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Published: January 20, 2012 | 21:55

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the last Tasmanian thylacine (so sad) - how to be a retronaut
good fiction reads featuring food - gherkins and tomatoes
Australia Day menu, 1922 - the old foodie
guide to housecat coat colours chart - moderncat
'an eccentrical lady' - this is probably what will happen to me - georgian london
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - awesome people reading
'work mouth' - urban dictionary
heraclitus (podcast featuring kenodoxia) - in our time (bbc)
defrosting your frozen words in summer - laudator temporis acti
the best bites in Rome - parla food
lentil spaghetti bolognese - not quite nigella
hardly one. hardly one - Gertrude Stein's rejection letter - letters of note
make your own grecian urn - dollar store crafts

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waterworks

Published: April 25, 2011 | 14:02

When I renovate, I'm installing one of these somewhere.

Maybe in the bathroom.

These cast-iron classically-inspired water fountains

have an interesting history, connected to the Wallace Collection.

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Feline Mascot

Published: July 28, 2010 | 15:27

"The feline mascot of the light cruiser HMAS Encounter,

peering from the muzzle of a 6 inch gun" (World War I):

Australian War Memorial collection (no. 304910).
Image source: Australian War Memorial.

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Published: July 08, 2010 | 16:43

Yum... Lemon Layer Cake with Campari Frosting (from serious eats).

Sassoon at the Cambridge University Library (from war poetry)

The Old Foodie explores a scrumptious menu for the Royal Family during Ascot Week 1938. I can't decide whether Consommé Jeanne Garnier would have been divine or foul: a chicken consommé with pigeon added when the consommé is clarified, then champagne is added; then a final garnish with rice and prawns.

Dr Clelia Mosher, the Dr Kinsey of the late Victorian era: an early sex survey from the Stanford archives (via arts & letters daily)

Eye candy: Diem Chau's (pleasure of tiny things) carved crayons for Nike for the World Cup.

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Carved in stone

Published: April 03, 2009 | 18:10

Detail from a stele in the Kerameikos in Athens. The inscription reads (as far as I can make out) 'Protarchos Protomachou Salaminios) and underneath are two of these flower/rosette things.

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Exploding Rats

Published: March 14, 2009 | 16:30

The Australian War Memorial currently has an exhibition on animals in war ('A is for Animals') and the latest issue of their magazine Wartime features the 'exploding rat' developed by the Special Operations Executive. There's an 'interactive' display at the UK National Archives site (source of the above image). On the Australian War Memorial site one can also read about the Dickin Medal ("the animals' VC").

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Playmobil Classics

Published: March 05, 2009 | 19:45

What's not to love about the Playmobil 'Romans' series? More (an arena, chariots, soldiers, tents, family, etc.) via the Playmobil site. They're available online in Australia from Toybarn.

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Linear History

Published: December 18, 2008 | 21:43

Found via better living through design, the 'History by the Meter' ruler by Metermorphosen: see here for this and more (I can recommend their 'Paintings By The Running Meter' ruler).

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