White House archives missing CIA leak and Iraq emails

" WASHINGTON - Apparent gaps in White House e-mail archives coincide with dates in late 2003 and early 2004 when the administration was struggling to deal with the CIA leak investigation and the possibility of a congressional probe into Iraq...

FAMOUS POET WAS FAILED CIVIL SERVANT.

" The deft hand of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in compiling famous prose was not apparent when it came to his role as a civil servant.In fact, Coleridge, from Ottery St Mary, and one of the nation's most-revered poets, was a devious and incompetent administrator during his...

Book porn

"For scholars and rogues: Every winter I snuggle up with a copy of Umberto Eco's 'Name of the Rose,' losing myself in the maze of his scriptorium. I can smell the unique, musky odor of old books, the oily metallic tang of ink, and hear the rustling of ancient...

Saving our digital heritage

"It is commonly agreed that the destruction of the ancient Library of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the most devastating losses of knowledge in all of civilization. Today, however, the digital information that drives our world and powers our economy is in many ways more...

15 year old Xbox junkies to be performing surgery soon

"Laparoscopic surgery, in which instruments and cameras are inserted into patients via small incisions, has played a key role in the development of minimally invasive surgery. But the technique involves a distinct set of skills, including reconstructing a three-dimensional...

Easy way to make a Top Posts page for your blog

"More and more blogs are displaying a top posts page. This is very useful for new readers, as they might not have enough time to browse through the archives of an old blog recently discovered. When AllTipsAndTricks celebrated 5 months old, I wrote a “best posts” article,...

'Rock's Backpages': a Treasure Trove of Rock History

I might be showing my age here. Nothing wrong with knowing your history though. After all bands like The Clash are now 'classic rock' and 'Rock's Backpages' allows you to bypass old magazines collecting dust!