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Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
June 30, 2011
Category: Politics
The problem is actually due to the orthodox marketism that the Confederation espouses, where universities compete for students according to the students' demand.
Posted by Martin R at 4:09 AM • 50 Comments •
June 29, 2011
Category: Archaeology
In his 1962 dissertation, Jungneolithische Studien, Mats P. Malmer established that an object type's identity rests entirely upon a verbal definition.
Posted by Martin R at 3:34 PM • 7 Comments •
June 24, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Here's a Chinese village with a poorly supported and recently concocted origin myth involving Roman soldiers.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 33 Comments •
June 23, 2011
Category: China
FG's prophet actually has made some racist statements, but they are peripheral ideas in the movement and certainly not something a FG proselytiser would shove in someone's face when making a first contact.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 11 Comments •
June 22, 2011
Category: NOIBN
Geocaching is a GPS-aided combination of hide the Easter egg and orienteering for internet nerds. I have logged >700 caches since 2005 and had lots of fun. Borås Tidning now reports about a not terribly thoughtful geocacher. He had...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 6 Comments •
June 21, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Read new research for free!
Posted by Martin R at 8:56 AM • 9 Comments •
June 20, 2011
Category: Books
Spent four hours at the EuroCon 2011 science fiction convention Sunday afternoon. That's about enough for me. Though I love sf, and I've made a few appearances as speaker and panelist at cons, I've never really been part of...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 8 Comments •
June 16, 2011
Category: Archaeology
The rivers run almost dry in Qingtian prefecture, Zhejiang province, China, because of recently built power dams.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 21 Comments •
June 14, 2011
Category: Archaeology
One article is actually a long piece of special pleading to explain why the excavator did not find the desired remains on a site!
Posted by Martin R at 1:57 PM • 5 Comments •
June 13, 2011
Category: Children
Fecal sample submission window....
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 13 Comments •
June 10, 2011
Category: Archaeology
The title is Mead-halls of the Eastern Geats and the book will be published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 24 Comments •
June 9, 2011
Category: China
"Lie Fallow" means "in your spare time, without a prior appointment" in Engrish. Everybody loves Engrish, the surreal dialect of English found on signs, in menus, on clothing etc. in the Far East. Much of it seems to stem...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 20 Comments •
June 8, 2011
Category: China
I've written a bit before about the slightly odd interior decoration in Chinese hotels. Here's a Lovecraftian table lamp that sits on the check-in desk, inspiring cosmic dread, at the Relax hotel in Hangzhou....
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 4 Comments •
June 7, 2011
Category: Gaming
Listening to the Dice Tower and Spiel podcasts and reading forum entries on Boardgame Geek, I've come across two central aspects of US boardgaming culture that have me kind of baffled. One is the ubiquity of open-to-all gaming groups, and...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 17 Comments •
June 6, 2011
Category: NOIBN
2011 Having completed our first twelve years together today, my wonderful wife and I have agreed to go on for at least another dozen. 1999...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 19 Comments •
June 4, 2011
Category: Travel
Dear Reader, it's raining in Hangzhou and I am not well. I have had the shits since Wednesday evening, some headache, and last night I seem to have had a fever. Both of the latter problems are kept at bay...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 11 Comments •
June 2, 2011
