links for 2008-10-16

The eyeballing game
I'm hooked!
(tags: addictive geometry optical game via:robinsloan)

The Book Bench: Wonderland: A Fairy Tale of the Soviet Monolith
photography to investigate
(tags: readinglist photography russia art)

McCain-Obama post-debate photo
ok, seriously. what the hell is this.
(tags: wtf photo elections2008 hilarious)

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links for 2008-10-13

Carta Marina.jpeg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Totally sublime. Must arrogate original full-sized version from uppsala, sweden & restore it to its rightful place i.e. my house. Wrote about it here: http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/55557.html
(tags: glorious maps baltic beasties cartamarina)

Harvard University Press: Democracy Denied, 1905-1915 : Intellectuals and the Fate of Democracy by Charles Kurzman
arriving November 2008. peruse asap.
(tags: [...]

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links for 2008-10-08

The Archibishop of Canterbury explains to Stuart Jeffries why he's written a book about Dostoevsky | World news | The Guardian
perhaps we need more academics for archbishops
(tags: guardian literature rowanwilliams religion interviews)

Earth From Above comes to NYC – The Big Picture – Boston.com
these are surely some of the most sublime photos I have ever seen [...]

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links for 2008-10-05

Sarah Palin Debate Flow Chart
c'est la vérité
(tags: funny america politics elections2008 palin via:clioweb)

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in transit

Apologies for the prolonged absence — I’ve been terrifically busy moving all my base to Singapore in preparation for a year of fieldwork, and apart from just about managing to squeeze out 140 characters a day for the past week or so, I have been unconscionably remiss in web duties. The current whether forecast (that [...]

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