Blast from the Past

Canterbury Cathedral's new digital archive goes on display
Louis VII parchment and 17th-century travel diary among historic Anglo-French documents in new exhibition

What's Wrong with the Youngins o' Today?

Party dirndl trend upsets German traditionalists
Purists fear fad for cheap, sexy high street imitations of three-piece costume is endangering centuries of tradition

My tweets

• Wed, 13:09: RT @JohnFugelsang: Ariel Castro just seriously hurt his chances of appearing on Dancing With The Stars.
• Wed, 13:13: RT @calhouncycle: In case you missed it while out riding... @USATODAY ranked the @midtowngreenway the No. 1 Urban Bike Path in the USA: htt…
• Wed, 13:30: RT @androidcentral: Samsung officially announces the Galaxy Note 3 http://t.co/zokr3w6LeQ #android
• Wed, 17:37: RT @hemantmehta: National Day of Prayer Leader in South Mississippi Charged with Fraud, Extortion, Embezzlement, Perjury, and More http://t…
• Wed, 17:42: RT @votempls: Come out to the MOCK ELECTION Sept 5-16 throughout the City. Just click below for locations http://t.co/JD5bDBtZSa
• Wed, 17:42: RT @KagroX: OMFG #GunFAIL http://t.co/Bf83dhNnkr Chaska In-Laws Accidentally Shoot Each Other In 2 Incidents
• Wed, 18:16: RT @tomtomorrow: UNHRC needs 4.4B for Syrian refugees. We're about to throw billions at Syria in bombs. Hey I've got a crazy idea... http…
• Wed, 19:44: RT @MaryRobinette: I made a survey. It's not scientific, but I was wondering about #DiversityInSFF. Figured I'd just ask people. https://t.…
• Wed, 19:46: RT @TeaPartyCat: Donald Rumsfeld: "For the record, we went to war with much better lies than Obama is pushing."
• Wed, 19:47: RT @JohnFugelsang: When Barack Obama deals w/#Syria by invading the wrong country and giving $39Bil to Joe Biden's old company then we can …

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Ladies

On my way home from work tonight, a group of three women walked across Blaisdell and then across 27th. One of them called out to me when I went past. My Baby^tm car would certainly be unable to offer three of them a lift.

The Internet

The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back

The NSA has undermined a fundamental social contract. We engineers built the internet – and now we have to fix it

Bruce Schneier
The Guardian, Thursday 5 September 2013 15.04 EDT

How to remain secure against NSA surveillance

How to remain secure against NSA surveillance The

NSA has huge capabilities – and if it wants in to your computer, it's in. With that in mind, here are five ways to stay safe

Bruce Schneier
theguardian.com, Thursday 5 September 2013 15.06 EDT