Jabal al-Lughat
Climbing the Mountain of Languages.
By Lameen Souag.
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Tlemcen: medieval folk etymologies and their implications
In the mid-14th century work Bughyat al-ruwwād fī dhikr il-mulūk min banī ʕAbd al-Wād, Yaḥyā Ibn Khaldūn (brother of the more famous Ibn Khaldūn) ventures two possible etymologies for the name of Tlemcen (Standard Arabic …
By Lameen Souag الأمين سواق, 485 words
The Untranslated
A blog about literature not yet available in English.
By Andrei.
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Updated 6 months ago
Theodoros by Mircea Cărtărescu
Reluctant to wait for the first translations of Mircea Cărtărescu’s latest novel to start coming out in the second half of 2024, I taught myself enough Romanian to read it in the original. This “pseudo-historical …
By The Untranslated, 48 words
Classics of Science Fiction
Remembering the Best Short Science Fiction.
By James Wallace Harris.
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How Much Does AI Know About SF Humor?
How much do you know about science fiction? Where do you go to know more? The usefulness of Google is in decline, and that’s disappointing. Wikipedia is a great resource for researching science fiction, probably …
By jameswharris, 2,371 words
The Impulsive Buy
Junk Food and Fast Food Reviews and News Blog.
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SPOTTED: Pizza Croffle 3 Cheese Blend
Cro-what-ffle? (Spotted by Robbie at Costco.) If you’re out shopping and see new products, snap a picture of them, and send them in via an email ([email protected] ) with where you found them and “Spotted” in …
Bangkok Glutton
"Tasting it to the streets...".
By Chawadee Nualkhair.
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Updated 4 days ago
Coming together in Samui
Our two-day masterclass with Chef Ying at Somrom Space on Samui started inauspiciously, to say the least. Having taken a taxi from our hotel, we found ourselves — driver included — stumped on where exactly …
By Bangkok Glutton, 48 words
Dark Highways
By S. Brady Calhoun.
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Woman of the Hour
Do you listen to murder podcasts? This movie is a murder podcast come to life. All that’s missing is one woman to narrate and another to say, ‘oh wow, unbelievable.” In Woman of the Hour …
By S. Brady Calhoun, 226 words
Lincoln Mullen | Blog
I am a historian of American religion and the nineteenth-century United States, often using computational methods for texts and maps.
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Updated 5 months ago
Antisemitism, U.S.A: A history podcast
Welcome back to the (very) occasional newsletter Working On It. It has been 277 days since the last issue. Antisemitism, U.S.A. A couple of years ago, my colleague John Turner and I bounced around ideas …
By Lincoln Mullen, 1,460 words
Talking Shelf Space
Collecting Modern Board Games.
By Alex.
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Table Talk with Martin Wallace – Steam Power, Casus Belli, and The Many, Many New Games From Mr. Wallace
Since last year’s conversation for Origin Stories: Brass was so much fun, I once again caught up with Martin at SPIEL Essen 2024. I was interested to learn why there were suddenly so many releases …
Bloom | "Late" According to Whom?
Where you’ll encounter authors whose first books were published when they were 40 or older; who bloomed in their own good time.
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An Excerpt from Elaine Neil Orr’s novel, Dancing Woman
In her forthcoming new novel, Dancing Woman, Elaine Neil Orr writes overtly for the first time about feminism and the need for women to have women’s art-and to create art. Her powerful story has earned …
Riccardo Mori
Writer & Translator.
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The new iPad mini and the new Kindles
On October 15, via press release, Apple announced the introduction of the new, 7th-generation iPad mini. The following day, Amazon announced the new Kindle lineup, comprised of: the new Kindle Colorsoft, the first Kindle in …
By Riccardo Mori, 1,300 words
Art by Jey Pawlik
Illustration, fanart, and comics.
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Trophy Husband
Some little sketchbook doodles for fun! I really like trying out other artist’s styles every now and then, it’s always a good challenge.
hello, yes. - Blog
The most Recent blog posts about all things Design, Development, CSS, Design Engineering, etc.
By Thomas Michael Semmler.
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Updated a year ago
Craft vs Industry: Separating Concerns
This post is probably too long, but I need someplace that I can refer to. As is often the case, I am writing this to sort my thoughts, primarily. But I am hoping to give …
Iron_Geek
Sharing thoughts on technology, privacy, indieweb, beer, coffee and a whole host of other cool items from around the web.
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Full Pint 08-2024
The Full Pint monthly link pour.
Chris Burnell · The Homepage
I’m Chris Burnell, a Canadian Front End Developer, and this is where I think, write, and share my passion for the web.
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Updated 3 months ago
July Project Updates
An update on two projects I’ve been working on—one new and one old—based on some development oversights I’ve made in the past that I’d like to prevent going forward. Howdy folks! It’s been a little …
Sampleface
A music sampling blog. From loops and hip hop breaks to reviews and news, we discuss all genres and the art of sampling in music.
By Luke Davis.
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Styles Davis – vivrantthing
Such a vivrant thing. The post Styles Davis – vivrantthing appeared first on Sampleface.