as an old man anymore.  Leonardo in the game loves a puzzle, old language and of course, puzzles buried n old language. This blog  post on The Kitchen Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci , HarperCollins Publishers; First Edition edition (April 1, 1987), has also informed that image.

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Miami-Dade demographic data

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US Census released American Community Survey, 2005-2009 data set that gives a snapshot of the American population.  The Herald  reported on the data for Miami-Dade and Broward.

Some interesting facts:

  • Miami-Dade’s population about 2.5 million.
  • 61 % Hispanics, 20 % Blacks, the rest being mostly white non-Hispanics.
  • Median family income : $39,000 – Blacks, $45,000 – Hispanics, $84,000 – White; $62,000 – US

via Miami-Dade is rich, poor, polarized and getting better educated – Miami-Dade – MiamiHerald.com.