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Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough
aaax / bbbx / cccy / dddy: Is there a particular name for the structure of the poem Slough, by John Betjeman?
“I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.”
I'm not snark-honing here, but... seriously? If it's not deletion-worthy due to general craziness, it's now just a chat.
iTunes annoyance
When I right-click the iTunes icon in the Windows system tray, often the taskbar context menu will pop up at the same time and interfere with the iTunes menu, like this. How can I fix this?
Dead Western Christian white males galore!
Explore a thousand years of classical music in 30 fifteen-minute programmes on BBC Radio 4.
Ashes to ashes ... funk to funky
Are there any churches in the U.S. whose services follow the 1662 edition of the Book of Common Prayer, as opposed to the American 1979 edition?
Race in basketball
Are NBA referees racially biased when calling fouls? In a paper [PDF] released yesterday, economists Wolfers and Price claim that an all-white team would win two extra games over an 82-game season.
LaTeX
Help me with lists in LaTeX! And I'd like some general advice about whether LaTeX and LyX are worth the hassle.
2007 Reith Lectures
Over the next four weeks, Jeffrey Sachs will be giving the 2007 BBC Reith Lectures. Download [MP3] the first week's lecture ("Bursting at the Seams"), or subscribe [XML] to the podcast. Listen to the 1999-2006 lectures in full, or hear historic lecturers such as Bertrand Russell and J.K. Galbraith.
"I look up to him, because he is upper-class. But I look down on him, because he is lower-class."
In Britain: Upper class, Upper middle class, Middle class, Lower middle class, Working class. An American on class.
Find me a Qur'ān!
Which translation of the Qur'ān should I read?
Question Time
Question Time Iraq Special (Skip to 04:45 to begin). Question Time is a British TV institution, where five prominent politicians debate current affairs while being questioned by a studio audience. The Iraq edition, available online, features the British Secretary of State for Defence, a popular, anti-war former party leader, the aristocratic old socialist leading the Stop-the-War coalition, the first female leader of a Muslim state … and John Bolton.
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