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Monday, 8th of June, 2009: Added the mail form. Assuming it works.
Friday, 5th of June, 2009: Still need to work on the Very Serious Blog. Added a couple of links, improved a couple of areas of site functionality.
Saturday, 30th of May, 2009: I've (just barely) started including content in the blog. This will essentially be a collection point for what I see as the best entries from other blogs and journals I keep, past and present... at least, that's the plan for now, but these plans don't always last. Meanwhile, Vel'ithya is getting married tomorrow.
Wednesday, 27th of May, 2009: Expanded the links list somewhat. Added the "Music" link, of not the music section. Improved 404 handling for areas of the site.
African Studies Center - University of Pennsylvania (portal)
EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online
Godey's Lady's Book, all five 1850 editions. This was a v popular American 'lady's book'.
Ladies' Repository, all issues from 1841-1876, another American ladies' journal.
Diaries and Letter from American Civil War women
A Midwife's Tale, diary of Martha Ballard, a late 18th century midwife in America.
First person narratives of California's early years, 1849-1900
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive
Slave narratives from the federal writers' project, 1936-1938
Electronic texts for the study of American culture
Victorian advertising, from Britain.
Scottish Archive Network. Go to 'digital archive'.
Record of the Parliament of Scotland. From Alexander II to 1707. Includes some very famous documents, such as Declaration of the Clergy, Declaration of Arbroath.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts.
Sacred Texts - Sources for religion, mythology and folklore
Photofile of National Park Service Uniforms, including go-go boots
Project Gutenberg - the online book repository.
Judeo-Christianity 101, or, What You Totally Didn't Learn In Sunday School - synecdochic explains a lot of really, really interesting backstory for the Abrahamic religions.
Ship of Fools: The Magazine of Christian Unrest - A light-hearted, yet sincere, approach to Christian faith. Welcomes all denominations but has a Church of England slant. As I myself hew to the Anglican denomination, this works just fine for me.
Pharyngula - I originally started reading Pharyngula because PZ Myers sometimes posts pictures of cephalopods. Sadly, most of what he posts are obsessive militant-atheist diatribes with severe failings of logic, but still... cephalopods.
Respectful Insolence - pseudonymous doctor Orac writes interestingly about interesting things. Has a particular passion for trying to dispel anti-vaccination lunacy.
The Bugle: Audio Newspaper for a Digital World - A podcast featuring John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman.
Dinosaur Comics - Comics. About Dinosaurs. Not Always Right - entertaining tales of customer service.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun - A video game blog with a sense of humour.
A Softer World - A webcomic of oddity and divergent thought processes.
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
BBC: Test Match Special - in which we learn that English cricket fans can be a bit odd.