Friday Varia and Quick Hits
It’s a gently warming Friday and the air smells a bit like spring (and this means that we’ll get well over 20 today and the next winter storm will not happen until Sunday!). When the weather gets nicer, it puts even more pressure on me to enthrall you with my quick hits and varia. Hopefully, something will capture your attention.
(And don’t think I haven’t noticed the steady decline in page views over the month of February!)
A cool interview with Kim Shelton on the resurrection of the Temple of Zeus at Nemea. (And old archaeologist once told me: she has a name, you know? Anna… Anastylosis).
Some cool perspective on the current revolution in higher education and a nice little graphic on the so-called student loan crisis.
Some interesting stuff on Christian art. The Greeks get strange about contemporary icons and the use of contemporary technique to enliven a traditional space.
This looks like a cool meeting (an advertisement for myself).
The Rules of Cricket. The second India-Australia test looks really interesting.
I’m getting ideas for the cover of our book on the man camps of the Bakken and another magazine cover on the Bakken boom(pdf).
How to build a record collection (part 1, part 2). And how and why to collect the White Album.
I’ve been experimenting with Audirvana this week. It sounds better than iTunes. I’m going to mess with Fidelia soon too.
What I’m listening to: Autre ne Veut, Anxiety; Donald Byrd, Up with Donald Byrd; Atoms for Peace, Amok.
What I’m reading: R. Harrison, After Modernity: Archaeological Approaches to the Contemporary Past. Oxford 2010.
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