(b)logophile

Our research institute recently moved out of the centre of Amsterdam. While I miss the lunch options we used to have, one of the benefits of the new location is the view. My office looks out on a lake (I’m lucky in that; the other sides of the building point at a train track and [...]

Olga pointed me to this fantastic rendition of Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters, on electric guitar and saz. Aman aman.

Here’s a nice setup. John Holbo and Belle Waring write a book about Plato: translations by Waring, commentary and illustrations by Holbo.1 They reserve e-publishing rights, so as well as the whole ink-and-paper business they can put it online, where you can read it in the surprisingly functional flash interface at issuu.com. You can download [...]