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Dorothy Pulis Lathrop’s Illustrations For Walter de la Mare’s The Three Mulla-Mulgars “Long long is Time, though books be brief: Adventures strange ay, past belief…” – Walter de la Mare,...
1st May 2025
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Dorothy Pulis Lathrop’s Illustrations For Walter de la Mare’s The Three Mulla-Mulgars

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1st May 2025
“Long long is Time, though books be brief: Adventures strange ay, past belief…” – Walter de la Mare, The Three Mulla-Mulgars illustrated by Dorothy Pulis Lathrop   Soon after Dorothy Pulis Lathrop (April 16, 1891–December 30, 1980) was hired to illustrate a book of experimental...
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave! Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
21st May 2021
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!

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21st May 2021
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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Where parents make a difference Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
20th Mar 2024
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Where parents make a difference

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20th Mar 2024
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Sudan, 1898 From the archives
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Sudan, 1898

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From the archives
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye Scotland draws tourists year-round to discover its stunning nature, fantastic views, and rich...
1st Aug 2025
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye

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1st Aug 2025
Scotland draws tourists year-round to discover its stunning nature, fantastic views, and rich history. The Isle of Skye is the largest of the Inner Hebrides islands and is famous for its breathtaking views. You can discover the top places to visit on the Isle of Skye here. If...
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Cicero and Leadership Philosophy in Action?
3rd Jan 2025
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Cicero and Leadership

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3rd Jan 2025
Philosophy in Action?
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The Read/Write Web This post as it looked in 2003 in Radio Userland, my first blog publishing system. The World Wide...
20th Apr 2003
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The Read/Write Web

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20th Apr 2003
This post as it looked in 2003 in Radio Userland, my first blog publishing system. The World Wide Web in 2003 is beginning to fulfil the hopes that Tim Berners-Lee had for it over 10 years ago when he created it. The web was never just supposed to be a one-way publishing system,...
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars A history of the monastic high life
2nd Aug 2023
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars

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2nd Aug 2023
A history of the monastic high life
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99 percent Utopia and money For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
6th May 2026
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99 percent Utopia and money

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6th May 2026
For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
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Tension-Filled Black Holes Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
6th Nov 2024
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Tension-Filled Black Holes

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6th Nov 2024
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history. There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
3rd Nov 2024
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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.

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3rd Nov 2024
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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What Punk Culture Really Looked Like in Its Prime: Rare Photos from the 1980s Photographs have a way of collapsing time, and the ones taken inside the 1980s punk scene do exactly...
4th Apr 2026
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What Punk Culture Really Looked Like in Its Prime: Rare Photos from the 1980s

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4th Apr 2026
Photographs have a way of collapsing time, and the ones taken inside the 1980s punk scene do exactly that, pulling you into smoky venues, street corners, and basement shows where a subculture was busy defining itself in real time. These images do not show a trend or a passing...
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May Day Black Blocs and a Car Bombing : Spring comes to Portland, Oregon On May Day, anarchists in Portland participated in two black blocs, adding a confrontational edge to...
3rd May 2026
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May Day Black Blocs and a Car Bombing : Spring comes to Portland, Oregon

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3rd May 2026
On May Day, anarchists in Portland participated in two black blocs, adding a confrontational edge to public protests. As anger against the economy and the government spreads alongside desperation and despair, it’s up to us to create opportunities for collective action. Anarchists...
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala. It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
1st Sep 2024
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.

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1st Sep 2024
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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How did medieval travellers communicate in foreign lands? Studies from the east and west
5th Feb 2026
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How did medieval travellers communicate in foreign lands?

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5th Feb 2026
Studies from the east and west
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Being Non-Transactional. Beyond "What's in it for me?"
2nd Apr 2025
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Being Non-Transactional.

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2nd Apr 2025
Beyond "What's in it for me?"
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Merry Mouse and His Trip to the Moon (1953) My next 4 posts are celebrating children's illustrated fiction about going to the Moon. Even though...
1st Aug 2025
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Merry Mouse and His Trip to the Moon (1953)

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1st Aug 2025
My next 4 posts are celebrating children's illustrated fiction about going to the Moon. Even though I have been collecting these children's book for over 30 years it still is very exciting to find one that you never knew existed. Jack Coggins was an amazing space artist in the...
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1998: How Amazon Conquered Online CD Retailers Like CDnow CDnow homepage, December 1998; via Wayback Machine. 1998 started promisingly for CDnow, a leading...
1st Jul 2025
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1998: How Amazon Conquered Online CD Retailers Like CDnow

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1st Jul 2025
CDnow homepage, December 1998; via Wayback Machine. 1998 started promisingly for CDnow, a leading online music retailer — or "e-tailer" as e-commerce sites were sometimes called at the time. "CDnow goes public with a bang," read a CNET headline on February 10, 1998: "After upping...
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When Jorge Luis Borges met one of the founders of AI One reason I became a historian is the joy of encountering moments in the past that are foreign, yet...
2nd Apr 2025
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When Jorge Luis Borges met one of the founders of AI

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2nd Apr 2025
One reason I became a historian is the joy of encountering moments in the past that are foreign, yet also oddly familiar.
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Summary of changes for August Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
31st Aug 2022
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Summary of changes for August

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31st Aug 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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A puzzle about balancing test tubes in a centrifuge Suppose a centrifuge has slots, arranged in a circle around the center, and we have test tubes we...
1st May 2025
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A puzzle about balancing test tubes in a centrifuge

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1st May 2025
Suppose a centrifuge has slots, arranged in a circle around the center, and we have test tubes we wish to place into the slots. If the tubes are not arranged symmetrically around the center, the centrifuge will explode. (By "arranged symmetrically around the center, I mean that...
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The most interesting things I read in 2023 Most of them are not from 2023
5th Dec 2023
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The most interesting things I read in 2023

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5th Dec 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
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North Pacific Logbook The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
31st Jul 2020
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North Pacific Logbook

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31st Jul 2020
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip. Continue Reading
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Summary of changes for September Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
3rd Sep 2022
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Summary of changes for September

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3rd Sep 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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Summary of changes for May Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Jun 2022
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Summary of changes for May

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1st Jun 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa. a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
7th Jan 2024
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.

