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A Small Victory
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this is halloween: 1 (Oct 02 2003 01:02 GMT) - [post one of at least 31 halloween posts in 31 days] Those of you who have been around here since time began (that would be February 2001) may remember the Lists of Five. There were random little lists that people... |
patrickWeb
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Music (Oct 02 2003 01:01 GMT) - I have been thinking for a long time about writing something about music. Other than my wife and family I can't think of anything I love more than music. I like all kinds but Classical music is my favorite. If... |
patrickWeb
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Music (Oct 02 2003 01:01 GMT) - I have been thinking for a long time about writing something about music. Other than my wife and family I can't think of anything I love more than music. I like all kinds but Classical music is my favorite. If... |
jasun's blog
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The Bongo Project (Oct 02 2003 01:01 GMT) - Network link via Bongos? I would have never thought! Well check this out - The Bongo Project sent some very slow pings via a pair of Bongos! Stuff like this is always interesting to read and see, the more wacky... |
dixiblog
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happy birthday julie! (Oct 02 2003 01:01 GMT) - :smile: happy birthday to my wonderful pal, julie! i hope this year is the best ever.... |
linkfilter.net
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The Voyage of Brendan the Navigator (Oct 02 2003 01:01 GMT) - Maps of Columbus's time often included an island called St. Brendan's Isle that was placed in the western Atlantic ocean. Map makers of the time had no idea of it's exact position but did believe it existed some where west of Europe. It was mentioned in a Latin text dating from the ninth century titled Navigatio Santi Brendani Abatis (Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot). It described the voyage as having taken place in the sixth century. |
elnegrozumbon ** enz
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Por favor, diga honestamente qué opina de la... (Oct 02 2003 01:00 GMT) - La ONU acaba de finalizar la encuesta mas grande de su historia. La pregunta fue: " Por favor, diga honestamente qué opina de la escasez de alimentos en el resto del mundo." Los resultados no han podido ser mas desalentadores, la encuesta ha sido un total fracaso... |
Hunting The Muse
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Condorcet Explanation (Oct 02 2003 01:00 GMT) - Shortest, sweetest explanation of Condorcet voting I've been able to come up with: Condorcet voting is when you find the candidate that would beat every single other candidate in a one-on-one matchup. You can figure that out by having the voters rank the candidates. |
forty.something
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This and that (Oct 02 2003 01:00 GMT) - I've been trying to get through this cold without medicine. It's not that I have anything against medicine, it's just... |
ukblogs
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simulated earth (Oct 02 2003 01:00 GMT) - Ooh, remember that Japanese Earth Simulator announced back in April? The supercomputer that's 10 times more powerful than any other computer? Well, the results are in and are due to be presented at a 3 day conference here in Cambridge.... |
ukblogs
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step 2 (Oct 02 2003 01:00 GMT) - I got both my tickets and visa application in the post today. Still one or two things to do before I've finished preparatory bits and pieces, including vaccinations and actually applying for the Visa...... |
ukblogs
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If Man is 5 (Oct 02 2003 01:00 GMT) - Against- no encore. For- Almost an hour and a half, pretty much non stop, so it was churlish to expect an encore. The only songs I recognised were Velouria (the opener) and Dirty Old Town (it's shameful how few people in a Manchester audience sang alo |
Wikipedia
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Steamship (Oct 02 2003 01:00 GMT) - Clarified that paddle steamers, though steam driven, are generally not counted as steam ships. |
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