Monthly Archives: August 2006

The multiplicity

Posted on August 10, 2006 by acb

We need a word for what happens if it all goes wrong. The optimists have got the singularity. I propose that we take back the multiplicity, to suggest both the variety of possible or likely disasters, and the fragmentation of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More joy of Essex

Posted on August 9, 2006 by acb

The library also provides access to the complete Naxos music library. Everyone knows that Naxos recordings are not the best; they are also, in some sense, already available on eMusic. But these are full length streaming recordings of an extraordinary … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The joy of Essex

Posted on August 9, 2006 by acb

I have written before about Essex Libraries’ group access to all sorts of online databases — the OED, the Grove Dictionary of Music, Who’s Who and a curiously rebranded version of Lexis-Nexis. But what I hadn’t realised until this moment … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Tamara Drewe

Posted on August 8, 2006 by acb

There was a terrible moment in Saturday’s Guardian, to which I cannot link because it involved something that was not there. The Tamara Drewe strip, done by Posy Simmonds, had suddenly vanished after 80 episodes as the story approached its … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Yes, but I wrote it

Posted on August 8, 2006 by acb

Amazon’s search inside the book feature does not expose all pages, though I don’t understand the basis on which some, but not others are hidden. In any case, you are likely, when browsing, to get a dialogue box that says … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Fish in barrel

Posted on August 5, 2006 by acb

Right — how many mistakes can you find in this paragraph from the Times? Parishes throughout the country use Visual Liturgy, a Church of England website1 containing information on hymns, prayers and forms of service, as a useful tool for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Absolutely no comment

Posted on August 4, 2006 by acb

I get the Swedish domestic news every day from Svenska Dagbladet. The wire service reports are sometimes memorably short. Here is an example: An unusual prosecution has been brought in the district court in Borås. A former intern at the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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