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Monthly Archives: November 2008

Free albums galore!

Robin has pointed me at the marvellous blog Free Albums Galore. The blogger, Marvin, links to complete albums that can be legally downloaded, gratis and DRM-free. That’s pretty awesome: only legally available free music, only complete albums (with a few exceptions for “really awesome complete works like Mozart’s 40th Symphony”), no registrations or DRM. Robin [...]

Martyrium book sale

Het Martyrium bookshop has a pretty fine collection of “ramsj” (new books that aren’t selling well, at severe discount). Olga tipped me off; between us we’ve picked up biographies of Bakunin and Perec, essays on Russell, a collection of Harold Bloom‘s criticism, and a selection of recent papers on philosophy of logic and knowledge. The [...]

Oliebollen

Has anyone else put on a bit of winter padding? It makes sense: eat as much as you can in the warmer months, so you get (a) a nice layer of insulation once it gets cold, and (b) food reserves to tide you over the lean times. Only these days, in winter we have oliebollen. [...]