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PC In 1439, a goldsmith named Johannes Gutenberg was working on an ill-begotten project to create polished metal mirrors designed to capture the holy light from religious relics, to be sold to pilgrims visiting an …

I was late. The minibus was already at the stop. I did something I very rarely do and broke into a run. I was the last one there. I was shown into a minibus that, …

Léelo en español Years ago, I grew Stylidium debile in California. After a long period of not growing any carnivorous plants, a friend gave me this division, which just began to flower. Yes, yes, this …

Yet another week went by, and it's Monday again.Currently a bit sick, some cold/flu started to annoy me over the weekend, and that sucks, but it could be way worse.Studying Japanese has been an amazing …

Love this tune by J DillaImagine my surprise on discovering that it is very largely composed out of a single 10cc song, "The Worst Band In the World".I much prefer the Dilla reconstruction - because …

One of the mysteries about pop is its repeatability. The way that repetition of a song doesn't dim its power, or only at extreme degrees of repetition (absolute blanket radio coverage causing you to get …

Perhaps no stunt in the history of U.S. politics deserves more ridicule than the grotesquely embarrassing mummery Trump put on at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s today. - Seth Abramson (bonus anti-theatricality points for use of the …

In recent months I’ve had occasion to look at the lives of several Anglican women of the last century or so, for possible inclusion in a biographical dictionary. Many of these names have been overlooked …

This post began life as a comment on Yvonne Kjorlien’s excellent blog, The Reluctant Archaeologist. Photo by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen on Unsplash. The economics of Australian universities First of all, there is the business model of …

In this first of a three part series of blog posts, we explore the CDS Plugin mechanism in CAP to find out how it works, so we are well prepared to write our own plugin. …

I really enjoyed attending and speaking at LeadDev Berlin in 2023. Here are just a few of the things that I took away from the conference. When to make quick decisions I learned the most …

As you might’ve heard, I have a book coming out next week. —Since it’s volume four of a long-running serial, and as has been noted, sequel fatigue is a thing, let’s do what we can …

Thanks to the brilliant research by frequent guest blogger Jeffrey Castel de Oro, and the beautiful remote Arizona desert photos shared by dedicated EPA attorney and devoted Keaton fan Marie Muller, we can ‘visit’ online …

A scene from 'The Lost World' (1925).This week's upcoming screening of 'The Lost World' (1925) at the Flying Monkey Moviehouse in Plymouth, N.H. has been moved to Wednesday, Nov. 6 due to UCITA.That's the acronym …