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7th Jan 2024
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
14th May 2024
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal

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14th May 2024
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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The Time I Met Bill English, Co-Creator of the Mouse This post is to honour the one-year anniversary of the passing of Bill English, at age 91, on 26...
26th Jul 2021
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The Time I Met Bill English, Co-Creator of the Mouse

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26th Jul 2021
This post is to honour the one-year anniversary of the passing of Bill English, at age 91, on 26 July, 2020. English was Doug Engelbart’s right-hand man in the Mother of All Demos in 1968 and a key developer of the oN-Line System (NLS). The post below was initially part of a book...
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Three types of literature regarding the world of AI Economics, politics and philosophy for a new era
3 weeks ago
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Three types of literature regarding the world of AI

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3 weeks ago
Economics, politics and philosophy for a new era
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Catharsis: "Hope against Hope" : A New Full-Length Record from an Uncompromising Hardcore Band It has been a long time now since our last music release—but desperate times call for desperate...
1st Aug 2025
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Catharsis: "Hope against Hope" : A New Full-Length Record from an Uncompromising Hardcore Band

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1st Aug 2025
It has been a long time now since our last music release—but desperate times call for desperate measures. Taking up arms against a wave of authoritarianism and despair, North Carolina’s premier hardcore band, Catharsis, has recorded a new full-length album, “Hope Against Hope.”...
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness The Netherlands has produced some of the most celebrated painters in history, from the luminous...
1st Oct 2025
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness

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1st Oct 2025
The Netherlands has produced some of the most celebrated painters in history, from the luminous scenes of Vermeer to the powerful portraits of Rembrandt and the bold colors of Van Gogh. Here are seven Dutch artists whose work has achieved global acclaim and continues to captivate...
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Crop rotation in the 14th century The Year of the Plague, part 4
1st Mar 2025
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Crop rotation in the 14th century

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1st Mar 2025
The Year of the Plague, part 4
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Journey to the Sun (1961) The second promotional comic I wanted to share is Journey to the Sun. It is also from Boys’ and...
2nd May 2025
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Journey to the Sun (1961)

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2nd May 2025
The second promotional comic I wanted to share is Journey to the Sun. It is also from Boys’ and Girls’ March of Comics and the only other one I've found that is about space flight.  It was handed to customers of stores that sold Little Yankee Shoes.   Journey to the Sun is a...
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Continues the Hiatus, 2024 Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
7th Oct 2024
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Continues the Hiatus, 2024

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7th Oct 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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The Pax Silica Con The US's "Pax Silica" sells itself as a wall against China, when it's really a cage to keep...
4th Jun 2026
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The Pax Silica Con

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4th Jun 2026
The US's "Pax Silica" sells itself as a wall against China, when it's really a cage to keep America's "partners" in - dependent on American tech, and unable to build their own.
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor 2.0 Looks to the Sea Marine science and the blue economy are emerging as a new area of China-Pakistan cooperation,...
yesterday
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor 2.0 Looks to the Sea

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Marine science and the blue economy are emerging as a new area of China-Pakistan cooperation, linking Gwadar with research, coastal industries and environmental management
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Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’ This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
3rd Jan 2025
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Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’

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3rd Jan 2025
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to tackle are first how did ancient currency systems work in terms of value (what...
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Captain Ray-O-Vac’s Adventure and Game Book (1952) Sorry for the sporadic postings, I should have some lined up for the next couple of months.  Mostly...
19th Jun 2026
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Captain Ray-O-Vac’s Adventure and Game Book (1952)

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19th Jun 2026
Sorry for the sporadic postings, I should have some lined up for the next couple of months.  Mostly there will be comic book premiums and punch out books. To start how about "Flashlights in Space...!" This was a comic premium from Ray-O-Vac batteries company. There was not much...
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War Is Complicated. And not just the fighting bit.
3rd May 2023
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War Is Complicated.

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3rd May 2023
And not just the fighting bit.
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Science Proceeds One Question at a Time MIDWAY through his 900 page history of biology, zoologist Ernst Mayr considers the problem posed by...
1st Jan 2025
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Science Proceeds One Question at a Time

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1st Jan 2025
MIDWAY through his 900 page history of biology, zoologist Ernst Mayr considers the problem posed by Alfred Wallace. Wallace was a contemporary of Charles Darwin who independently developed a theory of speciation by means of natural selection. By the time Wallace came on the scene...
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Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492
13th May 2025
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Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492

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13th May 2025
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Gap Week: October 3, 2025 Hey folks! Apologies for the lack of a post this week – a mix of teaching, writing and family...
3rd Oct 2025
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Gap Week: October 3, 2025

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3rd Oct 2025
Hey folks! Apologies for the lack of a post this week – a mix of teaching, writing and family demands had to come first. Still, so that I don’t leave you with nothing to read, here are some things I’ve been reading and watching lately you may find interesting. Over on YouTube,...
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Feels Gone Wrong The films A Complete Unknown, on Bob Dylan, and In Restless Dreams, on Paul Simon, make vivid to me...
5th Jan 2025
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Feels Gone Wrong

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5th Jan 2025
The films A Complete Unknown, on Bob Dylan, and In Restless Dreams, on Paul Simon, make vivid to me the huge emotional appeal of becoming a musician like them.
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Why did clothing become boring? An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
4th Dec 2024
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Why did clothing become boring?

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4th Dec 2024
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
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Las Vegas and the Microsoft MIX Conference 2007 Stranger in a strange land; me at The Venetian, 28 April, 2007. After the Web 2.0 Expo, it was off...
5th Mar 2024
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Las Vegas and the Microsoft MIX Conference 2007

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5th Mar 2024
Stranger in a strange land; me at The Venetian, 28 April, 2007. After the Web 2.0 Expo, it was off to Las Vegas for Microsoft’s MIX conference, an event to promote the company’s web technologies. My travel, including accommodations at the Venetian on the Strip, was being paid for...
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The life of Maynard K. A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
9th Jun 2024
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The life of Maynard K.

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9th Jun 2024
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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To Struggle Is to Remember : January 18: Day of the Forest Defender Three years have passed since Georgia State Patrolmen Jerry Parrish, Bryland Myers, Jonathan...
2nd Jan 2026
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To Struggle Is to Remember : January 18: Day of the Forest Defender

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2nd Jan 2026
Three years have passed since Georgia State Patrolmen Jerry Parrish, Bryland Myers, Jonathan Salcedo, Ronaldo Kegel, Royce Zah, and Mark Jonathan Lamb entered the Weelaunee Forest in southeast Atlanta with their guns drawn. They shot and killed Manuel Teran, known to fellow...
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“There is a great disorder under the heaven. The situation is excellent” A review of Westad and Chen, The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform
8th Mar 2026
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“There is a great disorder under the heaven. The situation is excellent”

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8th Mar 2026
A review of Westad and Chen, The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform
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On the Making of the Modern State Classical Wisdom Litterae: Government
2nd Jul 2025
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On the Making of the Modern State

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2nd Jul 2025
Classical Wisdom Litterae: Government
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goji no chaimu After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
1st Mar 2019
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goji no chaimu

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1st Mar 2019
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800. Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
5th Nov 2023
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.

