On Saturday we visited Northport. First we briefly stopped by Northport High School where Patty and I first met. (No, we never dated back then.) Then we had lunch at Shipwreck Diner on Main Street and walked around the docks and Northport Village Park. Our trip to Northport made us a bit late for our [...]
I was searching through some old photos and stumbled upon this old 8″ x 10″ photo of the Class of 1984 from 5th Avenue Elementary School in East Nothport, NY. Can you find me? I could still name a couple of dozen kids in this photo but I won’t embarrass them. I know one is [...]
The Guinness Book of World Records recently named Alia Sabur as the youngest college professor in the history of the world. She was hired as a physics and math instructor in the Department of Advanced Technology Fusion at Konkuk University in South Korea – before her 18th birthday. The previous record was held by a [...]
I’ve previously blogged about my historic 1946 Town of Huntington Planning Map. Today I learned about Yahoo’s new Map Mixer application, which overlays uploaded maps over the ones found on Yahoo. Naturally I tried it out with my 1946 map to share with others. Aside from progress in general, it’s pretty cool to fiddle with [...]
In addition to showcasing the 1946 Huntington Planing Map I blogged about yesterday, I’ll also take this opportunity to point out some other historical writings I’m proud to have contributed to Wikipedia. A few months ago I accidentally discovered an amazing online resource called Northern New York Historical Newspapers. This website has digitally scanned hundreds [...]
I’m a regular contributer to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. I have well over 700 edits to my credit. I own an old 1946 town planning map from Huntington, New York which I considered historically significant enough to warrant an article on Wikipedia. The map shows Long Island right before the post-World War II population explosion [...]