AlunSalt

“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another” – Plato

  • Recent Posts

    • Reburial Redux

      Following Yvonne’s comment, I’ve uploaded the two podcasts I recorded on Pagan reburial in the UK to Box.net. You should be able to access them at:
      http://www.box.net/shared/z5k2bv7ao9
      http://www.box.net/shared/sa1ojvzmnl
      The reburial of remains issue is live again and it’s interesting for a couple of reasons. One is the ethics of studying and storing human remains and the claims a [...]

    • QR: A quick response

      The QR workshop yesterday was helpful not just in the positive ideas it generated, but also in thinking about some of the difficulties that will arise.

    • Think of this as that grinding sound you hear when the computer starts to boot up

      I’ve decided to return here, once I’ve finished reading Andy Clark’s Supersizing the Mind. It’s very good, but I’m not sure if I can apply it to archaeology without reducing it to philosophy-lite. There’s plenty I can write about it’s just putting it in some sort of order.
      In the meantime why not check out this [...]

    • YQR?

      QR codes might unleash the potential of linking the real world to the virtual world an a way that goes way beyond barcodes.

    • Is it only involuntary euthanasia which is acceptable?

      2008 was a lousy year. 2009 continues in the same way. I haven’t put anything about what happened in 2008 online yet. I’d skip the current problems too were it not for an article in the Times Higher Education this week recently: “It is monstrously wrong that patients cannot ask for euthanasia“. I’m tackling a [...]

    • Away for a little longer

      I’ll be away for a while yet. Partly because I’m a little unwell, but also because I have other commitments at the moment. There may be some Vidi posts going up if/when I can work through my newsfeed.