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Martin Rundkvist's blog. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.
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.
January 29, 2012
Category: Language
Dungeon: a massive inner tower in a Medieval castle or a dark usually underground prison or vault. Traceable back to Latin dominus, lord. Dudgeon: a wood used especially for dagger hilts or a fit or state of indignation. Traceable back...
Posted by Martin R at 10:14 AM • 15 Comments •
January 28, 2012
Category: Archaeology
Lots of interesting feature stories lately.
Posted by Martin R at 4:52 AM • 5 Comments •
January 25, 2012
Category: Space
Amazing engineering that keeps working year after year without a technician so much as touching it.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 13 Comments •
January 23, 2012
Category: Tech
Where is the "switch" that allows the alternator to suck less energy out of the tank when I turn off my wipers?
Posted by Martin R at 4:37 AM • 15 Comments •
January 20, 2012
Category: Biology
A baby aardvark was born in Antwerpen zoo in Belgium two weeks ago.
Posted by Martin R at 3:05 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Travel
25-26 February. Blankaholm, Swedish East Coast archaeology conference, speaking about picture stones 7-9 March. Danish Viborg, Bronze Age burial conference 15-17 March. Paris, European Archaeological Council, Annual Meeting 21 March. Stockholm, Senioruniversitetet / ABF, speaking about pseudoarchaeology 24 March. Eskilstuna...
Posted by Martin R at 4:03 AM • 5 Comments •
January 17, 2012
Category: Blogging
It's time we had a de-lurk around this here blog! The last one was a year ago. If you keep returning to this blog but rarely or never comment, you are a lurker, Dear Reader, and a most welcome one...
Posted by Martin R at 4:38 PM • 46 Comments •
January 14, 2012
Category: Language
When I was 16 in 1988 I spent a couple of days in Paris with a language school. I brought the address for a game store, one that advertised in White Dwarf magazine. It was on Rue Poirier de Narcay,...
Posted by Martin R at 4:58 PM • 5 Comments •
January 7, 2012
Category: Health
I'm on the latest instalment of the Skeptic's Guide podcast talking about the Mora/Orsa electrophobia case and the Obscurantist of the Year anti-award.
Posted by Martin R at 3:18 PM • 5 Comments •
January 6, 2012
Category: Health
One winter my dad went to a New York drug store to buy saltpetre for our traditional Christmas ham. And the elderly druggist winked at him and said this odd thing.
Posted by Martin R at 2:51 PM • 16 Comments •
January 5, 2012
Category: Gaming
When I was a kid I enjoyed playing the 1984 computer war game Sun Tzu's Ancient Art of War. Last spring I visited Tiger Hill in Suzhou where there is a small temple to the great strategist's memory. The game...
Posted by Martin R at 5:42 PM • 4 Comments •
January 4, 2012
Category: Health
Went to bed with a headache, woke up intermittently during the night to find it still there, and got up in the morning with the same headache or one very similar to it. So I took an aspirin, which stuck...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 15 Comments •
January 2, 2012
Category: Skepticism
The Board for the Environment of Mora and Orsa municipalities receives the Obscurantist of the Year anti-award, as it has disregarded scientific knowledge when dealing with so-called electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
Posted by Martin R at 3:33 AM • 10 Comments •
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