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The Punic Wars and Expansion — Lecture #2

By terje | Published: September 2, 2008
2nd lecture — The Punic Wars: From Village to Mediterranean Empire. (This post is based on a lecture held by Jan Frode Hatlen at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on August 28 2008. However, any factual errors in the text is strictly my responsibility.)
Also posted in Education, Hist2125, History, Links, Politics, Quotes, Roman stuff | 24 Comments

Rip it apart and start again

By terje | Published: December 11, 2007
One of the many reasons to look forward to Ripper. As for Brian K. Vaughn’s (first, but hopefully not last) run of Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Season 8″ comics, the best compliment I can give is that I hardly noticed — if indeed I did notice at all, which is doubtful — that this wasn’t written [...]
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Take a gander at that share ratio

By terje | Published: November 26, 2007
I’m such a great guy.
Also posted in Gloating, Links, My microcosmos, Why do I think anyone cares? | Leave a comment

2007-11-13 — Quote of the Day

By terje | Published: November 13, 2007
“It was in midsummer, when the alchemy of nature transmutes the sylvan landscape to one vivid and almost homogenous mass of green; when the senses are well-nigh intoxicated with the surging seas of moist verdure and the subtly indefinable odors of the soil and the vegetation. In such surroundings the mind loses its perspective; time [...]
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Love In Rainbows

By terje | Published: October 5, 2007
It’s been over four years. There have been times when I’ve almost given up hope. But on Monday, all my prayers (well, at least some of them) were answered. Too bad I won’t get my hands on the physical record before some time late in December, but at least the digital version’ll be avaliable in five [...]
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Diabolical spam

By terje | Published: July 17, 2007
It’s not even 48 hours since the last time I deleted all the spam comments the spam filter has filtered out for me, and yet, this.
Also posted in Annoyance, Awe, Coincidents, Evilness, Failed attempts at subtility, Irony, Links, Misery, Weird stuff, lol | Leave a comment