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Aardvarchaeology

Martin Rundkvist's blog. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.

January 31, 2008

Finnestorp War Booty Sacrifice

Category: Archaeology

People in modern-day Denmark had the custom of sacrificing war booty in holy lakes.

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January 30, 2008

ICQ Gender Wars

Category: Psychology

"Errrr, do you think we might perhaps simply have a civilised conversation?"

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Anthro Blog Carnival

Category: Blogging

The thirty-third Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Greg Laden's. His blog is, err, like, laden with archaeology and anthropology....

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January 29, 2008

Video From Blog Con Hum/Soc Sci Sesh

Category: Blogging

Here's a healthy chunk of video footage from the session on blogging about humanities and social sciences that I chaired at the NC Science Blogging Conference Saturday before last. Much of it shows me and Jennifer Jacquet looking blank as...

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January 27, 2008

The Amazing Meeting 5.5, Plantation, FL

Category: Skepticism

A 1.5-day mini-con hosted by the Amazing Randi himself!

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January 25, 2008

Volunteering at the JREF

Category: Skepticism

Spent yesterday volunteering at the James Randi Educational Foundation, doing manual work and getting to know people. I moved furniture, cleaned up trash, painted a door and pasted errata sheets into books. And everybody was so nice to me!...

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January 23, 2008

Suicide-Inducing Florida Retirement Community

Category: NOIBN

Took a walk around the local geocaches, ended up trapped for half an hour in a nightmarish retirement community. Endless identical white single-story houses with garages and immaculate lawns, the streets deserted in the baking January afternoon. I was...

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Sim Florida

Category: NOIBN

Descending toward Ft Lauderdale airport this morning, I was shocked by the expanse of suburban sprawl stretching to the horizon below me. A huge drained swamp, all flat, covered by an intricate pattern of canals and streets and plots...

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January 22, 2008

Wish I Could Do That In Linux

Category: Tech

Back in April, I installed Ubuntu Linux on my oldish Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, bought in early 2005. Ubuntu's rapid boot process and snappy action has made it my favourite operating system (while I continue to run Win XP and...

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January 21, 2008

Build Your Life on Eternal Truths

Category: NOIBN

I just popped out for a burger at Arbee's, and I chose a seat with a good view of the full moon riding high over a Shell gas station. On the wall of the station was a large luminescent...

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