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English Votes for English Laws makes sense, so long as you don’t actually...
It’s not always easy to work out what is or is not an English vote. So it became apparent surprisingly quickly that the Union side of the Scottish referendum had no Plan A for if they won. The panicked...
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Association
I really want a new Kindle. This makes no sense. I already have a Kindle, it works well enough. Certainly it’s fast enough to read from. The money I would spend on a new Kindle I could spend on books...
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Oedd defnyddiwyd Côr y Cewri i ragfynegi eclipsau? — Trennydd
Was Stonehenge used to predict eclipses? Oedd e’n bosibl? Oedd. Hefyd, mae e’n bosibl fod codwyd Côr y Cewri gan estroniaid allfydol. Posibl ond dydy e ddim yn debygol. Was it possible? Yes. Also it’s...
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Does history feel better when it has no connection to the past?
The BBC’s Stargazing LIVE recently showed how you could predict eclipses using Stonehenge. It’s true but also really boring because there’s next to no evidence for it. How convincing it is depends on...
View ArticleThe Brontosaur may be coming back
Brontosaurus, thunder lizard, is an excellent name for a dinosaur, but fossils can have surprisingly fluid names. Lots of fossils have been named, but sometimes from incomplete skeletons, so the same...
View ArticleThe arrogance of Physicists?
Following my problems with 56 as a convincing argument, Steven Thomson has some thoughtful comments one why physicists might have skills they can offer other fields. h/t ScienceSeeker.
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On reflection I won’t be voting for Hobson
One of the few Plaid Cymru signs east of Offa’s Dyke. For this election I’ve decided to switch from the Lib Dems to Plaid Cymru. It’s an unusual choice for someone in Radnorshire, as this is one of the...
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For one flower, bad hair days are the best days — AoB Blog
There’s a flower that gets pollinated despite having its flowers close to the ground, where it would be harder for flying insects or bees to access them. In fact even when there are no insects or...
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Thoughts after the May 2015 election
In the longer term I wonder if anyone, except the SNP, will be happy with the result today. Locally, Freddy Greaves fell just 237 votes short of keeping his deposit, but he’d increased Plaid Cymru’s...
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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...
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Thoughts (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...
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Formula 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...
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Experimenting 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...
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Why 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...
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Nissan 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...
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Consolidating 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...
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Ceisio 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....
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Dydy’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....
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DOI 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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