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Month: October 2023

  • Computer-assisted photograph showing visible letters on a rolled scroll, with highlighting showing those that can be deciphered, forming a word.

    Reading Rolled Papyri

    Researchers using x-ray tomography have for the first time managed to read an entire word from one of the carbonised Herculaneum scrolls, and that's awesome.

    Read more (461 words)

    • Article
    • posted 13 October, 2023
  • Dan, wearing an "elf costume" Christmas jumper, looks into the camera while cuddling a French Bulldog. The pair are sitting on a beige sofa.

    Absence/Presents

    Unless you're a child, I won't be buying you a Christmas present. And you shouldn't feel like you have to get me one, either.

    Read more (429 words)

    • Article
    • posted 9 October, 2023
  • Thich white sandwich on a blue-and-white china plate, with the distinctive shape of an organge-coloured Monster Munch crisp poking out.

    Monster Munch Sandwich

    Experimenting with some unusual combinations in anticipation of International Crisp Sandwich Day. Today's is Roast Beef Monster Munch on Farmhouse White.

    Read more (36 words)

    • Note
    • posted 5 October, 2023
  • Covers of Weird Al's "Eat It" single and "Even Worse" albums

    Weird A.I. Yankovic, a cursed deep dive into the world of voice cloning

    What if Weird Al wrote the original versions of the songs the covered, and the other artists did the parody covers? With "thanks" to AI voice deepfake technology, and some work by Andy Baio, we can answer that question.

    Read more (279 words)

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    • of this original
    • posted 3 October, 2023

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