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Aardvarchaeology

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

September 30, 2008

Donkey Shot

Category: Gaming

I'm reading Steven L. Kent's engrossing 2001 book The Ultimate History of Video Games, and of course it reminds me of a lot of games I played as a kid. My first real video games were played on the...

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September 29, 2008

New Swedish Fantasy Novel

Category: Books

My erudite friend Florence Vilén (historian of religion, haiku poet, aficionado of gems and classical music) has published her first novel in Swedish. Tungelblodet ("Blood of the Moon") is high fantasy set in a northern archipelago where wind-witches help fishermen...

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Chatbot Conversation

Category: Humour

I was contacted on Yahoo Messenger today by a chatbot named Alexandra Buford. She greeted me in a foreign language, so I thought it polite to reply likewise.Alexandra: yhneb martinrund Martin: yhneb Alexandra: Hi martinrund. it's Alexandra. Martin: yhneb Alexandra:...

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September 28, 2008

Notice Board Screed

Category: Poetry

For decades, Stockholm has been the turf of photocopy artist Renate Bauer. She paints too, but her main mode of expression is hand-written prose-poetic screeds covering every square centimeter of the paper. These she photocopies and fixes with sticky...

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September 27, 2008

Another Career Whine

Category: Archaeology

I've painted myself into a reasonably well-funded gentleman-scholar corner.

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September 26, 2008

Notability Discussion on Wikipedia

Category: NOIBN

There is a discussion going on at Wikipedia regarding certain facets of the on-line encyclopedia's controversial notability policy. At heart, it's about where the line should be drawn between notable subjects (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and non-notable ones (Shitty Arnie, my...

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September 25, 2008

Fighter Plane Ammo

Category: Archaeology

Cartridges are large chunks of brass, which would make them obtrusive even if they were just spheres.

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September 24, 2008

Sättuna Fieldwork Summary

Category: Archaeology

The dig closes eight days earlier than planned.

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Anthro Blog Carnival

Category: Blogging

The fiftieth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Yann Klimentidis' Weblog. Archaeology and anthropology, and all about Belqas, a town in the north-western corner of the Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. Belqas comprises in its jurisdictions the well known resort...

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September 22, 2008

Four Stone Hearth Call For Submissions

Category: Blogging

Everybody with an interest in anthropology and archaeology -- it's time to contribute good new blog entries to next week's Four Stone Hearth blog carnival. You needn't have written them yourself: if you've found something worth reading recently, submit it...

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