“Single Largest Self-Promotion Operation In Wikipedia’s History”
A Wikipedia editor has uncovered what looked like a decade-long attempt at self-promotion by a minor American composer, David Woodard.
Little Lithuania
I don't at all understand how this video was made, but I enjoyed flying around a miniaturised Baltic
The Duchess's Sequence of Ideas
In Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers, the Dowager Duchess is always getting her quotations confused. But this isn&
A Retired Michigan Police Dog Is Now Helping Track Deadly Bacteria In Bees
I promise I am interested in how this new innovation will help to save bees from bacteria, but I am
Nine Regrets
A thought provoking list. As a perpetual diary-abandoner, I'm trying to let this one inspire me:
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The Organ Episode
I have made no secret of my obsession with pipe organs (my favourite podcast is still Hot Pipes). I am
Dicing An Onion The Mathematically Optimal Way
I believe I have heaped praise upon data journalism outfit The Pudding before, but I'm doing it again
The Absurd Opposite Of A URL Shortener
You've heard of a url shortener — bit.ly et al — but what about a url lengthener? One that
Elementary Is A Masterclass In Sherlock Holmes Adaptation
It has long been my opinion that Elementary, the TV series starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, is far
Why Preserve Flash?
A software curator at the Internet Archive explains why it is worth preserving Flash (even if you found it very