Book Review: Alsdorf, Auf den Spuren
Category: History
Things were grim in the Third Reich in the spring of 1945.
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Four Stone Hearth
August 28, 2008
Category: History
Things were grim in the Third Reich in the spring of 1945.
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August 27, 2008
Category: Blogging
The forty-eighth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Tangled Up In Blue Guy. Archaeology and anthropology, and all about various aspects of Hrodgaud of Friuli! Hrodgaud or Rodgand was Duke of Friuli from 774 to 776. Probably he...
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August 25, 2008
Category: China
Back in October I picked up a couple of wooden model kits in a mall near the Drum Tower in Beijing. Yesterday my daughter and I finished the first one, an Imperial Chinese dragon (count the toes), brought to...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 5 Comments •
August 24, 2008
Category: Archaeology
A recent unusual find is very likely a wry gift from an archaeologist.
Posted by Martin R at 3:15 AM • 12 Comments •
August 22, 2008
Category: Blogging
It's long past time for an Aard after-work blogmeet. Everybody, welcome to restaurant Akkurat at Hornsgatan 18 in Stockholm on Monday 1 September! I'll be there from 17:30. It's right by Slussen subway station. Akkurat specialises in mussels, rare...
Posted by Martin R at 12:51 PM • 10 Comments •
August 21, 2008
Category: Introspection
My current ten favourite things:Books Boardgames Podcasts Tea Sunshine Archaeology Sleep Nookie Music E-mailAnd yours, Dear Reader?...
Posted by Martin R at 3:25 PM • 10 Comments •
August 20, 2008
Category: Books
The CAPTCHA project uses brain time that would otherwise just go to waste.
Posted by Martin R at 1:56 PM • 6 Comments •
August 19, 2008
Category: Archaeology
"Nobody will doubt the existence of static electricity in the ancient times..."
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August 18, 2008
Category: Gaming
I got my driver's licence late, at age 22, because I wasn't interested in cars and didn't want to support automotive culture. When I finally did get myself a licence, it was because I was starting to feel embarrassed...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 6 Comments •
August 15, 2008
Category: Books
Naantali is a small coastal town near Turku in Finland. The name is a fennicisation of Sw. NĂ¥dendal, which in turn stems from the name of a Bridgetine abbey founded there in the 15th century. Vallis Gratia, "Valley of Grace"....
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