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Monthly Archives: April 2010
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After the volcano: Earthly powers
It is a peculiar, if blessed, sort of natural disaster in which nobody dies.
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One of the things that went missing in the shadow of that volcanic dust was a sense of human power. And as with the quiet skies, this absence found a welcome in many hearts. The idea that humans, for all their technological might, could be put in their place by this volcano—this obscure, unpronounceable, C-list volcano—was strangely satisfying, even thrilling.
Climate Crank Inadvertently Does Archaeology a Favour
See Aardvarchaeology
The whole thing is pretty pointless from a climate-historical perspective as the trees are known to record summer rainfall well, but not temperature. To archaeology and dendrochronology, however, it is in my opinion excellent news. Academic dendrochronology needs a new open-source business model if it is to act as a fully scientific discipline. The Belfast ruling is a step in the right direction, even though it has been forced for the wrong reasons.
In response to Climate sceptic wins landmark data victory ‘for price of a stamp’
Don’t hire this guy!
Monday night Irish Class, April 19, 2010
Irish Class, April 19, 2010
Rang Gaeilge, 19ú lá mí Aibreáin 2010
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To Serve Man
A Chicago friend posted this on Facebook.
“Freshly Ground Black People”: World’s Worst Typo Leaves Publisher Reeling
An Australian publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with “salt and freshly ground black people.”
Penguin Group Australia’s head of publishing, Bob Sessions, acknowledged the proofreader for the Pasta Bible should have picked up the error, but called it nothing more than a “silly mistake.”
The “Pasta Bible” recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto was supposed to call for black pepper.
Why the Germans do not speak a Romance language
Asok in the Art Department
Engineering Method #1
Fantasy before Reality
I stumbled on 5 Ancient Acts of War That Changed the Face of the Earth. The history is accurate, though the style and vocabulary are …. not what I used when writing papers for History 10 at Carleton 40 years ago. Also interesting are the parallels used to describe historical events. Mildly NSFW language behind cut
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 