The ongoing saga of a programmer who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”
Go figure.
In addition to the Mova Globe, Bunny also thought I would enjoy this globe:
![[As if regular jigsaw puzzles were hard enough.]](/2012/08/10/./8.jpg "As if regular jigsaw puzzles were hard enough.")
A three dimensional 540 piece jigsaw puzzle of the Earth—an actual nine inch globe. Of course, that's the finished piece. This is what I was faced with when I started:
![[A pile of pieces.]](/2012/08/10/./1.jpg "A pile of pieces.")
It certainly didn't hurt that each piece was numbered on the back.
![[To make sure you have every piece]](/2012/08/10/./2.jpg "To make sure you have every piece.")
![[It's a numbers game ...]](/2012/08/10/./3.jpg "It's a numbers game ...")
It was quite fun, and it felt a bit like making the Death Star, in an odd way.
![[I started with a bottom-up approach ... ]](/2012/08/10/./5.jpg "I started with a bottom-up approach ...")
![[The land was easy to put together, but the Earth is 75% water ... ]](/2012/08/10/./4.jpg "The land was easy to put together, but the Earth is 75% water ...")
![[So I decided to change to a top-down approach to things.]](/2012/08/10/./6.jpg "So I decided to change to a top-down approach to things.")
![[The Earth is hollow! Hollow I say!]](/2012/08/10/./7.jpg "The Earth is holllow! Hollow I say!")
![[But I managed to puzzle this out.]](/2012/08/10/./9.jpg "But I managed to puzzle this out.")
No AI was used in the making of this site, unless otherwise noted.
You have my permission to link freely to any entry here. Go ahead, I won't bite. I promise.
The dates are the permanent links to that day's entries (or entry, if there is only one entry). The titles are the permanent links to that entry only. The format for the links are simple: Start with the base link for this site: https://boston.conman.org/, then add the date you are interested in, say 2000/08/01, so that would make the final URL:
https://boston.conman.org/2000/08/01
You can also specify the entire month by leaving off the day portion. You can even select an arbitrary portion of time.
You may also note subtle shading of the links and that's intentional: the “closer” the link is (relative to the page) the “brighter” it appears. It's an experiment in using color shading to denote the distance a link is from here. If you don't notice it, don't worry; it's not all that important.
It is assumed that every brand name, slogan, corporate name, symbol, design element, et cetera mentioned in these pages is a protected and/or trademarked entity, the sole property of its owner(s), and acknowledgement of this status is implied.