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About

About me:
What is your name?: Andy will do.When were you born?: On a Friday morning, 5 a.m.
Where?: In a university town.
Why?: You asking me?
Crossroads

people at the crossroads
Works

Works
- Eyjafjallajökull / 2010
- Khanty Reindeer Sled / 2010
- Skálholt Cathedral / 2010
- Hagia Sophia / 2010
- The King's Daughters / 2010
- Pashley / 2010
- Bukhannyeo / 2008
- Saint Brendan and the Whale on Easter / 2008
- Light Assembly / 2008
- The Salmon Úa / 2008
- The Guard Mascot / 2007
- Moving House / 2007
- You Are What You Drive / 2006
- Stagfish / 2006
- Eight and Two Sunsets / 2006
- Swiss Army Brush / 2006
- Temple Hill / 2006
- Skarphéðinn's Herd / 2006
- Osteoglyphy / 2006
- Whiskey Milkshake / 2006
- Wenfang Church / 2005
- Citizen Angels / 2005
- Toppenland / 2005
- Ewe Can Do It / 2005
- Dunmore Cave / 2005
- Megalith Sketches / 2004
- Chess Alive! / 2004
Previous Posts

Previous Posts
Travelogues

:Travelogues:
- South Africa
December 2001 - Yunnan [Text] [Pictures]
December 2004 - Eurotrekker 2005
London to Budapest / June - July 2005 - The Ghost of Keswick Camp (I) (II)
New Zealand / August 2005 - Starlust 2006
Bintan / May - June 2006 - 漫游意大利
Italy / June 2006 - Xiangyuekui 2007
Bintan / June 2007 - The Grenewode Inscription
Brunei Darussalam / September 2008 - The Hsinkuang Inscription
Taiwan / April 2009 - The Tjandrapoera Inscription
West Java / May 2009
:Blogging From:
- Kunming 7 Dec 2004
- London 18 Jun 2005
- Paris 21 Jun 2005
- Vienna 25 Jun 2005
- Bandar Seri Begawan 27 Sep 2008
- Kaohsiung 7 Apr 2009
- Kanchanaburi 24 Sep 2009
- Bangkok 9 Oct 2009
- Christchurch 11 Dec 2009
- Listvyanka 14 Jul 2010
Writing

:Writing:
- The Silent Apocalypse
The world didn't end in a boom, and no one was surprised when the end came. - The Four Horsemen
A half-finished novel. - Infinite Boredom
A short story as boring as hell. - The Doppelganger
Me beating myself up for falling in love. - The Fifth Day
Behind the scenes in Genesis. - Kaboshi
A short story on workaholism. - Citizen Personalities
The origin of Ratt and Clarence. - An Apocalyptic Dream
The comet was predicted to hit Earth at Tampines. In the end it missed, so everyone went shopping. - A Universe Created this Tuesday
How to make your own universe. - Friends and Kin
About my Great-Grandmother's funeral. - The Old Scene Four
Scene four of Athena's play in the Hwa Chong Dramafeste of 2007, first draft - And then there was a temporary calm.
The death of a bison. - The Woman at the Top of the Mountain
There is beauty in every small thing that an artist sees. - Political Swearwords
Making sense of the world through bullshit. - The Alternative History of Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin sees God while in space, but He doesn't grow a beard. - The Cook, the Sergeant and the Janitor
Rambo turned nuts. - Imagined Worlds
A brief research into fantasy novels. - The Biking Double
Being a good guard. - Wrong Personified
The most ridiculous person in all history. - Holeh Smoke
Underground Whine Cellar. - The Skeptic King
The atheist unwittingly gets himself Chosen. - Portions for Sixteen
Food for the Dead. - Hekla Corporation
The industry of souls. - How To Tame Your Canvas
Guide for the pressed of time. - Absent Parade
Army diary.
Lyrics

