50 Classics: I, Claudius
Robert Grave’s I, Claudius is a pseudo-historical novel in the form of the autobiography of Emperor Tiberius Claudius of Rome. My first exposure to the work was actually a few episodes of the BBC...
Tagged: history
Ancient Inventions
Ancient Inventions came off my Amazon Wish List as a gift from to of my dearest friends, Cosmo and Mangatsikka (ask Speaks and Twelveoaks). I’ve been slowing worming my way through it, as the...
NASA Finds Ocean Water on Mars! Long John Silver’s Gives America Free Giant Shri
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 24, 2004 – NASA’s March 23 announcement of evidence of the past presence of “a body of gently flowing saltwater” on Mars is big news for America, and giant news for...
How the Irish Saved Civilization
In his series, The Hinges of History, Thomas Cahill sets out to identify and ponder the moments, movements and groups throughout history that in some crucial way changed the course and development of Western...
File Sharing / P2P Defense 101
Both sides of the file-sharing phenomena have pointed out that participating in peer-to-peer networks can represent a serious security risk, not just in terms of the veracity of data downloaded but in potential proactive...