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5th Nov 2023
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Books To Help Us Understand The World? Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
1st Nov 2023
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?

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1st Nov 2023
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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1995: From Batman Forever’s cinematic design to HTML tables Batman Forever website, launched May 1995. If 1994 was when the Web became a publishing medium, then...
3rd Mar 2026
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1995: From Batman Forever’s cinematic design to HTML tables

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3rd Mar 2026
Batman Forever website, launched May 1995. If 1994 was when the Web became a publishing medium, then 1995 was when the Web truly marked itself as a unique expressive medium. The Web became a place — a destination — rather than a mere repository for documents. In previous posts,...
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Who Was Julian? Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
1st Nov 2023
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Who Was Julian?

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1st Nov 2023
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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My new git utility `what-changed-twice` needs a new name As I have , my typical workflow is to go along commiting stuff that might or might not make sense,...
21st Sep 2025
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My new git utility `what-changed-twice` needs a new name

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21st Sep 2025
As I have , my typical workflow is to go along commiting stuff that might or might not make sense, then clean it all up at the end, doing multiple passes with and to get related changes into the same commit, and then to order the commits in a sensible way. Yesterday I built a...
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How birds got human names Magpie is short for "Margaret Pie" and I swear I'm not even joking
11th Nov 2025
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How birds got human names

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11th Nov 2025
Magpie is short for "Margaret Pie" and I swear I'm not even joking
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Sunday Thread + Mailbag Ask your questions below.
2nd Nov 2025
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Sunday Thread + Mailbag

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2nd Nov 2025
Ask your questions below.
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
2nd Feb 2024
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome

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2nd Feb 2024
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
1st Dec 2024
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities

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1st Dec 2024
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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1969: Building the oN-Line System It’s the evening of Friday the 1st of December, 2000. Nearly 32 years to the day when Douglas...
2nd Feb 2021
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1969: Building the oN-Line System

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2nd Feb 2021
It’s the evening of Friday the 1st of December, 2000. Nearly 32 years to the day when Douglas Engelbart presented the mother of all demos. Now 75 years old, Engelbart is at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. It’s a black-tie event, which is unusual for Engelbart to...
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Mournful Mouse and the Space Trip (1963) I am not really scraping the bottom of the barrel as much as taking the time to post the most...
11th Oct 2025
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Mournful Mouse and the Space Trip (1963)

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11th Oct 2025
I am not really scraping the bottom of the barrel as much as taking the time to post the most obscure stuff in my space book collection. I collected almost any pre 1980 children's book about spaceflight. I preferred the non-fiction but picked up some strange fiction and comics...
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The Watching Menace: Crowds, Voyeurism and Photography We’re in the crowd and watching in his album of found photos from collector Robert E. Jackson’s...
2nd Jan 2026
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The Watching Menace: Crowds, Voyeurism and Photography

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2nd Jan 2026
We’re in the crowd and watching in his album of found photos from collector Robert E. Jackson’s archive. Did you push yourself into the heart of the crowd, get in with the ‘in crowd’, and did run with in the mob? Come, let’s gather round and crane our necks, see what everyone …...
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Summary of changes for July 2025 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Aug 2025
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Summary of changes for July 2025

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1st Aug 2025
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July. Catjam 2025, finished a small game called Polycat! 100r.ca, added Vancouver Island West Coast, Ucluelet, Port San Juan, Juan de Fuca Strait and Cadboro Bay. Theme Editor, made a...
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May Day History The Haymarket Riot NOTE: I rerun this diary every year. In the US, May Day used to be the internationally-recognized...
1st May 2026
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May Day History The Haymarket Riot

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1st May 2026
NOTE: I rerun this diary every year. In the US, May Day used to be the internationally-recognized day of recognition and celebration for Labor and its struggles–at least until the Soviet Union ruined it with their idiotic military parades. But in honor of the true meaning of May...
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Why Sheep Need Pigs in Sheepdog’s Clothing Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and...
2nd Aug 2026
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Why Sheep Need Pigs in Sheepdog’s Clothing

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2nd Aug 2026
Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas.
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Weekend Roundup Quiz Time!
2nd Feb 2025
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Weekend Roundup

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2nd Feb 2025
Quiz Time!
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Precolonial India was not rich The historical poverty of the Indian masses, origins of the great divergence, and why East Asian...
5th Oct 2025
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Precolonial India was not rich

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5th Oct 2025
The historical poverty of the Indian masses, origins of the great divergence, and why East Asian growth miracle but not South Asian
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My work on behalf of Mentour Pilot
2nd Dec 2025
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My work on behalf of Mentour Pilot

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2nd Dec 2025
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The Golden Age of Microblogging, With Soup.io and Tumblr Microblogging was a trend that emerged in the second half of the 2000s, after long-form weblogs had...
22nd Mar 2023
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The Golden Age of Microblogging, With Soup.io and Tumblr

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22nd Mar 2023
Microblogging was a trend that emerged in the second half of the 2000s, after long-form weblogs had become established in the culture. Microblogging is basically just short-form blogging and, as I’ll lay out in this post, its heyday was in the 2007-11 period. But microblogging is...
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The Making of The Conversation – An Interview with Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 In 1966, Francis Ford Coppola was working as a scriptwriter when he talked with fellow American...
1st Mar 2025
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The Making of The Conversation – An Interview with Francis Ford Coppola, 1974

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1st Mar 2025
In 1966, Francis Ford Coppola was working as a scriptwriter when he talked with fellow American director Irvin Kershner (born Isadore Kershner (April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010)) about spy movies. The time was ripe with espionage plots. The James Bond films were hugely popular...
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Wood stove installation It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
22nd Apr 2021
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Wood stove installation

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22nd Apr 2021
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks. Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Ranking medieval plague cures Number 4 may surprise you!
4th Jul 2026
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Ranking medieval plague cures

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4th Jul 2026
Number 4 may surprise you!
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Old But Not Forgotten: Old Couple Find Fun Wearing Clothes Left At Their Laundry “Dressed like that, I feel 30 years younger” – Wan-ji, Want Show Was Young     For decades married...
2nd Nov 2025
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Old But Not Forgotten: Old Couple Find Fun Wearing Clothes Left At Their Laundry

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2nd Nov 2025
“Dressed like that, I feel 30 years younger” – Wan-ji, Want Show Was Young     For decades married couple Hsu Sho-Er, 84, and Chang Wan-Ji, 83, ran the Wansho Laundry in Taichung, Taiwan. Over the years many people left clothes behind. Hundreds of items were left unclaimed for a...
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Photos from my time in Iran, 2017 Travels through Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, and Yazd
31st Mar 2026
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Photos from my time in Iran, 2017

