Tag Archives: reference

Japanese Dolls on the Western

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Bibi

Japanese Dolls on the Western Toyshelf: The “Jap Doll” – Ningyô on the Western Toyshelf 1850-1940. An impressive collection with illustrations and references that suggest the place of the Japanese doll in the minds of American and European children, and … Continue reading →

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Pick-Up Lines: a Complete Collection

Posted on January 25, 2006 by

Just in case, if you thinking about using a pick-up line with your crush, check if it’s in The Most Complete and Most Useless Collection of Pick-Up Lines so that you will never use any of them! The site has … Continue reading →

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Fallacies

Posted on January 21, 2006 by Bibi

And the issue is: Fallacy. In logic, fallacies of the latter sort are either formal or informal; because the validity of a deductive arguments depends on its form, a formal fallacy, or Logical fallacy, is a deductive argument which has … Continue reading →

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Internet tips linkdump

Posted on December 23, 2005 by Bibi

Here is my collection of new links about internet and geek stuff. Five Blog Reading Hacks: five ideas with all the instructions to you save some time, from Micro Persuasion. They are nice, but a longer day could it be … Continue reading →

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Electronic Biologia Centrali-Americana

Posted on October 3, 2005 by

Electronic Biologia Centrali-Americana – This digital edition of the important and out-of-print Biologia Centrali-Americana makes all 58 biological volumes available. Descriptions of over 50,000 and images of over 18,000 species of animals and plants are now accessible as never before. … Continue reading →

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The Hundred Greatest Theorems

Posted on September 20, 2005 by Bibi

The Hundred Greatest Theorems At a mathematics conference in July, 1999, Paul and Jack Abad presented their list of “The Hundred Greatest Theorems.” Their ranking is based on the following criteria: “the place the theorem holds in the literature, the … Continue reading →

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Sex vocabulary

Posted on September 16, 2005 by

Ok, let’s talk about sex on this blog. First, here is a list with The Absolute Bottom 50 Euphemisms for Doin’ It. So it’s better you never use expressions like Making Puppies, Docking the Hovercraft or Dancing the Llama with … Continue reading →

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Ubuweb is back!

Posted on September 15, 2005 by

Super! Great news: Ubuweb is back! They expanded bandwidth and storage space and added more media. Ubuweb is one of those incredible sites to find great videos, audio, texts and other kind of media archives. Some time ago I posted … Continue reading →

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Vintage Projects and Plans

Posted on September 14, 2005 by

Vintage Projects free project plans cover farm machines, the woodshop, machine shop, boats, and more. These free collection of vintage plans, most of them in PDF, come from a half-century ago when do-it-yourself enthusiasts turned wood, metal and old motors … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Word

Posted on September 13, 2005 by Bibi

What is your favourite word? I don’t know what is my favourite word in English, maybe fluffy or yummy because they are funny, cute and I like the sound. Everyone has a favourite word, so share it on My Favorite … Continue reading →

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