Forgive the messy desk there but I was hardly near my desk when that picture was taken so it really didn't have to be clear. I'm more tidy at home where I ...

It's time to have some fun. Not that I haven't had fun; now it's time for fun on the Internet. I've had a web site since the early 90s (when every html line had to be written). History Data Desk and its predecessors were designed for scholars and students interested in downloading datasets, mainly relating Latin America's colonial economies. Inside My Desk is an eclectic site. One can still access historical datasets along with essays (published and unpublished) by me and other scholars, and one can also look at paintings, read comics and think about ideas. My life has been a mixture of the serious and the humorous, and that remains the theme as I glide through my 7th decade. I have been engaged with life at many different levels, and I only see more to be gained by further engagement.

Your desk is a statement about you.

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