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31st Mar 2026
Travels through Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, and Yazd
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What the Internet Was Like in 2002 KaZaA, one of many P2P file sharing services in 2002. In June 2002, Pew Research Center released a...
2nd Dec 2025
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What the Internet Was Like in 2002

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2nd Dec 2025
KaZaA, one of many P2P file sharing services in 2002. In June 2002, Pew Research Center released a report on broadband uptake. It stated that 21% of all Internet users in America — 24 million adults — now had broadband in the home, up from just 6% two years ago. Of course,...
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Summary of changes for October Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
31st Oct 2022
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Summary of changes for October

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31st Oct 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal. Left, added a...
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Summary of changes for June 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Jun 2023
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Summary of changes for June 2023

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1st Jun 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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Top Washington strategist says U.S. bases in Asia are “all risk and little reward” Is she the canary in the coal mine
a week ago
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Top Washington strategist says U.S. bases in Asia are “all risk and little reward”

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Is she the canary in the coal mine
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The Spiral of Wrath: The crash of Armavia flight 967
5th Nov 2024
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The Spiral of Wrath: The crash of Armavia flight 967

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5th Nov 2024
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The Ocarina The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
22nd Oct 2024
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The Ocarina

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22nd Oct 2024
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Ibiza 1976: In 1976, German-born photographer Walter Rudolph went to Ibiza. We’ve been there twice before, in...
1st May 2026
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Ibiza 1976:

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1st May 2026
In 1976, German-born photographer Walter Rudolph went to Ibiza. We’ve been there twice before, in the 1980s with Oriol Maspons (NSFW) and a group of British lads. In ’76, the Spanish island was a relatively untested destination for visitors to explore. In 2025, 19 million...
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Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop ...so I vibe-coded a tool for finding more of them
22nd Jul 2026
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Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop

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22nd Jul 2026
...so I vibe-coded a tool for finding more of them
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Futarchy For Fundraising The Making of Modern Corporate Finance: A History of the Ideas and How They Help Build the Wealth of...
2nd Apr 2025
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Futarchy For Fundraising

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2nd Apr 2025
The Making of Modern Corporate Finance: A History of the Ideas and How They Help Build the Wealth of Nations (quotes below), by Donald Chew, persuaded me that for-profit-firm capitalism has varied quite a lot over space and time, and that the U.S.
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A descriptive theory of seasons in the Mid-Atlantic [ I started thinking about this about twenty years ago, and then writing it down in 2019, but it...
8th Feb 2025
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A descriptive theory of seasons in the Mid-Atlantic

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8th Feb 2025
[ I started thinking about this about twenty years ago, and then writing it down in 2019, but it seems to be obsolete. I am publishing it anyway. ] The canonical division of the year into seasons in the northern temperate zone goes something like this: Spring: March 21 – June...
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Digg and the Power Laws of Silicon Valley in 2006 In June 2006 I flew to San Francisco for my third US trip. I arrived at SFO just after midday on...
9th Jan 2024
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Digg and the Power Laws of Silicon Valley in 2006

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9th Jan 2024
In June 2006 I flew to San Francisco for my third US trip. I arrived at SFO just after midday on Monday, June 19, after another sleepless twelve-hour flight from New Zealand. Mike Arrington was hosting me at his place in Atherton again, for which I was grateful. I’d also asked if...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
3rd Nov 2023
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces

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3rd Nov 2023
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist TERRY-Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he...
1st Aug 2026
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Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist

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1st Aug 2026
TERRY-Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he was compèring a revue called Piccadilly Hayride at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The post Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist appeared first on...
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Why drug history? Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
1st Feb 2024
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Why drug history?

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1st Feb 2024
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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The Discman Era How Sony Carried the Compact Disc Into the Streets
6th Oct 2025
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The Discman Era

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6th Oct 2025
How Sony Carried the Compact Disc Into the Streets
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What the mudslide along China-Nepal border tells us about Himalayan Risk What we know about the disaster, why it was so hard to predict, and the challenge of building a...
3rd Sep 2026
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What the mudslide along China-Nepal border tells us about Himalayan Risk

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3rd Sep 2026
What we know about the disaster, why it was so hard to predict, and the challenge of building a cross-border warning system
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Internet Amnesia: Clive James & His Website The writer and cultural critic Clive James died last November, at the age of 80. I mainly knew of...
26th Feb 2020
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Internet Amnesia: Clive James & His Website

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26th Feb 2020
The writer and cultural critic Clive James died last November, at the age of 80. I mainly knew of James from his 1980s and 1990s tv shows, such as Clive James on Television and Saturday Night Clive. I’d also read some of his essays and books before. He was one of those humorous...
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE) Journal of African cities: chapter 15
6th Oct 2024
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)

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6th Oct 2024
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
2nd Jun 2024
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos

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2nd Jun 2024
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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China’s Almost-War With Taiwan and the US Just as the Cold War was beginning, China, Taiwan and the United States found themselves tangled in...
2nd Dec 2025
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China’s Almost-War With Taiwan and the US

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2nd Dec 2025
Just as the Cold War was beginning, China, Taiwan and the United States found themselves tangled in a military situation which threatened to go hot. When the Second World War ended in 1945, China was still divided. For years a civil war had raged between the Nationalist...
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Best Experienced With: MTV.com and the 90s Browser War Decaf or Java — which version of MTV's website should you choose? Part of the reason it was so...
4th Jun 2025
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Best Experienced With: MTV.com and the 90s Browser War

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4th Jun 2025
Decaf or Java — which version of MTV's website should you choose? Part of the reason it was so difficult for both digital music and video webcasts to gain traction on the web over 1997 was the fickleness of the underlying software: the web browser. Throughout the year, a host of...
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Picking Fights : Seventeen Years of Organizing in the Seattle Solidarity Network In the following reflections, participants in the Seattle Solidarity Network share what they have...
10th Jul 2025
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Picking Fights : Seventeen Years of Organizing in the Seattle Solidarity Network

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10th Jul 2025
In the following reflections, participants in the Seattle Solidarity Network share what they have learned in the course of seventeen years of experimenting with tactics via which workers and tenants can act together against bosses and landlords. For an action-obsessed group like...
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The "mechanical miracle" that ruined Mark Twain's life Learning from the automation dreams of the first Machine Age
5th Aug 2026
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The "mechanical miracle" that ruined Mark Twain's life

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5th Aug 2026
Learning from the automation dreams of the first Machine Age
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Project Mercury Project Mercury was America’s entry into the Space Race and was intended to put a human into space...
4th Mar 2025
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Project Mercury

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4th Mar 2025
Project Mercury was America’s entry into the Space Race and was intended to put a human into space before the Soviet Union did. The Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite in October 1957 caused a near-panic in the United States and led to desperate calls to “catch up”. President...
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Summary of changes for June 2025 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2nd May 2025
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Summary of changes for June 2025

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2nd May 2025
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June. 100r.ca, updated costs, hauling out, united states and teapot gelcoat. Added san juan islands. Rabbit Waves, added all content links to the main page, released a new page called...
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What is happening to writing? "Cognitive debt," Claude Code, and the negative space around AI
18th Feb 2026
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What is happening to writing?

