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Posted on January 19, 2019

Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe, and a cheers to the Poe Toaster

Poe would be 210 if he was alive today, which would be a surprising development for all concerned. And presumably today will see the appearance of the Poe Toaster at Poe’s Baltimore…

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Posted on January 5, 2019January 4, 2019

An amusing correction in the TLS letters page from 12 years ago

While looking for something entirely different, I came across this letter to the TLS by Tim Nau from January 5th 2007: Sir, -In a paragraph about saints of the Dark Ages…

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Posted on January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

Review of “How To Build An Android: The True Story of Philip K Dick’s Robotic Resurrection”, SF Site, 2013

I posted this review of “How To Build An Android: The True Story of Philip K Dick’s Robotic Resurrection” by David Dufty on the SF Site in 2013 – I originally reblogged…

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Posted on December 16, 2018December 16, 2018

The mysterious number 6174

6174. Does not seem, at first glance, an interesting number. Maybe paradoxically uninteresting? Or maybe not, for as Yutaka Nishiyama wrote back in 2006 here, 6174 pops up in a rather interesting manner: In…

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Posted on November 2, 2018

Pythagoras: Much, much more than a theorem

Oh, so much more. Murder. Cults. Beans. With Souls.   Witness this video by Vi Hart:

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Posted on October 18, 2018

“Still on patrol”

I came across this call for submissions for an upcoming anthology by Otter Libris: There is a tradition in the United States Navy that no submarine is ever truly lost…

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Posted on August 15, 2018

Torture in Clogheen

From The Nationalist (current edition): Close up on the story itself: Close up on record holder Tommy Noonan: Close up on the man with the 20 euro:

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Posted on May 17, 2018May 14, 2018

Why hasn’t an earthquake toppled the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

I’m sure you’ve asked yourself the same question… well, here is the answer…. Basically, it’s all down to the soil: After studying available seismological, geotechnical and structural information, the research…

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