Prejmer Citadel and Cetatea Rasnov

Prejmer tower Prejmer Citadel Walls Photo: Ileana Johnson 2015
Leaving our hotel in Brasov and barely avoiding two collisions from impertinent drivers who seem to be in so much hurry that they triple and quadruple pass other vehicles close to dangerous curves and impassable hills, we made our way a few kilometers north to the neighboring Saxon villages of Prejmer and Harman. Continue reading

The Antikythera Mechanism, the First Analog Computer

Antikythera Mechanism Antikythera Mechanism, computer-generated front panel Photo: Wikipedia
The advanced computer age has conditioned us to take for granted all the electronic devices surrounding us that bring instantaneous access to our friends and family, and eliminates the need for the NSA to do any field work to find out everything they ever want to know about us. Continue reading