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18th Feb 2026
"Cognitive debt," Claude Code, and the negative space around AI
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A History of Agadez: The Desert city of Aïr (1400-1900) Journal of African Cities: chapter 21
5th Jul 2026
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A History of Agadez: The Desert city of Aïr (1400-1900)

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5th Jul 2026
Journal of African Cities: chapter 21
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leleuvia We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
5th Sep 2018
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leleuvia

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5th Sep 2018
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji. This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Figure Stuff Out Together We vary in our motives and priorities in thinking.
2nd May 2026
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Figure Stuff Out Together

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2nd May 2026
We vary in our motives and priorities in thinking.
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Bubble Blog, My Web 2.0 Book: Table of Contents My book, Bubble Blog: From Outsider to Insider in Silicon Valley's Web 2.0 Revolution, was...
1st Nov 2023
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Bubble Blog, My Web 2.0 Book: Table of Contents

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1st Nov 2023
My book, Bubble Blog: From Outsider to Insider in Silicon Valley's Web 2.0 Revolution, was serialized on Cybercultural over 2024 and is now available to purchase: Paperback, US$19.99: Amazon; Bookshop.org eBook, US$9.99: Amazon Kindle Store; Apple Books; Google Play Or search for...
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Police Mugshots of Black Trans Women Arrested for Cross-Dressing or Female Impersonation in 1970s... These police mugshots bear witness to a different time, when black trans women were arrested for...
a week ago
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Police Mugshots of Black Trans Women Arrested for Cross-Dressing or Female Impersonation in 1970s Philadelphia

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These police mugshots bear witness to a different time, when black trans women were arrested for ‘cross-dressing’ or ‘female impersonation’. They were taken between 1970 and 1979 in Philadelphia when police were the jurisdiction of Police Commissioner (and later Democrat Mayor of...
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Sub-replacement fertility in pre-baby boom Europe Past perspectives on fertility decline
20th Feb 2025
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Sub-replacement fertility in pre-baby boom Europe

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20th Feb 2025
Past perspectives on fertility decline
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Not at the table: Europe's colonial moment The upcoming negotiations in Alaska between Trump and Putin tells you all you ought to know about...
10th Aug 2025
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Not at the table: Europe's colonial moment

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10th Aug 2025
The upcoming negotiations in Alaska between Trump and Putin tells you all you ought to know about the nature of the Ukraine war, and Europe's current geopolitical status.
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“To the Finland Station” Trump as a tool of history
7th Jan 2025
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“To the Finland Station”

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7th Jan 2025
Trump as a tool of history
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War In Our Time? We need the men in white coats.
3rd Sep 2025
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War In Our Time?

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3rd Sep 2025
We need the men in white coats.
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The Tears of Strangers are only water On the limits of empathy
25th Oct 2024
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The Tears of Strangers are only water

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25th Oct 2024
On the limits of empathy
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Real Monks Cry: Masculinity in the Monastery Real Monks Cry: Masculinity in the Monastery JamesHoare Tue, 05/06/2025 - 08:55
6th May 2025
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Real Monks Cry: Masculinity in the Monastery

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6th May 2025
Real Monks Cry: Masculinity in the Monastery JamesHoare Tue, 05/06/2025 - 08:55
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Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps! Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
1st Jun 2023
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Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!

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1st Jun 2023
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Starting From Zero. Finlandisation 2,0?
1st Oct 2025
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Starting From Zero.

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1st Oct 2025
Finlandisation 2,0?
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‘The Colonialist’ by William Kelleher Storey review ‘The Colonialist’ by William Kelleher Storey review JamesHoare Mon, 08/04/2025 - 09:08
4th Aug 2025
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‘The Colonialist’ by William Kelleher Storey review

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‘The Colonialist’ by William Kelleher Storey review JamesHoare Mon, 08/04/2025 - 09:08
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Repression and Resistance in Russia : An Overview Across three decades, Russia has been at the forefront of the worldwide descent into...
9th Sep 2026
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Repression and Resistance in Russia : An Overview

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9th Sep 2026
Across three decades, Russia has been at the forefront of the worldwide descent into authoritarianism. Vladimir Putin’s government has suppressed opposition in ways that aspiring autocrats like Donald Trump are still striving to emulate. Yet despite widespread repression, there...
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Things Don't Always Get Better. And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2nd Oct 2024
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Things Don't Always Get Better.

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2nd Oct 2024
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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Rise of Podcasting: Spotify and Google Make Moves Podcasting has been a growth industry this year, particularly after Spotify announced its intentions...
20th May 2019
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Rise of Podcasting: Spotify and Google Make Moves

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20th May 2019
Podcasting has been a growth industry this year, particularly after Spotify announced its intentions to rapidly expand into podcasting back in February. Podcasting is still a tiny industry compared to radio, but recent moves by both Spotify and Google are beginning to lay the...
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What the Internet Was Like in 1994 Netscape's mascot, Mozilla, in 1994; artist: Dave Titus. The World Wide Web was in its infancy as...
5th Mar 2025
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What the Internet Was Like in 1994

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5th Mar 2025
Netscape's mascot, Mozilla, in 1994; artist: Dave Titus. The World Wide Web was in its infancy as 1994 dawned. There were just 623 websites in the entire world at the beginning of the year. By June 1994, that figure had risen to 2,738 and by year's end it had tipped over 10,000....
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What the Internet Was Like in 1999 1999 Napster software running on Windows 98; photo by Christiaan Colen. When AOL completed its...
3rd Sep 2025
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What the Internet Was Like in 1999

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1999 Napster software running on Windows 98; photo by Christiaan Colen. When AOL completed its acquisition of Netscape in March 1999, a part of the old web died forever. By the end of the year (and the century), Netscape's share of the browser market had shrunk to about 20% and...
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What did Xi, Modi and Putin really discuss in Tianjin? Here are Xi Jinping’s concluding words to the speech he just gave in front of Narendra Modi,...
4th Sep 2025
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What did Xi, Modi and Putin really discuss in Tianjin?

