Category: Sweden
It's February 2008. I've had access to the WWW for 13 years. Yet I can still not get a news feed filtered to any reasonable approximation of my tastes. I want very little news: only the important stuff. I think...
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Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 16 Comments •
Category: NOIBN
When I was in Florida a month ago, right after having lunch with an elder statesman of the skeptical movement, I found the above polaroid photograph on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. The signs above the windows have allowed...
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Posted by Martin R at 8:02 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Archaeology
The thirty-fifth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Archaeoporn. Archaeology and anthropology is quite a lovely and ladylike pastime for us ladies! The next open hosting slot is on 9 April. All bloggers with an interest in...
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Posted by Martin R at 3:44 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Archaeology
Among Anglophone archaeologists there used to be hostility towards "scientism", often compounded to "naïve scientism" or "vulgar scientism".
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Posted by Martin R at 3:10 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Archaeology
I know you are all secretely competing for who will have the pleasure of giving me an assistant professor's position.
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Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 14 Comments •
Category: Archaeology
What were they supposed to do with a six-litre volume of crumbling amber?
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Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 11 Comments •
Category: Archaeology
I'm a big fan of Danish archaeology. In my opinion it is the best in Scandinavia, both regarding the sites they have and what they write about them. This love of Danish archaeology has been a strong incentive for...
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Posted by Martin R at 3:15 AM • 18 Comments •
Category: Archaeology
The US has a strangely high output per capita of anthropology BAs.
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Posted by Martin R at 9:18 AM • 9 Comments •
Category: Archaeology
Thanks to Nixxon for the tipoff....
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Posted by Martin R at 4:52 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Skepticism
I've just agreed to a flattering request from real.girl at Skepchick. This means that chances are you will find a skeptical archaeologist in partial deshabillé in the 2009 edition of the Skepchick skin calendar. And I'm train blogging again. And...
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Posted by Martin R at 4:42 AM • 15 Comments •