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If anything looks wrong, read on the site! Hi there! As September ends, it's time to wake up for a new edition of Cool Links! This month's links are mostly web development related, with a …

Your browser does not support the audio element. Recording from a performance at Fruityspace venue in Beijing. Sun Yizhou: hard drives, mechanical devices. Axel Powrie: bass guitar, amplifier, ground loop. mixed and mastered by Sun …

Francis Ford and Grace Cunard, stars of westerns at Universal Studios. Movies Silently wrote about them and their film The Bandit’s Wager. One hundred and ten years ago this month, Grace Kingsley announced an event …

Session 262 was played on 8/25/24Nick, Fighter 7 (Me)Borumar, ½ Orc Thief (Josh)Blotto, Goblin Fighter (Lanse)Morgana, wizard (Rob)Koltic, Cleric 7 (NPC)Aroon, Fighter 5 (NPC)Jameth, Fighter 5 (NPC)Lor’Koth, Dwarf 5 (NPC)With the alien cultists dead, the …

In the Chinese Zodiac, this is the Year of the Dragon, beginning on February 10, 2024. The Dragon symbolizes power, nobility, honor, wealth, and success. Those born under this sign are said to possess intelligence, …

by Nathaniel R I’m back! Well, not quite but working towards it. We're going to do an 80s theme in early November, okay? But let’s start with a question and a list to prove that …

This is a piece of advice that I found myself giving to many early career researchers, students, and colleagues supervising and advising those as well. For years, actually. A mathematician, the joke says, is a …

If you’re anything like us, there’s nothing better than sitting down with a freshly brewed cup of coffee and a slice of homemade cake. But what if you could combine…

In retrospect, I’m aware that I stopped blogging probably when I had the most important things to say. It was when I started working in an area of deeply entrenched disadvantage. I just couldn’t find …

You can print your own paper money at home, of course, and it can sometimes fool someone who isn't paying much attention. A really dedicated counterfeiter can fool a lot of people. The last mile …

This week at The Archive, as well as reaching an incredible 85 million newspaper pages, we are also delighted to welcome new pages to the world’s longest-running country and field magazine, and one of Britain’s …

I may already be preaching to the converted here, but that wouldn’t be altogether surprising. However, in case anyone reading this is wondering who in the world Greg “Stackhouse” Prevost is, then listen up. Among …

A case for abandoning web analytics

I have nearly finished reading a book by Hannah Jane Parkinson called "The Joy of Small Things", a collection of her columns of the same name for The Guardian, which were inspired in turn by …

When I purchased this sateen, jacquard-woven fabric from Mendel Goldberg a couple of years ago, I wasn’t sure what it would eventually become. It had a wide repeat to the design (which is something to …