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4th Sep 2025
Here are Xi Jinping’s concluding words to the speech he just gave in front of Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin and some 24 other heads of states representing almost half the world’s population: "Where will prevails, no boundary holds" (basically the Chinese version of “when there’s...
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Seven books I keep close because I love them The bookshelf by my elbow, the one that I can reach without getting up, has seven books on it, not...
3rd Aug 2026
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Seven books I keep close because I love them

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3rd Aug 2026
The bookshelf by my elbow, the one that I can reach without getting up, has seven books on it, not necessarily the ones I look in the most, but the ones whose emanations I most hope will infuse me as I write. Roget's Thesaurus (4th edition) The one I actually refer to most often...
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Musk built a monopoly on space. Can China break it? There is an argument being made that what Tesla did to boost the Chinese EV industry, SpaceX will do...
3rd Jul 2026
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Musk built a monopoly on space. Can China break it?

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3rd Jul 2026
There is an argument being made that what Tesla did to boost the Chinese EV industry, SpaceX will do to boost China’s commercial space industry.
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On general futility of political discussions with people Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
1st Oct 2023
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On general futility of political discussions with people

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1st Oct 2023
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5th Jul 2024
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism

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5th Jul 2024
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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The most lied-about place on earth Depth against slogans: what we saw in 6 weeks driving through Xinjiang
24th Aug 2026
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The most lied-about place on earth

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24th Aug 2026
Depth against slogans: what we saw in 6 weeks driving through Xinjiang
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Summary of changes for April Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st May 2022
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Summary of changes for April

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1st May 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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The curious case of the missing period When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
20th Feb 2024
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The curious case of the missing period

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20th Feb 2024
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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1996: JavaScript Annoyances and Meeting the DOM “Hi, I’m Brendan Eich, welcome to my homepage.” Via Wayback Machine. The Netscape Navigator 2.0...
5th Jan 2021
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1996: JavaScript Annoyances and Meeting the DOM

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5th Jan 2021
“Hi, I’m Brendan Eich, welcome to my homepage.” Via Wayback Machine. The Netscape Navigator 2.0 browser was finally released in March 1996, almost a year after Brendan Eich joined Netscape with the express purpose of creating a scripting language for the web. He’d developed the...
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected. But some things are more connected than others.
1st Feb 2023
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.

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1st Feb 2023
But some things are more connected than others.
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Universities as factories I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
4th May 2024
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Universities as factories

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4th May 2024
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Skinner’s One Ring To Rule Culture One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness...
13th Sep 2025
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Skinner’s One Ring To Rule Culture

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13th Sep 2025
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
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Best Web BigCo of 2007: Facebook This post as it looked in 2007. Every year in December Read/WriteWeb does a Best Web Companies...
10th Dec 2007
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Best Web BigCo of 2007: Facebook

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10th Dec 2007
This post as it looked in 2007. Every year in December Read/WriteWeb does a Best Web Companies round-up. This is the 4th time and, like last year, we're splitting it over two posts. In this post we'll announce the Best Web BigCo of 2007 and later in the week we'll announce Best...
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A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo. In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
8th Oct 2023
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A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.

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8th Oct 2023
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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Why I have been writing a niche history blog for 15 years A special appeal to support Res Obscura on its Crystal Anniversary
4th Dec 2025
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Why I have been writing a niche history blog for 15 years

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4th Dec 2025
A special appeal to support Res Obscura on its Crystal Anniversary
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China’s cross-Strait integration experiment in Xiamen and Kinmen Nearly three years have passed since Chinese authorities unveiled a plan in September 2023 to...
19th Jun 2026
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China’s cross-Strait integration experiment in Xiamen and Kinmen

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19th Jun 2026
Nearly three years have passed since Chinese authorities unveiled a plan in September 2023 to support its eastern Fujian Province in exploring new approaches for integrated development across the Taiwan Strait.
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The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture. Among the most refined works of African art are the distinctive white masks of southern Gabon in...
2nd Aug 2026
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The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture.

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2nd Aug 2026
Among the most refined works of African art are the distinctive white masks of southern Gabon in Central Africa.
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Secrets of the Sophists Man is the Measure of All Things...
1st Aug 2025
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Secrets of the Sophists

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Man is the Measure of All Things...
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Summary of changes for May 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3rd Jun 2024
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Summary of changes for May 2024

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3rd Jun 2024
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIa: Focusing on Politics This is the first half of the third part (I, II) of our long-delayed series looking at Hearts of...
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Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIa: Focusing on Politics

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a week ago
This is the first half of the third part (I, II) of our long-delayed series looking at Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive’s World War II grand strategy game, easily one of the most popular historical games on the market today and thus tremendously influential in both the...
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The Sirens' Song Can You Resist?
2nd Jan 2026
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The Sirens' Song

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2nd Jan 2026
Can You Resist?
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Caroline Sur La Lune (Caroline on the Moon) 1965 A nice treat today as Caroline goes to the Moon! This was a popular French fictional series but I...
4th Apr 2025
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Caroline Sur La Lune (Caroline on the Moon) 1965

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4th Apr 2025
A nice treat today as Caroline goes to the Moon! This was a popular French fictional series but I had not been able to find the one about the Moon trip until recently. The illustrations are beautiful and full color. Well worth examining each one for its details. Pierre Probst...
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks Starting Tomorrow
1st Oct 2023
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks

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1st Oct 2023
Starting Tomorrow
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Years of Salt and Metal | The crash of Hop-a-Jet flight 823
26th Aug 2026
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Years of Salt and Metal | The crash of Hop-a-Jet flight 823

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26th Aug 2026
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Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
31st Jan 2022
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Summary of changes for January

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31st Jan 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently...
8th Aug 2026
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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together

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8th Aug 2026
This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently five-part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized, in particular exploring the principle that armies cannot help but recreate their civilian...
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Fireside Friday, March 6, 2026 Hey everyone, we have a Fireside this week and then next week we’ll get back to our somewhat silly...
6th Mar 2026
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Fireside Friday, March 6, 2026

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6th Mar 2026
Hey everyone, we have a Fireside this week and then next week we’ll get back to our somewhat silly break discussing the mechanics of warfare in Dune. But I did want to stop to chatter a bit about something that came up in that discussion, which is something about the nature of...
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The Sense Of An Ending. But right back where we started from.
7th Aug 2024
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The Sense Of An Ending.

