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

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Paddy K Seeks the Bridge of Orchy

Paddy K is hiking in Scotland without any portable internet connection. He just texted me a request for the coordinates of the Bridge of Orchy. He's currently in Inverardran, about 20 km SSE of the bridge. People in the...

Phoenix Lander Contortionist Video

Here's an ace animated film clip showing how the Phoenix Lander manoeuvered its camera/digger arm to take a picture of the surface under its own belly a few days ago. Gives you a good sense of how the thing looks...

Orkney Photographs On-line

74 snaps from my recent visit to Orkney.

Kirkwall, Orkney

I'm in Kirkwall on the Orkney islands for a conference on maritime societies in the Viking and Medieval periods. It's a lovely sunny evening, which is apparently a rare and precious occurrence around these parts. The dialect is also something...

Junior Meets the Astronaut

It was a good talk, ranging from abstruse physics to everyday practicalities of life in space.

W00t! Phoenix Survived!

It has deployed its solar panels successfully and is transmitting pictures!

Wikiblues

I'm frustrated about Wikipedia. Cultists are slowly and surely readjusting the Falun Gong article to their own rosy and "oh-how-persecuted-we-are" perspective. The other day I watched some anonymous loon create a new user account for the single purpose of deleting...

Bits and Bobs

Yesterday I did 5.5 more man-hours of metal detecting at the "Hall of Odin" site in Västmanland with Per Vikstrand. No prehistoric finds: just a piece of a 15/16/17th century brass cooking pot. Bob Lind's craziness is once more repeated...

Aard Regular Makes Headlines Bashing Christian Right

It's great to live in a country where run-of-the-mill Dominionist statements piss the right wing off most mightily.

600 Hidden Plastic Jars

Logged my 600th geocache this bright May morning, took a picture of a treehouse ruin near the cache, then drove home listening to the Nashville Pussy. After lunch, me and the Rundkvist ladies took part in the annual street...

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