A really relaxing month, although the UK government’s decision to open up somewhat to overseas travellers made the final few days a bit hectic.

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Originally posted on 3rd August 2005, the original has long since passed, but I found a version in the Internet Archive, and although the quotes are well-known decided to resurrect it.

President Bush said Monday he believes schools should discuss “intelligent design” alongside evolution when...

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Stamp depicting Lammastide

Lammas day is something I had been vaguely aware of growing up, but it wasn’t until about 15 years ago that I started to understand its full significance. It is Loaf Mass Day.

On Loaf Mass Day, it is customary to bring to a Christian church a loaf made from the new crop, which began to be ha...

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The world continues to ignore my ranting. Happy 10th birthday to a piece of pedantry that I will never abandon: Ceci n'est pas un blog.

A more recent bafflement, about the use of web analytics on one's personal site. Jeremy Keith doesn’t use any analytics, and says that he regards this as “sho...

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Continuing to bring in old posts on the day (roughly) they were written, today's effort — Eat the Riches — brought to light an aspect of link rot that is always a bit of a surprise.

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