November 2024: I very much enjoyed going to Ottawa, Canada, in September to attend the annual Scientific Instrument Symposium held at the Ingenium, or Canada’s Science and Technology Museum. I say this because it was back in 1996 that I first got my feet wet in the history of science by attending this same conference in the same city – what a difference 28 years has made in my having become somewhat acquainted with this field of study. Besides giving a talk titled “Exploring the Impact of Weight Scales Used to Appraise Children’s Health in Early Twentieth-Century America,” I had the pleasure of seeing many old colleagues and friends, including some who were also in attendance back in 1996.
January 2024: The new year finds me mostly settled in my new home in Reno, NV, where most of my moving boxes have been unpacked and their contents put away. Looking ahead to next year, I’ve been asked to help with the 2025 International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST) in Dunedin, New Zealand. So plenty to look forward to, stayed tuned for more details.