Friday Varia and Quick Hits

It’s 25 degrees (F) this morning, but I’m under a blanket watching the cricket being played in balmy Dubai. After a hectic week in the Bakken, it’s good to be home.

Before we move on to the quick hits and varia, a reminder to come down to the corner of Walnut St. and S 5th in Grand Forks tomorrow morning around 11:30 to see the hanging of the mural designed by Joel Jonientz.  

One more advertisement, as of yesterday, Punk Archaeology is available at printing cost from Amazon. That’s Punk Archaeology, on paper, for $17.17. At least click through to give the Amazon page a view.

• I think this is called a day late and a dollar short.

• Thessaloniki’s White Tower in 3D.

• R.I.P. Loukanikos.

• Crowdfunding archaeology. I blogged on this a while back.

• This is a better review of Ifantidis, Archæographies: Excavating Neolithic Dispiliothan mine.

• The village of Nestani is important for fracking in North Dakota.

• This is a nice tweet.

• What would punk public archaeology look like?

• Graffiti and street art.

• A review of the rough cut of Atari: Game Over.

• Space archaeology.

• Worley on the value of literature in the academy.

• Preventing the digital landfill.

• How to make tea properly. NOTICE MILK FIRST.

• The Intersection Journal. Some nice photos.

• Once everything was much better in the future.

• There’s a dark side to the oil boom?

• This is interesting.

• I like the idea of Vinnie Rossi’s LIO. This is high end stereo stuff made relatively affordable. A while back when I was looking for a new integrated amp for my system, I emailed Red Wine Audio which is Vinnie Rossi’s company. Rossi himself responded to my email personally and answered my questions. That’s cool.

• What I’m reading: A. Prud’homme, Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford 2014.

• What I’m listening to: Underworld, Dubnobasswithmyheadman; The Vaselines, V for Vaselines. 

Milo, reflecting on his life of privilege,  after hearing about Loukanikos death.

MILO WAS HERE