DSW, #40
February 6th, 2006Filemon Ka Popoy Lagman, Filipino revolutionary, born 17 March 1953, murdered 6 February 2001.
Archive for February, 2006
Really Rather Good
February 5th, 2006Google Earth is now available for Mac.
One of the reasons I didn’t post much on the blog over the last few days is that what time I was spending with the computer was being spent admiring different bits of the surface of the earth, rather than wittering over here.
Someone needs to fly low over Oxford, though, and get some better snaps. It’s a pity that I can see the back porch of the Cambridge, MA flat I used to live in, and can scrutinise Cambridge, UK, on a quad-by-quad basis, only to have Oxford in general and Jericho in particular appear as a bit of a blur.
(For Jericho-from-the-air, go here.)
DSW, #69
February 5th, 2006G. E. M. de ste Croix, author of The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World. Born 8 February 1910; died 5 February 2000.
TKB (Sunday edition)
February 5th, 2006Here’s Enkidu, reaching for the remote control:
(I’m experimenting with photographing kittens without flash, hence the general darkness and fuzziness of the image. I may get better at it one day.)
My Goodness
February 5th, 2006The Scots appear to have worked out how to play rugby again. That’s probably a good thing, I suppose.
