On Carl’s encouragement, I contacted the Public Library of Manchester England. I wrote in hopes of finding some information about “Arnold & Lewis”, the manufacturers of my tower clock.

Clock watch, day 36 …
I did more prep work last night and first thing this morning. Taking advantage of the reverse of weather from cold and raw to unseasonable warm, I got up early this morning and got to play with MAPP !

I had to laugh when I read the following …
Researchers from the California Institute of Technology and Stanford’s business school have directly seen that the sensation of pleasantness that people experience when tasting wine is linked directly to its price. And that’s true even when, unbeknownst to the test subjects, it’s exactly the same Cabernet [...]

It would appear there is a feedback loop playing out across the blogshpere - or at least, the small part that I watch.
Every day, I engage in research via a list of very diverse blogs. I read the blog entries; pick the ones that interest me; dig out the resources that prompted the [...]