Seed Media Group

Aardvarchaeology

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

March 31, 2008

Tech Note: Handheld File Transfer Woes

Category: Tech

For the past two years I've been packing a soap-sized handheld computer named the Qtek 9100. It's a version of a design named the HTC Wizard, sporting a slide-out qwerty keyboard and running Windows Mobile. The machine's been good to...

Read on »

March 30, 2008

Britney Spears is the High Priestess of Swedish Dance Pop

Category: Music

It's a running joke around Sb that the single most popular blog entry on the whole site is one where a scibling calls Britney Spears the High Priestess of something not very flattering. In fact, as Spears's latest hit...

Read on »

March 28, 2008

Lind & Mörner Still Mucking Around in Ravlunda

Category: Archaeology

The last time these enthusiastic gentlemen interfered with the site, they were reprimanded by the County Archaeologist.

Read on »

March 27, 2008

Hayseed Dixie

Category: Music

Bluegrass music is rootsy acoustic proto-country. 70s heavy metal is bluesy electrified hard rock. Imagine what classic heavy metal songs would sound like if played by a bluegrass band -- banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass... Imagine that. Imagine Hayseed Dixie!...

Read on »

Anthro Blog Carnival -- Pulp SF Edition

Category: Archaeology

The thirty-seventh Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Hot Cup of Joe. Archaeology and anthropology from outer space!!! And check out the new Skeptics' Circle!...

Read on »

March 26, 2008

Tap Water is Not a Naturally Occurring Substance

Category: Biology

Water suppliers use natural water to make tap water.

Read on »

March 25, 2008

Daycare Sociolects

Category: Language

A dialect is split into sociolects, that have to do with social class.

Read on »

March 24, 2008

Cat Does Experimental Archaeology

Category: Archaeology

In an attempt to check out the view from the kitchen window, the cat created an archaeological pottery assemblage.

Read on »

March 22, 2008

Onion Peel Egg Dye

Category: Art

There's actually a use for onion peel. Wrap it around an egg, wrap egg and peel in aluminium foil, and boil the egg the usual way. Red onion peel dyes the shell yellow, while yellow onion peel dyes it...

Read on »

A Pox on Both Houses

Category: Skepticism

A reader has pointed out that a propaganda website friendly with the Chinese government and hostile to Falun Gong is quoting a recent blog entry of mine. She suggests that this means that I am aiding the government in its...

Read on »

Blogs in the Network

Advertisement

Top Five: Most German

Search All Blogs

Top Science Stories

powered by SEED - seedmagazine.com