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I can’t fully trust people who hate snow; I worry that they’re unwilling to trade convenience for beauty.

Posted 30 January 2009 Adam § , § Comments (3)

The Case for Pigeons

(Been sitting on this one for a little while, which is why it seems a little more London-centric.) One of the features of many cities is the sheer amount of pigeons in the streets. Having only visited cities before living in London, pigeons have never been a regular fixture of my life. But London, sort [...]

Posted 05 May 2008 Adam § , § Comments (3)

Cardboard Sign Maker Gets It

Found here.

Posted 23 January 2008 Adam § § Comments (2)

BBC2

BBC2 had been really impressing me when I first arrived here. At first I was skeptical. Live darts? Repeated twice a day? But then you watch it and … oh my yes. I had no idea darts was such fascinating television. I couldn’t tear myself away from it even with the National Gallery a couple [...]

Posted 20 January 2008 Adam § , § Comments (1)

Google Trends: Popular philosophy

Ok, so this is pretty fun. Google has a “trend” tracker that you can query about the popularity of search terms throughout the year. You get neat graphs in response. (You can actually separate terms with commas to get a graph tracking multiple terms.) “Philosophy” is kind of fun. Notice the spikes for finals weeks [...]

Posted 16 November 2007 Adam § , § Comments (2)

Links for 22 October

Some interesting things on the web: * [The rooms where writers write.](http://books.guardian.co.uk/writersrooms) I’m embarrassed to say that I know very few of these authors. My favorites are Carmen Gill’s, Seamus Heaney’s, and David Hare’s. What are yours? * [Uncertain Principles: What is String Theory.](http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2007/08/what_is_string_theory.php) Almost comprehensible. * [I Use This!](http://osx.iusethis.com/ ) Indispensable compendium of Mac [...]

Posted 22 October 2007 Adam § , § Comments (0)

William Walker: Fun with Wikipedia

A while ago, I was doing some late night Wikipedia surfing and stumbled across the amazing life of William Walker. Born in 1824, Walker graduated summa cum laude from university when he was 14, traveled Europe while studying medicine and got his medical degree, practiced, then studied law. Apparently he studied enough to get work [...]

Posted 02 October 2007 Adam § , , § Comments (2)