Friday Quick Hits and Varia

It is supposed to be close to one thousand degrees here in North Dakotaland today, so I got up early to blog while the weather is still tolerable. I think this will finally melt that little patch of snow by the side of the house and thaw the last of the garden in time for the first frost of fall.

So while we’re baking in our boots, I offer a small gaggle of quick hits and varia for you to enjoy.

But first, a photo of the North Dakota Man Camp Project’s August 2015 field team:

And now, some quick hits and varia:

• The Athienou Archaeology Project is 25 years old and celebrating in style.

• Chris Roosevelt, Brandon Olson and co. publish the most downloaded article in Journal of Field Archaeology history. I credit all the attentionfrom bloggers. 

• An interview with the international and world wide Mike Fronda. 

• Low cost, 3D scanning at Kenchreai.

• Some history of the Greek salad.

• A strange little article on Andrew Reinhard, video games, and punk archaeology.

• The archaeology of abandoned wind farms.

• If you care about the internets, install Ghostery on all your browsers.

• The unfortunate lower case “a” in Alphabet’s logo (the new Google conglomerate).

• The Coddling of the American Mind.

• Another lost wood-framed church from North Dakota.  

• An idiosyncratic punk rock reading list.

• If you don’t hate your job, you’re part of the problem.

• For my audiophile friends: Oppo + Tidal Streaming seems like a can’t miss.

• What I’m reading: Andrew M. Martin, Archaeology Beyond Postmodernity: A Science of the Social. Altamira 2013.

• What I’m listening to: Tame Impala, Currents; Mac Demarco, Another One.

Can’t let my paws touch the floor!