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What Modern Water Engineers Can Learn from Ancient Infrastructure

December 17, 2009

From TED: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting: With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India’s Golden [...]

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Another Reason I’m an Anglophile

November 13, 2009

Just when we think our crush on the country, culture and people of England was getting out of hand, along comes a note from Ferrers (aka The Pie Man) to [...]

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When Protozoa Came to the Big Screen

October 7, 2009

Fierce and cannibalistic! The battle to the death will be primitive and unmerciful! This is not a sensational film coming to your local multiplex, but a way-back look back at 76-year [...]

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Getting Annoyed in Appomattox

June 30, 2009

We sometimes see common idiocy in some uncommon places. Those of you who know your U.S. history may know that Appomattox Court House in Virginia is where Generals Robert E. [...]

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Bottled Water, Same Old Story

June 1, 2009

Back we go, more than a century, to this nostalgic photo of the Italian Festa, Mott Street, New York City, May 16th, 1908. It’s fun to zoom in and study the [...]

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The Eafieft Ways to Raife Water

May 20, 2009

Today we shew a glimpse into the brainstorms of 18th century water engineers as they struggle with the same-old age-old dilemma of raifing water, courtesy of the New York Public [...]

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Rest Stop Education: The Mighty Mississip-pee

May 6, 2009

We were road-trippin’ down I-80 through Iowa looking for fast relief at the rest stop. We got the promised “rest” PLUS we got an unexpected history lesson about the mighty Mississip-pee in [...]

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