Monthly Archives: December 2010

When Bad Things Happen to Good Databases

Posted on Thursday: December 30, 2010 by Michael Hendry

From the site of a bookseller whose name (and URL) I will kindly omit: Cicero was a primate, and letters are no doubt symbols as well as collections of symbols, and Cicero’s letters are a “particularly highly-developed form of primate … Continue reading →

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Saturnalian Pedantry

Posted on Monday: December 20, 2010 by Michael Hendry

“The period of the winter solstice had been always a great festival with the northern nations, the commencement of the lengthening of the days being, indeed, of all points in the circle of the year, that in which the inhabitants … Continue reading →

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