Blogging while Old
Mar. 5th, 2024 06:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I’m really starting to get a sense of the kind of cranky old bitch I’m going to become more and more over the coming decades.
I’m trying to be okay with this.
Here’s something to cheer you up:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/this-rare-11th-century-islamic-astrolabe-is-one-of-the-oldest-yet-discovered/
Super cool astrolabe whose successive owners modded it to better serve their purposes, presenting us with an artifact that sharply conveys its cultural context over time.
I’m trying to be okay with this.
Here’s something to cheer you up:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/this-rare-11th-century-islamic-astrolabe-is-one-of-the-oldest-yet-discovered/
Super cool astrolabe whose successive owners modded it to better serve their purposes, presenting us with an artifact that sharply conveys its cultural context over time.