Archive for September 25th, 2006





What was Churchill’s Phone Number Again?

Sep 25th, 2006 | By

I don’t know, but now I can find out. The UK is continuing their trend of putting old stuff up online by placing 100 years of telephone books online. The books are from 1880 through 1984 (the year of BT’s privatization). Nominally its for genealogists to be able to find their ancestors, but it would [...]



Royal Society journal archives free online for 2 months only

Sep 25th, 2006 | By

The journal archives of the Royal Society in the UK, which has been promoting scientific research for over 300 years, are now available online, and access to the archives will be free for 2 months (starting on Sept 14th). After that, it will only be available via subscription or fee-based downloads. This is an amazing [...]