Harry Potter?
- J.K. Rowling, a biography from Jen Rosenberg on About.com's 20th century history
- Welcome Back, Potter, Kotter/Potter, Hogwarts/Sweathogs, I suppose it was inevitable, via Cory Doctorow on BoingBoing
- Spells: The Best and Worst in Hexes and Curses, Lore Sjöberg on Wired
- Harry Potter scholarship, a selection of papers by professor H. Potter(s) from the Annals of Improbable Research
Archaeology
- Swedish Heritage Board Shoots Self in Foot, Martin on Aardvarchaeology reports on bizarre changes in signage at Ales stenar, a prehistoric stone ship monument in Scania, southern Sweden
- The Ever-Present Past, Martin at Aardvarchaeology asked bloggers to contribute pictures and descriptions of the archaeological sites nearest to their homes...
- The First Experiment?, Alun on Clioaudio describes a 5th century BC experiment by the Greek scholar Empedocles
- New 3D Tomb of King Tutankhamun for Google Earth, Matt on GIS for Archaeology and CRM points the way to this very nice image (you need to have GoogleEarth on your machine to see it)
- Homer Simpson and the Cerne Abbas Giant, via Boing Boing, who by the way, do show the giant in all his (full-frontal nudity) glory
Around About.com
- The Northwest Passage, Matt Rosenberg on Geography describes how global climate change may affect northern shipping routes
- What to look for in a good magnifier, Andrew Alden on Geology
- Love magic, why apples, pomegranates and quinces are ancient symbols of fertility, from NS Gill on Ancient History
- Impressionists by the Sea, Shelley Esaak on Art History has a photo gallery of seven impressionists, uh, impressions of the seaside
- Making wine in amphorae, James Martin in Europe for Travelers with a photo essay showing how a winemaker is doing things the old way
Carnivals
- Tangled Bank #84, Voltage Gate
- Four Stone Hearth #19, Sherd Nerd
The Evolution/Creation Debate
- Be a scientific consultant for the Clergy Letter Project!, from Tara Smith on aetiology
- Anthropology Blogging: Why do it?, Afarensis's interesting discussion about why he blogs gathers some good comments
- I'm feeling left out, laments PZ Myers on Pharyngula about not getting a free copy of Adnan Oktar aka Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation
Related, but Not to Me
- Prank on Damien Hirst, Boing Boing
- Damien Hirst's diamond skull, the most expensive piece of art in the world (called For the Love of God, by the way) may not be one of those bogus crystal skulls, but a diamond-encrusted skull made by the artist Damien Hirst (via Boing Boing)
Miscellany
- Are our best students dropping out? , Kerim on Savage Minds discusses a report on the dropout rate of women from graduate schools
- "There are dirty politics behind Lucy", say activists, John Hawks reports on the controversy surrounding an upcoming exhibit of the australopithecus Lucy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
- Social Life of Swimming Pools, a new book on the history of community swimming pools in North America has Kerim's interest at Savage Minds
- Are there jobs in GIS in archaeology?, Matt on GIS for Archaeology and CRM answers this question from a reader
- GIS; Undervalued in Archaeology?, Matt on GIS for Archaeology and CRM discusses recent comments on the Online Archaeology Forum
Multimedia
- Kimberley Rock Art, artist Robin Hutton has an approach to discovering images in rock art that is quite unusual and interesting to look at. Be sure to see his animation.
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