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Monthly Archives February 2011

Inigo Jones: The Weather Prophet

I’m currently working on a html version of this with added links and content, but in the meantime… Prologue Canberra was in the grip of a heatwave — the longest in its recorded history. After two weeks of hot weather, the temperature topped the century once more, as 800 visitors swarmed into town for the [...]

Posted 13 February 2011 † Tim Sherratt § articles and book chapters § weather ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Mining the treasures of Trove (part 1)

Some time ago a well-meaning optometrist told me I had the eyes of a 60 year-old. I lay the blame for this premature ocular degeneration upon the many tiring hours I spent squinting at the screens of dodgy microfilm readers. Newspapers were a major source of my PhD research, and back then that meant learning [...]

Posted 08 February 2011 † Tim Sherratt § experiments § the shed ‡ Comments (11) ° Tagged: , , ,