Early Modern Notes

I really should remember to watch the news on TV in the evening. OK, it did chuck it down all day yesterday, and the buses were pretty much screwed so I had to walk home (annoying), and there was this rather big pool of water where the road dips on the way home which I had to sort of tiptoe around (quite entertaining), but I was still a bit surprised when my mum phoned to check I was OK.

Oh.

That’s Sheffield and South Yorkshire a bit waterlogged there. And some poor kid drowned in the river perhaps a mile from my house – it looks as though four people have died in total. Pretty grim all round.

Sometimes I hate water.

A list to argue over: 1000 ‘Essential’ films, by the Guardian. I’m surprised at just how many of these films I’ve seen…

Update: Here it is!!

There will be an early modern edition of Carnivalesque at Blogging the Renaissance on Wednesday 20 June. This is the time to start digging up all the great blogging you’ve written or read on the early modern period (history, literature, art, philosophy, etc) in the last two months and send it to Hieronimo your host!

Either email oldhieronimo {at} bigfoot(.)com or use the submission form.

When geeks rule: The Art of Wikigroaning

The London 2012 Olympics Logo has been proudly unveiled.

It symbolises the Olympic spirit and the ability of the Games to inspire people to take part – not just as spectators, but as volunteers, in the Cultural Olympiad and more.

Yeah, right.

(There is an online petition…)

Update: The thing can actually trigger epilepsy. Holy crap.