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It’s been a little time since I’ve focused on pirates here: * Â Apparently you can make as much going after ships with the Somalis as you can teaching at a New York public school. Â Yeah, the piece is a … Continue reading →
A few brief bits as I read the paper this afternoon, from the NEW YORK TIMES*: * The piece about how reading fiction is good for youhe brain.  You’re welcome… * The piece about Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson’s new book, … Continue reading →
I had someone take me aside after I posted a chapter in Red Jenny and the Pirates of Buffalo where I point out that one of the factors involved in the collapse of civilization as we knew it was eliminating state funding for … Continue reading →
Just got word that Encyclopedia Britannica is ending the run of its physical editions with the 2010 issue. According to the article, they still have 4,000 copies of the last run available for sale, a third of the total print run, … Continue reading →
The video above  was a capture of the experience of taking the Futurama ride (no, not that one..) at the General Motors Pavilion at the 1964 World’s Fair out in Flushing. Where to begin… There is a certain gee-wiz-gun-ho jingoism that … Continue reading →
Someone flagged for me this story of Spain taking possession of recovered treasure that had gone down with (what the report claimed was) a galleon. At first I wasn’t sure this dovetailed as well into my interests, as the Nuestra Señora … Continue reading →
Found an interesting article about the Canadian government denying scientists access to the press. Â Which I could go on about and find some pithy way to tie it to the recent work, had there not been a kerfuffle about Forbes.com … Continue reading →
