My wife tried to find me a shop-bought calendar with sundial pictures for a Christmas present. No luck, so I'm thinking it would be fun to create one for 2002, and post it on the Web.
My idea is to produce a MS-Word document (or perhaps Acrobat) with the usual monthly grids and pictures, and a snippet of sundial trivia for each day, along with perhaps the EoT and Declination. Anyone who wants a copy would simply print the calendar on their own colour printer, and staple it together. The quality of the finished product might be "homespun", depending on the printer and grade of paper used, but what the hell! For those with the cash to spare, I would aim to have the detail in the electronic representation be good to allow for people getting it done on high resolution printers at their local print shop. This is a call for material: I'd very much appreciate snippets of information relating to specific days (e.g. births/deaths of notable people, formation of national societies, dates of conferences, etc.). Ideally I want to get 365 items, each of which can be expressed in only a few words. Also, if you have any interesting sundial photos which you would be willing to have included, please let me know. I guess the selection criteria are a mixture of competent photography and an interesting subject. I'm not sure exactly what file format would be needed, but the photos would need to be scanned in such a way that they print to fit a landscape A4 or Letter page, without looking grainy. Finally, would anyone care to join me in this venture? It will be easier to do if there were one or two others involved for proof-reading / technical vetting / editing. Steve Steve's Site is at http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/steve.lelievre
