history

those who do not know are doomed to repeat etc, besides it’s fascinating

Lessons from My Lai & The Extras

By tigtog on 2011-04-26 • ( 12 )

How can we raise our children to be willing to take a stand against injustice in favour of integrity? Where do we start?

Lest We Forget

By tigtog on 2011-04-25 • ( 3 )

Because it’s Anzac Day, I’ve spent much of my time looking over the various diaries/letters of my greatuncles who took part in the Great War.

Gratuitous Costume Drama Blogging: The Gruff

By tigtog on 2011-04-05 • ( 6 )

When Oh When shall we see Ioan Gruffudd in a costume drama again?

Going on from bluemilk’s post on Masculinity and the fear of losing it and Mena’s comment is allowing our girls to wear nail polish and dress up in pink enabling femininity? Are we giving our daughters the wrong message? From… Read More ›

Quicklink: Ursula K Leguin on swearing

By tigtog on 2011-03-17 • ( 4 )

I remember my brothers coming home on leave in the second world war and never once swearing in front of us homebodies: a remarkable achievement.

Were you online in ’95-ish?

By tigtog on 2011-03-06 • ( 5 )

Sadly, the unsung programmer who created Trumpet Winsock, Tasmanian Peter Tattam, didn’t get paid for most of those copies; millions of free give-aways that saw hardly a brass razoo come back to him.

Seminaring

By tigtog on 2011-03-02 • ( 5 )

I am spending most of this week in a room like this, so the last thing I want to do when I get home is spend *more* time on the ‘puter. Which makes posting tricksie.

So, in no particular order:

LIBERATE

By tigtog on 2011-02-24 • ( 14 )

Things are moving so fast around Northern Africa and the Middle East right now. History in the making.

Update: I’m designating this as an open thread on the uprisings and the attempts to suppress them.

Gratuitous Colin Firth blogging

By tigtog on 2011-02-14 • ( 12 )

Congratulations to the lovely and talented Mr Firth on his Best Actor BAFTA. Do go and see The King’s Speech if you haven’t already.

Happy Darwin Day

By tigtog on 2011-02-12 • ( 4 )

Charles Darwin was born 202 years ago today, and the International Darwin Day Foundation uses February 12th each year to celebrate Darwin, Science and Humanity. In November it will be 152 years since the publication of his paradigm-shattering work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.