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Pic A Day – Jan 20th 2009

By Murk | Published: January 20, 2009
In which I take a photograph to commemorate President Obama taking office.

This post is part of a series of 31 posts which begins with Pic a Day - Jan 1st 2009, the latest post in the series is Pic A Day - Jan 31st 2009.

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3.. 2.. 1.. 1.. 0… Happy New Year!

By Murk | Published: December 29, 2008
In which I talk about time standards and leap seconds
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The Calendar

By Murk | Published: September 12, 2004
At the moment I am reading The Calendar by David Ewing Duncan. This is a nice little book which covers the history of the calendar. Its brief takes us from carving notches on bones to count the days between full moons to trying to establish a true length for the year (and prevent the calendar drifting [...]
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