Let us begin with a simplified version of the Mayan writing system. That is, we will encode English phonetically with the glyphs that represent sounds in Maya. We won’t have all the sounds, but oh-well!
Use the included syllabary to construct words from the associated sounds. Syllables in Maya …
read moreTo stave off the miserable Pittsburgh winter I started collecting plants and lights.
One strategy I used was to start a small Hydroponic garden of lettuce. I followed the guide on Hydroponics Indoors almost exactly. I found the website very helpful, and when I emailed the owner a clarifying question …
read moreToday, while reading a paper on Mayan Ball Courts, I came across the phrase Yax Hal Witz, or "First True Mountain." I immediately opened a tab to find the mountain. Or to find if it even existed.
If you search the phrase you end up at an article from the …
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As always, I am writing these entries in order to solidify and formulate my opinions. I may end up reversing opinions of what I write. I hope that by writing this out I may have a better understanding then the general mutterings which pass through my brain on occasion. Let …
read moreAboard a bus departing the Cancun airport I notice a small stepped-pyramid adjacent to the on-ramp of the high-way. It stands the height of a single story, too close to the roadway to have been constructed afterwards, but oddly prominent. Is this pyramid a lesser, forgotten Tulum or Chitzen Itza …
read moreHere is a list of things to keep in mind for the next time you use an ATM.
In July 2016, State Street Bank reached a $382 million settlement with DOJ for rigging foreign currency exchanges.
In June 2014, the French bank BNP Paribas was ordered to pay $8.9 …
This summer I deployed star charts in hopes of gaining skills and acquiring better habits. The star charts started on the 13th of July and ended whenever I realized they were no longer working. In this post I will try to identify why.
This qualitative review of my progress will …
read moreFinding the location of photos and paintings of real places around the world.
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