Pointless Anecdotes: Latin

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2018-02-25

“O Fortuna” is by now about as overused as „Also sprach Zarathustra“ in all kinds of contexts to the extent that I was somewhat surprised to realise that the lyrics actually mean something.

Before French roundabouts you can find this sign:

It's like a Memento mori.

Springer Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1681: The Dynamical System Generated by the 3n + 1 Function G Wirsching. Occasionally I could follow the reasoning.
Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 2: Boeing 707 R Mak. Planespotter pictures in random order.
Airlines series, volume 1: Garuda Indonesia J Mols. It’s always the poor people who are paying for everything.
The de Havilland DH.60 Moth S McKay. The women’s plane in its glory.
Handbook on Rigid Class 23 Airships Admiralty Airship Department. An industry fumbles with high-tech.
Barney Barnfather: Life on a Spitfire Squadron A Mansfield. Focussed on the progress of the war from the perspective of Barnfather’s squadrons.

IPMS Stockholm One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
Hyperscale More modelling stuff.
Occasional kvetch Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
Another CyborgManifesto Small and large, always with alarming skill.
Aardvarchaeology What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
Arkland Archaeology and random bits.
Pharyngula Biology, politics and atheism. And eight-legged animals.
Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.