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Reminds me of the works of Ward Shelley. Especially his History of Science Fiction. https://www.artsy.net/artwork/ward-shelley-history-of-scienc...

Not any more, 'Not proven' was abolished at the start of this year.

Thankfully, Edinburgh airport has relaxed it liquid rules. You are now allowed up to 2 litres, across one or more containers and they stay in your bag while going through security.…

Running Linux on an 8-bit microcontroller is a classic. One of those articles I re-read every few years.

Some sports also give out multiple bronze medals.

I use Pilot's disposable fountain pens. Maybe not as good as the 'real' ones but I like them.

That specific example probably originates from Tolkien. J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography : > When [Tolkien] was about seven he began to compose his own story about a dragon. ‘I rememb…

I remember watching a documentary about the Ordnance Survey department and it mentioned that the artists would hid their name in things like rivers because they did not get officia…

Anne of Green Gables is huge in Japan.

How about 6 keys. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter

I bought an Ergodox many years ago and used it daily for ~18 months. I never got used to it and it has been gathering dust they since.

I had the same issue with Gluu a few years ago. Never did get it working.

I have an Ergodox but never got used to it. I prefer a normal 75% layout.

His semi-autobiographical A Country Doctor's Notebook is well worth a read. Also it was WWI not two.

There's English as well.

Kin Dza Dza! Is a great SciFi film as well.

They've cracked down on numbers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number

You can run Linux on at Atmega664. Not well, but you can. https://dmitry.gr/index.php?r=05.Projects&proj=07.%20Linux%2...

Same thing happened with the Halifax Explosion. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion...

That reminds me of this story about removing empty boxes from a production line. https://userweb.cs.txstate.edu/~br02/cs1428/ShortStoryForEng...

Closer to Eando Inder's I, Robot than Asimov's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(short_story)

Calibre does it. http://blog.calibre-ebook.com/2011/10/custom-news-fetching.h...

The box is the IEC 60617 symbol. The zig-zag is mostly an American thing.