Miscellanea #3

(Miscellanea: A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds (Webster’s 1913). Noteworthy tidbits gleaned from all over, sans commentary.)

Pedalling to Freedom
‘The humble tool for mighty revolutionary change’ BBC Radio 4 has a 5 part series on the the social history of the bicycle, starting today with… ‘Lawrence Pollard gets on his bike and discovers the part that the bicycle played in women’s liberation as he re-traces the route of the novel, The Golf Lunatic and His Cycling Wife. The book, by Mrs Edward Kennard, isn’t well known now but was a best-seller at the end of the 19th century, and was very popular with ‘new women’.’ (Velorution)

Confessions of an Aesthete
The latest burst of debate about the relationship between politics and art is wending its way around the literary blogosphere…. (The Reading Experience)

From the Higgs Boson Particle to Leadbelly
Physicists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are using the same methods to search for the elusive Higgs Boson particle and to digitally restore audio recordings from the past. Berkeley Lab signed an agreement with the Library of Congress to digitize the many thousands of early blues or jazz recordings it has in its archives. And the results are spectacular…. (Slashdot)

Another Reason Why We Love Canada
Home Depot carries paint in NHL team colors…. (Off Wing Opinion)

VR Panoramas
The results from a recent worldwide panorama shoot. On Saturday, March 20, more than 180 photographers in 40 countries around the world celebrated the Equinox by creating VR panoramas…. (J-Walk Blog)

The world’s largest unexploded bomb
Back in January I read a story in The Daily Telegraph that I meant to share with you. It’s the story of the world’s largest unexploded bomb. Luckily it’s in Belgium…. (Dunstan’s blog)