I clearly don’t understand what an academic review is for
There’s a bit of a puzzle in American Antiquity recently, a section of reviews of pseudoarchaeology books and after reading it, the biggest mystery is why? Donald H. Holly Jr is worried that people are...
View ArticleThoughts (one of my rasher posts)
I’ve seen a few people complaining how the BBC and Sky News are reporting an ongoing story regarding David Cameron. Censorship is a frequent claim, but I’m not sure that’s fair. There are a couple of...
View ArticleFormula E season 2: The same, but different
So a year ago I wrote that I was more excited by the forthcoming Formula E season than F1. After one season and another championship starting in October… I’d still say the same. Formula E hasn’t been...
View ArticleExperimenting with Clef
I’ve had locks on this site, the biggest one being .htaccess so only someone with a certain IP address can access the login form. In theory this would be a great idea — if I were the person with the...
View ArticleWhy learn Welsh? (with a tiny bit of bad language)
I’ve been loathe to write this post because there’s usually a spin on the question. If I were learning Icelandic, it’d be a reasonable question to ask “Why are you learning Icelandic?”. However, when...
View ArticleNissan Leaf 9/10 – ond mae’r 10% olaf yn torri’r pwrcas
Yn Rhagfyr, ro’n i angen car newydd, felly cymerais Nissan Leaf am yrru fel prawf. Car trydan ydy’r Leaf, a’r car gorau mod i wedi gyrru oedd o. Ond ar ôl i’r prawf, wnes i brynu’r Nissan Note, achos...
View ArticleConsolidating blogs
I’m consolidating some blogs here to make it easier to manage things. And a lot cheaper as with one blog you only need one backup solution, and so on. I have the site working in English and Welsh parts...
View ArticleCeisio deall y gwahaniaeth rhwng ‘bydda i’ a ‘wnes i’
Dw i wedi cwpla fersiwn y De SSiW wythnos diwetha. Ar ol gwrs 3.6 roedd yn dod i fod yn anodd iawn. Dwy beth oedd y rheswmau, dw i’n meddwl. Yn y dyfodol wneith hi (a wnaiff fe) yn swnio fel wnaeth hi....
View ArticleDydy’r amser ddim yn hedfan heibio pan does gynnoch chi ddim hwyl
Ar ôl yr Ail Ryfel Byd, oedd y seicolegwr Stanley Milgram isio sut y gallai cymaint o bobl yn gwneud cymaint o bethau drwg? Wnaeth e arbrofion, ac roedd e’n ffeindio bydd pobl yn ymostwng i awdurdod....
View ArticleDOI wrangling for WordPress
This post is a test, but it might also be an announcement. A while back I was working on a plugin that, among other things, added DOI information to a post. It’s handy if you’re using something like...
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