As sil reports, the Gentlemen’s Philosophical Society of Elvet visited York last weekend, visiting the Roman remains and seeking refreshment between academic endeavours. Our achievements included: Finding our way there. Figuring out what’s what at the Multangular Tower and the…
Friend has weblog
Simon, the lyrical and vocal half of the highly influential band Territorial Mercenaries and his wife Alex have started a weblog: A Travers Adventure.
CILIP silent on public library problems
Following a continued attack by Tim Coates on the management and policies surrounding public libraries in the UK, Chris Armstrong criticises CILIP for failing to wade in. He makes a few points: That CILIP should respond in a reasoned and…
Men’s books
I recently went on an innocent trip to a Sandy charity shop the other week with my three year old son. After I had idly scanned the bookshelves for a short while, the mildly scary lady serving behind the counter…
Cow Solitaire on the radio
Cow Solitaire has been mentioned on national radio! I think. In any case, it appears on the website for Miles Mendoza’s Website of the Day, which is part of Steve Wright in the Afternoon’s no doubt excellent show on BBC…
Benediction
I don’t wish to pass comment on Mr Benedict’s remarks except to say that The Sun‘s headline Pope on the ropes is ace.
Bigger library in Sandy?
The Biggleswade Chronicle reports that Bedfordshire County Council, or rather their agents (presumably men in dark glasses and a local goverment pension scheme) are investigating the idea of spending £450,000 on developing Sandy Library. It probably won’t happen anyway, but…
Cows probably don’t have accents
Mark Liberman at* Language Log takes the scientific props away from the story that cows have accents, including quoting a testimony from John Wells, the linguist in question (and one of ours). I particularly like Professor Wells’s complaint about a…
Cows have accents
The BBC reports that researchers have found that cows have regional accents. Apparently birds do as well, although some farmers suggest a human cause that wouldn’t be appropriate for birds: Farmer Lloyd Green, from Glastonbury, said: “I spend a lot…
Aurlog left out again
Aurlog has been left out of the Time Magazine 50 coolest websites again. I think it is because of Time’s American bias. Out of the fifty, I think I’ve only visited Myspace and YouTube. That’s how cool I am.