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But right back where we started from.
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The End Is Not the End Seneca on Death, Dignity, and Inner Freedom
2nd Sep 2025
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The End Is Not the End

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2nd Sep 2025
Seneca on Death, Dignity, and Inner Freedom
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Burton Grad: A Tribute CHM offers a tribute to a special computing pioneer who worked with CHM for decades, sharing his...
8th Jul 2025
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Burton Grad: A Tribute

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8th Jul 2025
CHM offers a tribute to a special computing pioneer who worked with CHM for decades, sharing his passion for the history of software with the world. The post Burton Grad: A Tribute appeared first on CHM.
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OpenAI's "Study Mode" and the risks of flattery Serious learning requires friction, frustration... and other humans
31st Jul 2025
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OpenAI's "Study Mode" and the risks of flattery

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31st Jul 2025
Serious learning requires friction, frustration... and other humans
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The spread of British decline porn Why do Americans have such a bad image of our perfectly run country?
2nd Dec 2025
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The spread of British decline porn

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2nd Dec 2025
Why do Americans have such a bad image of our perfectly run country?
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But I don’t *want* to save liberal democracy UK News Report extra
a week ago
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But I don’t *want* to save liberal democracy

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UK News Report extra
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A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa. Africa's past carved in ivory
7th May 2023
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A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.

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7th May 2023
Africa's past carved in ivory
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The Final Discman Sony’s D-NE20
9th Sep 2025
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The Final Discman

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9th Sep 2025
Sony’s D-NE20
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Taiwan Strait Tensions and the KMT's Case for Dialogue and Exchange Taiwan’s largest opposition party cannot set official cross-Strait policy. But its efforts to deepen...
11th Aug 2026
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Taiwan Strait Tensions and the KMT's Case for Dialogue and Exchange

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11th Aug 2026
Taiwan’s largest opposition party cannot set official cross-Strait policy. But its efforts to deepen high-level exchanges and dialogue with the Chinese mainland offer another possibility.
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
1st Dec 2023
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays

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1st Dec 2023
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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How Themistocles Used a Prophecy to Defeat the Persians In 480 BC, a colossal Persian army crossed the Hellespont. Led by the power-hungry King Xerxes I,...
a week ago
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How Themistocles Used a Prophecy to Defeat the Persians

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In 480 BC, a colossal Persian army crossed the Hellespont. Led by the power-hungry King Xerxes I, hundreds of thousands of troops traveled towards Greece’s heartland in search of vengeance for a disastrous defeat ten years prior. As their customs demanded, the Athenians sought...
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism. Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
5th Jun 2024
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.

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5th Jun 2024
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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The city states of the Yoruba: a history of pre-colonial West African urbanism (1000-1900 CE) At the close of the 19th century, the Yorùbá region of South-west Nigeria was one of the most...
7th Sep 2025
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The city states of the Yoruba: a history of pre-colonial West African urbanism (1000-1900 CE)

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7th Sep 2025
At the close of the 19th century, the Yorùbá region of South-west Nigeria was one of the most urbanized places in Africa.
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Historic links between the Maghreb and West Africa: On the Sanusiyya and anti-colonialism. The modern separation of Africa into a “Mediterranean” North and a “Sub-Saharan” South had little...
22nd Jun 2025
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Historic links between the Maghreb and West Africa: On the Sanusiyya and anti-colonialism.

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22nd Jun 2025
The modern separation of Africa into a “Mediterranean” North and a “Sub-Saharan” South had little basis in the historical geographies and political relationships of the pre-colonial period.
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One Year On: 1-Year Anniversary of ReadWriteWeb This post as it looked in 2004. Here goes another self-referencing post about blogging. A couple of...
22nd Apr 2004
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One Year On: 1-Year Anniversary of ReadWriteWeb

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22nd Apr 2004
This post as it looked in 2004. Here goes another self-referencing post about blogging. A couple of days ago I clocked up 1 year on this weblog, having started Read/Write Web on 20 April 2003, with an introductory essay called (of course) The Read/Write Web. Looking back on the...
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Nations Double-Down on Status Years ago I noticed that when my kids tried out a new game, those who won more wanted to play it...
2nd Apr 2026
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Nations Double-Down on Status

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2nd Apr 2026
Years ago I noticed that when my kids tried out a new game, those who won more wanted to play it again.
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Computer History Museum × Meta’s Project Aria: Building an AI-Guided Tour for Everyone Editor’s Note: The Project Aria research demo described here is in early research and is not open...
3 days ago
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Computer History Museum × Meta’s Project Aria: Building an AI-Guided Tour for Everyone

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3 days ago
Editor’s Note: The Project Aria research demo described here is in early research and is not open for public viewing. Over the past few months, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View has partnered with Meta’s Project Aria to build an AI-guided museum tour experience. The...
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Academia’s Abstraction Failure One of the greatest obstacles to humanity using abstract thought to help on its biggest issues is...
4th Jan 2026
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Academia’s Abstraction Failure

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4th Jan 2026
One of the greatest obstacles to humanity using abstract thought to help on its biggest issues is this: our main professional specialists in abstract though applied to big issues are academics, and they refuse to think abstractly about how they allocate resources.
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a home for pino We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
11th Aug 2019
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a home for pino

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11th Aug 2019
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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The indigenous versus foreign origins of West Africa’s pre-colonial architecture. Architecture is an aspect of culture that mediates between man and his environment, and it has been...
6th Jul 2025
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The indigenous versus foreign origins of West Africa’s pre-colonial architecture.

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6th Jul 2025
Architecture is an aspect of culture that mediates between man and his environment, and it has been one of the first of the arts to adopt new materials and techniques.
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America's Khrushchev moment There is no more tired cliché than Mark Twain’s quote “history rarely repeats itself, but it often...
16th Dec 2025
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America's Khrushchev moment

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16th Dec 2025
There is no more tired cliché than Mark Twain’s quote “history rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes”.
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The Newer World Order. But can they get their heads round it?
7th Feb 2024
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The Newer World Order.

