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[from amaah] The Secret History Of The Revolving Door

The revolving door was designed specifically so that whomever enters the door first is obliged to do all the pushing! This was Theophilus' breakthrough. with his design it would actually be most chivalrous for the man to proceed through the door first.

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[from amaah] 'Craft guns' fuel West Africa crime epidemic

the weapons were traditionally produced for hunting and for farmers to protect livestock but criminal gangs and tribal conflicts have revolutionised demand. Alarmist headline notwithstanding locally-manufactured guns are problematic

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[from amaah] Sweet Heat - For Jamaicans, It's About Jerk

An ode to jerk chicken and pork. The maroons are reputed to have perfected the recipes of yore.

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Encountering OSGi | CIBER Knowledge

Detailed piece on the history of OSGi and status update on where it is today with various vendors, standards groups, and projects.

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[from bushwald] Encountering OSGi | CIBER Knowledge

Detailed piece on the history of OSGi and status update on where it is today with various vendors, standards groups, and projects.

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[from amaah] Return to Paradise

Though he coined the name "Pandemonium"—"all the demons"—for the palace that Satan and his fallen crew build in Hell, he also coined the word "self-esteem," as contemporary a concept as there is and one that governed much of Milton's lif

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[from chimezie] EMPIRE17.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

Empirical conquests over 5000 years in the middle east. Very interesting and insightful

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[from amaah] Boogaloo Nights

Oliver Wang gives a backgrounder on boogaloo much like he does on soulsides

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[from amaah] The Right and Lawful Rood

He's a renaissance man, our Mr Weir. Dilating on the rood.

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[from amaah] Shredded Wheat

A brief history of shredded wheat - the only omission is the Weetabix factor

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[from amaah] A Well-Imagined Star; Unearthing a Trove of Albums That Never Existed

more on Mingering Mike about whom I'm reading... soundtrack for this bookmark: Gil Scot-Heron - A legend in his own mind

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[from bushwald] Thomas J. Watson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"[H]e was one of the richest men of his time and was called the world's greatest salesman when he died in 1956."

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[from chimezie] O'Reilly -- The History of Programming Languages

"O'Reilly has produced a poster called History of Programming Languages (PDF: 701K), which plots over 50 programming languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline."

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[from bushwald] Bizarre Talents: Book Maverick Lynn Bender's

"The French department to the German department, the medievalists, Classics people, critical theory people, and the S&M people were all sort of coming in and mingling shoulders in this very small space."

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[from amaah] A brief history of the toothpick

From Henry Petroski's new book, a look at the marketing that transformed a traditional medical practice, the chewing stick become a big business.

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