Dear Readers, Three years ago, I began a series of posts about the Tudor dynasty of England – one of my favorite subjects of historical study. However, due to tragic circumstances (namely, high school), I never actually got around to writing more than one post. Now that I have so much free time, I have… Continue reading A Tudor Story – Part Two
Author: Aditi Ramaswamy
I am Aditi Ramaswamy... the History Hacker. I like history, and hacking. Occasionally, I attempt to hack history itself. Sometimes it even works.
Oh, and in my free time I also double as the state of Virginia (we really need a state fruit).
The Keystone XL Pipeline: Congress, PLEASE Vote “No”!
Dear Readers, I haven’t written too much about politics in the past – but with the Keystone XL vote looming up on Friday, I had to dig up one of my old pieces about it and post it. This issue is just way too important to ignore. For those of you who aren’t sure what… Continue reading The Keystone XL Pipeline: Congress, PLEASE Vote “No”!
I AM NOT DEAD!*
Dear Readers, It has been approximately six months since I last posted on my blog. There are many reasons for this: the six AP courses I was foolhardy enough to take in my senior year, an extended trip to England and India during the summer, etc. The main reason, however, is that, once college decisions… Continue reading I AM NOT DEAD!*
My (Your) History Buddy!
Last year, I made my first app. It’s called MyHistoryBuddy. I wanted to name it Hip Historical Hotspots, but my dad told me that my name sounded like a bad disco song, so I went with MyHistoryBuddy instead: http://myhistorybuddy.appspot.com. At first glance, MyHistoryBuddy looks like a map. However, it is far more than that. It is… Continue reading My (Your) History Buddy!
Macbeth: Internet Style (Part 3)
Part 3. It gets intense, people. There’s even a dagger named Bartholomew. SCENE 4 duncan: cawdors dead rite? malcolm: yep… he practiced for it, apparently duncan: weirdo duncan: oh hey macbeth macbeth: hey duncan: ur thane of cawdor!!!!!!11! macbeth: ya ross told me duncan: oh yeah by the way im coming 2 dinner @… Continue reading Macbeth: Internet Style (Part 3)
Macbeth: Internet Style (Continued)
What follows doth be a continuation of yesterday’s epic translation of Macbeth. Prithee enjoy this fine work! RECAP: The witches have held their first sinister meeting, and the Thane of Cawdor has just been exposed as ‘soooo backstabbin’ by the Thane of Ross. SCENE 3 witch 1: hi witch 2: r we all here?… Continue reading Macbeth: Internet Style (Continued)
Macbeth: Internet Style
Macbeth has long been one of my favorite plays, along with Inherit the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire. But I know many people who find the language a little too… archaic… for their tastes. This is why I have helpfully decided to translate it into Gmail-chatspeak! Now you British Literature students need not worry… Continue reading Macbeth: Internet Style
THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES – THE HARRISON ACT: TURNING POINT IN AMERICA’S RELATIONSHIP WITH DRUGS
Also known as The Paper With The Really Long Title. FOREWORD I wrote this paper over the course of roughly three weeks, at the age of sixteen-and-a-half, as an entry for the annual National History Day contest. It was, as I had mentioned in that short entry from so long ago, the very first history… Continue reading THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES – THE HARRISON ACT: TURNING POINT IN AMERICA’S RELATIONSHIP WITH DRUGS
The Paper of Unintended* All-Nighters
*Not really. The year 2013 is many things. It’s the year after the world was supposed to end, and it’s the year I penned my first historical research paper, which basically means that I wrote a giant essay with a lot of footnotes. I really enjoyed researching and writing it – I guess that’s why… Continue reading The Paper of Unintended* All-Nighters
Irreverent American Literature Limericks
There is a story behind these. It involves a desk, an iPhone, a copy of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, and lots of caffeine. It’s quite a long story, actually, so I’ll cut to the chase: I have written a series of limericks (sort of) for every book/play we read in my American… Continue reading Irreverent American Literature Limericks