July 02, 2008

Time and Tide

Have historians gotten the date of Caesar's invasion of the island of Britain wrong?

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An Embarassment of Riches

You know you have too many fonts installed when it takes 4 attempts to find Times New Roman.

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July 01, 2008

Strange Toys

Plush microbes (or disease carriers) and plush sub-atomic particles. Can you imagine the conversation between a mother and father?

"Dear, I've given our daughter the clap."

"WHAT????"

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The Odyssey

I've read Homer's The Odyssey several times, including once in Latin (high school). One thing that has fascinated me about The Odyssey...as well as The Iliad...is how much "truth" there is to the epic. Amazing to find an occasional bit that has survived the passage of time, countless re-translations and re-interpretations and the like.

And then there's the fanciful side. For example, here's a depiction of the "cosmos" of The Odyssey...as a snowglobe.

Addendum: The scholarly paper (Adobe Acrobat).

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Can Uplift Be Far Behind?

Equal rights for apes.

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