July 22, 2009
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Seen on the Digital Classicist list: Volume 49 (2009) will be the last volume of GRBS printed on paper. Beginning with volume 50, issues will be published quarterly on-line on the GRBS website, on terms of free access. We undertake this transformation in the hope of affording our authors a wider readership; out of concern…
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Meredith Dixon is alerting folks to the existence of a number of videos from this year’s Conventiculum … the first two are an overview of the thing: At the ‘user’ page, there are also seven videos of Fabulae Scaenicae … looks like a fun time!
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This is good news … from ABC: The Vatican Museum, full of priceless paintings, sculptures and archeological treasures is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world, and one of the most visited places in Italy. Anyone who has been to the museum will recall the long lines snaking around the outer wall…
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Time to start hyping this one, I think … we should be cashing in on the popularity of this next year, deo volente. Here’s a nice background video: There’s an unimbeddable-in-wordpress trailer for the upcoming video at Rope of Silicon … very nice teaser …
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An interesting item made the rounds of assorted newspapers this weekend … here’s the version from the Sun Times: Not only have Olympic swimmers and sprinters gotten faster over the last 100 years — but they have grown in average size at a much faster rate than the normal population, a new analysis finds. While…