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   Let's think about this some more...   This is such a rich topic that I'm going to break my answer up into multiple posts.  Here's the first with the simplest way to use Wikidata.  1. Can you find a way to...

 Some names are distinctive... ... if you hear names like Captain Ahab, Starbuck, or Queequeg, your mind immediately opens the Moby Dick chapter, and you're transported to the epic battle on the high seas between Ahab and the white whale.&nbs...

 In 2019 we explored some mysterious ruined buildings... .. that I'd accidentally discovered while flying my drone in the upper reaches of Napa Valley. The Challenge then was to identify the buildings and learn a bit about the backstory....

Curiosity prompts us to find answers... DALL-E, "thinking hard in the style of Picasso".. .especially with questions that sometimes start as vague feeling that something doesn't quite fit, or that this isn't what I expected.  As you've p...

 Our world is full of mystery... DALL-E, "thinking hard in the style of Picasso".. and everyday I find myself thinking about some question or another that pokes at my curiosity.  Often, this makes me do some searching with the result tha...

If you recall... a while back (August, 2021) we started a series of posts on "How to find anything."  This somewhat outrageous claim promised a series of posts that, when collected together, might form a kind of How-To-Search book organized b...

  The term native is fraught.... White Horse in Field by Helena Lopes (Pexels.com)... in many conversations these days, but everything comes from somewhere right?  The Challenge for this week circles around the questi...

 Everything comes from somewhere.... White Horse in Field by Helena Lopes (Pexels.com)... right?  The other day I read that horses in North America were brought here in the 1400s by Spanish conquistadors.  As you know, they rod...

  Remember this? All photos P/C Dan. July 8, 2022As you might remember, I went for a run and spotted something large, rusty, and hovering just behind the trees on the side of the road.  This time, I was jogging down a quiet country ...

Let's work backwards...   ... and answer the last SRS Challenge first... you remember, the one about finding the largest US city with a very low population density!I'll answer the previous Challenge ("rusty thing I found in the woods") before...

 As I mentioned last week, I'm in a place with very slow WiFi... ... so it's tricky to write up a detailed answer for you from last week. BUT a question came up in conversation about "what large US city has the lowest population density ...

 As often happens... All photos P/C Dan. July 8, 2022... I went for a run and spotted something remarkable hovering just behind the trees on the side of the road.  This time, I was jogging down a quiet country road in eastern Pennsylvani...

 An elephant in Delavan?Seeing THIS in a mid-sized Wisconsin town was a huge surprise, and prompted me to look for the reason.  (As I've said before, the most common motivator for SRS Challenges is something that doesn't quite fit in... ...

 I knew I'd be traveling this week, .. but I also foolishly thought I'd have more time that reality allows.  You know how it is: your trip seems like it will be all perfect timing and a relaxing time, but then reality pours in new tasks ...