via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive – Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
Circa 1915
“Bolton Castle in Gatun Locks, west chamber, Panama Canal”
Just the thing to float your boat
8x10 inch dry plate glass negative
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Our habitat: dwelling
via OUP Blog by Anatoly Liberman
A dwelling is, obviously, a place in which someone dwells. Although the word is transparent , the verb dwell is not. Only its derivation poses no problems. Some verbs belong to the so-called causative group. They mean “to make do or to cause to do.” Thus, fell is the causative of fall (“to cause something or somebody to fall”). Similar relations connect sit and set and (for those who still differentiate them) lie and lay. With time, the senses and the phonetic shape of the primary and the causative verb may drift apart. For example, today no one will guess that drench is the causative of drink; yet once we know their history, we understand how drench can be understood as “cause to drink.”
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via Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
New atheists
If belief in God means nothing to you, why proselytize one way or another? John Gray on the strange nature of evangelical atheism… more
I always thought that atheism was a belief that there is no God not that his existence (or otherwise) means nothing.
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50 of the Greatest Literary Moments on TV
via Flavorwire by Emily Temple
It’s probably safe to say that media tends to refer to itself, in one way or another — and referring to literature, as opposed to other forms of pop culture, is one way to make just about anything a little more highbrow. Television, notoriously full of references and allusions, might be the worst/best culprit, and the most fun to hunt through for literary moments — after all, nothing’s more fun than seeing books on the boob tube. After the jump, you’ll find 50 of the greatest and most memorable literary allusions, shout-outs, cameos, and references on television, as well as real-life author appearances and whole episodes, or even whole seasons, based on books. NB: I’ve shied away from one-to-one adaptations, like Sherlock, because that’s a whole other list.
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Lego Pompeii
via A Don’s Life by Mary Beard
If you’re looking for a reason to visit Australia in 2015, let me suggest a visit to the new Lego Pompeii in the Nicholson Museum, at the University of Sydney (apologies for that to all readers of this blog who already ARE in Australia).
This is exactly what it sounds: a model of Pompeii made out of 190,000 pieces of Lego, which took almost 500 hours to build. It’s the third of the Nicholson Museum’s Lego models (they've already done the Colosseum and the Acropolis), but this is the biggest yet and will be on show until the end of 2015.
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via Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
The lives of Keynes
To grasp Keynes, you must understand that he was more than an economist. He was a don, speculator, farmer, statesman, theatrical manager… more
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Detailed Snowtrooper armor
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
A mere $2,000 gets you this suit of Imperial Snowtrooper couture armor, suitable for fighting asymmetric warfare on Hoth or chilling at a con.
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Why Do Ants Have an Inherent Bias to Turn Left?
via Big Think by Natalie Shoemaker
Some animals are born with particular behavioral lateralizations, or inherent biases, for instance, 90 percent of humans are right handed. But ants have an exploratory instinct to turn left when navigating a new nest or a lab maze by a significant margin, according to a recent study.
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via Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Who was Sappho?
The Sappho wars. For three millennia, the life of the poet has been the center of controversy. But how relevant is her biography to her work?… more
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Baking bread from an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph recipe
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
Miguel writes, “I tried to replicate an ancient Egyptian bread, starting with the right kind of wheat, the grinding and the baking... I also made a modernized version inspired by Egypt.”
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