Tuesday, December 24, 2013

DONE

I have finished my MLS unofficially.

Holy crap, does that feel good.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Postage Geekery

Postage geekery at the archive today: while we are used to the concept of a flat fee for postage based on weight and country, back in the 1800s, they charged by the distance traveled. If I remember correctly, they also used to charge the receiver. Our current system makes more sense, and is actually fairly hard to cheat versus this old one.