- Why are pound and ounce abbreviated “lb.” and “oz.”?
A straight answer to a straight question.
- The Wheel of Ice, new Doctor Who book by Stephen Baxter.
Coming in August.
- Gorgeous Georgian: Now we can enjoy the cuisine of Russia’s fiery neighbour nearer home
…if in London, that is.
- Why You Can Be a Bible-Believer or Anti-Abortion, but not Both | Ken Watts | the daily mull
Part one of a six-part series concluding the the Bible is in fact pro-choice rather than pro-life.
From the Heart of Europe
Books, politics, languages and life
Oh, bother. I obviously have an overflow somewhere and am going to have to write my own arbitrary-precision integer data type.