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7th Feb 2024
But can they get their heads round it?
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Summary of changes for June Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Jul 2021
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Summary of changes for June

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1st Jul 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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‘Sacred Britannia’ by Miranda Aldhouse-Green ‘Sacred Britannia’ by Miranda Aldhouse-Green H T Fri, 11/02/2018 - 00:00
2nd Nov 2018
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‘Sacred Britannia’ by Miranda Aldhouse-Green

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‘Sacred Britannia’ by Miranda Aldhouse-Green H T Fri, 11/02/2018 - 00:00
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The Birth of the Modern Moral Panic How the gin craze set a template for fear of intoxicants
13th Aug 2025
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The Birth of the Modern Moral Panic

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13th Aug 2025
How the gin craze set a template for fear of intoxicants
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Bo Diddley Bo Diddley's cover of "Sixteen Tons" sounds very much like one of my favorites, "Can't Judge A Book...
3rd Mar 2026
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Bo Diddley

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3rd Mar 2026
Bo Diddley's cover of "Sixteen Tons" sounds very much like one of my favorites, "Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover". It's interesting to compare. Thinking on that it suddenly occured to me that his name might have been a play on “diddley bow”, which is a sort of homemade...
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970) From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
1st Apr 2024
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)

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1st Apr 2024
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024! Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
7th Sep 2024
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024!

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7th Sep 2024
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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The Assassination of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Civil rights icon Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, on a motel...
1st Apr 2025
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The Assassination of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr

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1st Apr 2025
Civil rights icon Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, on a motel balcony in Memphis. One of the earliest successes of the civil rights movement was a boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.  In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her...
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Demographics and American Homicides Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
21st Jan 2024
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Demographics and American Homicides

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21st Jan 2024
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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On Selling Your Website — It's OK to Be a Lifestyle Business Instead of the latest installment of my serialized Web 2.0 memoir, this week I want to talk about...
1st May 2024
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On Selling Your Website — It's OK to Be a Lifestyle Business

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1st May 2024
Instead of the latest installment of my serialized Web 2.0 memoir, this week I want to talk about the experience of selling a tech blogging business — and the after-life this can have, which sometimes (maybe most of the time?) can be more hell than heaven. I found out this week...
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Democracy The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
1st Nov 2024
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Democracy

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1st Nov 2024
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Why controlling for variables is insufficient On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
24th Jul 2024
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Why controlling for variables is insufficient

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24th Jul 2024
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
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To all the newspapers I loved The decline and fall of the print media.
2nd Feb 2024
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To all the newspapers I loved

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2nd Feb 2024
The decline and fall of the print media.
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Can automation help make the humanities more human? Finding the negative space around machine capabilities is not a new challenge — but it is more...
6th Nov 2025
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Can automation help make the humanities more human?

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6th Nov 2025
Finding the negative space around machine capabilities is not a new challenge — but it is more important today than ever before in history
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Summary of changes for January 2025 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Feb 2025
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Summary of changes for January 2025

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1st Feb 2025
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added a new page: tote. Added Week 8 and Week 9 of the Victoria to Sitka logbook. Tote, released the project on itch.io. Grimgrains, added a new...
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‘Chernobyl Children’ by Melanie Arndt review ‘Chernobyl Children’ by Melanie Arndt review JamesHoare Mon, 11/03/2025 - 08:14
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‘Chernobyl Children’ by Melanie Arndt review

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‘Chernobyl Children’ by Melanie Arndt review JamesHoare Mon, 11/03/2025 - 08:14
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Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know...
2nd May 2025
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Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire

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2nd May 2025
This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know the scene: the general readies his archers, he orders them to ‘draw!’ and then holds up his hand with that ‘wait for it’ gesture and then shouts ‘loose!’ (or worse yet, ‘fire!’)...
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Man the Hunter Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
19th Nov 2023
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Man the Hunter

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19th Nov 2023
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Gold, volk and IQs Hayek’s fatal conceit
3rd Feb 2025
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Gold, volk and IQs

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3rd Feb 2025
Hayek’s fatal conceit
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WannaCry: The Ransomware Attack That Shut Down Hospitals It was 3 PM on a Friday. A doctor at an NHS hospital in the UK tries to check his email. Instead,...
2nd Jun 2026
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WannaCry: The Ransomware Attack That Shut Down Hospitals

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2nd Jun 2026
It was 3 PM on a Friday. A doctor at an NHS hospital in the UK tries to check his email. Instead, one of the PCs in the room reboots into a scary red screen demanding $300 in Bitcoin [23].
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The Rise And Fall of Abstraction Most animals see the world around them in pretty concrete terms.
3rd Dec 2025
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The Rise And Fall of Abstraction

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3rd Dec 2025
Most animals see the world around them in pretty concrete terms.
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Europe on fire UK News Report #7: July 2026
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Europe on fire

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UK News Report #7: July 2026
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The Ancient Empires of Africa: Imperial Governments and “Native” Rulers. Ancient state structures in Africa included Empires, which carried with them all the complexity,...
6th Sep 2026
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The Ancient Empires of Africa: Imperial Governments and “Native” Rulers.

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6th Sep 2026
Ancient state structures in Africa included Empires, which carried with them all the complexity, inequalities, and political baggage inherent in such systems.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Woman Who Demanded Equality Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a revolutionary figure in her day, speaking out about women’s rights,...
1st Feb 2026
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Woman Who Demanded Equality

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1st Feb 2026
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a revolutionary figure in her day, speaking out about women’s rights, especially voting rights for women. Alongside fellow suffragist Susan B. Anthony, she worked tirelessly to change the way society treated women. A writer, philosopher, women’s rights...
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Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864) On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
5th May 2024
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Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)

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5th May 2024
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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Acids to Ashes: The crash of Pan Am flight 160
28th Mar 2025
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Acids to Ashes: The crash of Pan Am flight 160

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28th Mar 2025
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Weekend Roundup Classics Gifts!
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Weekend Roundup

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1st Dec 2024
Classics Gifts!
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The End of PlayStation Discs Why physical media is ending on PlayStation, and why the answer is more complicated than the...
5th Jul 2026
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The End of PlayStation Discs

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5th Jul 2026
Why physical media is ending on PlayStation, and why the answer is more complicated than the backlash suggests.
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The Road Not Taken. And some sacrifices along the way.
2nd Sep 2026
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The Road Not Taken.

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2nd Sep 2026
And some sacrifices along the way.
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I talked to Terry Gross! A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
16th Jan 2024
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I talked to Terry Gross!

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16th Jan 2024
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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Explore This Historic Ship When It Docks In London This Summer Nao Victoria sails into St Katharine Docks.
1st Jun 2026
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Explore This Historic Ship When It Docks In London This Summer

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1st Jun 2026
Nao Victoria sails into St Katharine Docks.
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"He spoke of computers with some awe" Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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"He spoke of computers with some awe"

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19th Mar 2024
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Drawing the Future The ingenuity of industrial designers like Jerry Nichols helped Silicon Valley embrace mass...
16th Jan 2026
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Drawing the Future

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16th Jan 2026
The ingenuity of industrial designers like Jerry Nichols helped Silicon Valley embrace mass production in the 1960s and early 1970s, transforming the Valley and the world. The post Drawing the Future appeared first on CHM.
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