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22
Aug

“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.
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21
Aug

Little Lithuania

I don't at all understand how this video was made, but I enjoyed flying around a miniaturised Baltic
21
Aug

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&
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20
Aug

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
20
Aug

Nine Regrets

A thought provoking list. As a perpetual diary-abandoner, I'm trying to let this one inspire me: "I
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19
Aug

The Organ Episode

I have made no secret of my obsession with pipe organs (my favourite podcast is still Hot Pipes). I am
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19
Aug

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
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18
Aug

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
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18
Aug

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
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17
Aug

Why Preserve Flash?

A software curator at the Internet Archive explains why it is worth preserving Flash (even if you found it very
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