:Lyrics:
- We Can Rule You Wholesale Terry Pratchett
- Girl from the North Country Bob Dylan / Altan
- Johnny Jump Up Gaelic Storm
- Johnny Tarr Gaelic Storm
- Piña Colada in a Pint Glass Gaelic Storm
- Born to Be a Bachelor Gaelic Storm
- South Australia Gaelic Storm
- Os Piños Eduardo Pondal / Pasqual Veiga
- Dúlamán Altan
- Mari Mac Great Big Sea
- Emoton Värttinä
- Tobermory Capercaillie
- Hoppípolla Sigur Rós
- She Was The Prize Gaelic Storm
- Beggarman Gaelic Storm
- God's Alibi Capercaillie
- La Ziguezon La Bottine Souriante
- Veni Creator Spiritus Ensemble Vocal Pythagore
- Seice Ruairidh Capercaillie
- A stór, a stór, a ghra Altan
- La Tourtière La Bottine Souriante
- Please, Kind Sir P. D. Q. Bach
- Feel It Turn Great Big Sea
- J'aurai le Vin La Bottine Souriante
- Aloïda Tri Yann
- Sur la Fosse au boulot Tri Yann
- Viridissima Virga Garmarna / Hildegard von Bingen
- A Matine à la Télé Tri Yann
- Fransoazig / Maïawela Tri Yann
- La Campagne du Belem de 1902 Tri Yann
- Dansons la listériole Tri Yann
- Lancastria Tri Yann
- Astros, Fuentes y Flores Carlos Núñez and Anabela Braz Pires
- Konungadöttrarna Gjallarhorn
- Sjömansvisan Ranarim / Ulrika Bodén
- Horehronie Kristína Peláková
- El Silencio Federico García Lorca
- Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Excerpts

:Excerpts:
- The Children of Lir Peter Somerville-Large
- The Egypt Chicken Tale AP in Cairo, Egypt
- Interview with God Anonymous
- Hallgrímur's Church Wikipedia
- My Dear Snæfriður Halldór Laxness
- Him Who Mountain Crush Him No Terry Pratchett
- Baudolino Umberto Eco
- Gagliaudo Umberto Eco
- The Casimir Sphere APOD entry
- The Muse of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec François Gauzi
- Are you the wind? Halldór Laxness
- Saint Maria Goretti saints.SQPN.com
- Kazantzakis and the Wrestler Fr. Ronald Rolheiser
- Songs of Fish Halldór Laxness
- Yambo's Grandfather Umberto Eco
- Anxiety Plays Kurt Schwitters
- Hnallþóra Halldór Laxness
- Soul clad in air Halldór Laxness
- The Salmon Úa Halldór Laxness
- Saint Brendan and the Whale on Easter Frank Delaney
- The Poet Örn Úlfar Halldór Laxness
- The Saint named Sophia Proverbs 8:22-31
- Lermontov Milan Kundera
- Let Him Boast 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Musicians, Bands and Composers

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Australia |
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Brazil |
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Bulgaria |
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Canada |
- The Arrogant Worms
- Captain Tractor
- The Duhks
- Leahy
- Matthew Lien
- Spirit of the West
- Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
Great Big Sea
Matt Maher
La Bottine Souriante
Mes Aïeux
Natalie MacMaster
Vishtèn
Susan Aglukark
Tanya Tagaq
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China |
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Czech Republic |
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Estonia |
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Faroe Islands |
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Finland |
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France |
- Archimède
- Deep Forest
- Ensemble Vocal Pythagore
- Jean Banwarth
- Orchestre National de Pays de la Loire
- Trần Quang Hải
Alan Stivell
Christian Lemaître
Dan Ar Braz
Louis Capart
Merzhin
Nolwenn Leroy
Skolvan
Tri Yann
Yann Tiersen
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Germany |
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Hungary |
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Iceland |
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Ireland |
- Altan
- An Góilín
- Anúna
- Cherish The Ladies
- The Chieftains
- Clannad
- The Corrs
- Enya
- Iarla Ó Lionáird
- Kíla
- Lúnasa
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
- Michael Flatley
- Planxty
- Riverdance
- Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy
- Shaun Davey
- Tommy Peoples
- Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
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Isle of Man |
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Italy |
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Japan |
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Korea (DPRK) |
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Korea (ROK) |
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Mongolia |
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New Zealand |
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Norway |
- Annbjørg Lien
- Gåte
- Hege Rimestad
- Knut Reiersrud
- Röyksopp
- Secret Garden
- Terje Isungset
- Tine Thing Helseth
Adjágas
Mari Boine Persen
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Portugal |
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Russia |
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Senegal |
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Serbia |
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Singapore |
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Slovakia |
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Slovenia |
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South Africa |
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Spain |
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Sweden |
- Ale Möller
- Frifot
- Garmarna
- Göran Månsson
- Groupa
- Harv
- Hedningarna
- Hoven Droven
- Krack
- Kraja
- Niklas Roswall
- Olov Johansson
- Ranarim
- Rosenbergs Sjua
- Rymdreglage
- Sofia Karlsson
- Triakel
- Ulrika Bodén
- Väsen
Sofia Jannok
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Switzerland |
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Turkey |
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United States |
- The Album Leaf
- Alan Hovhaness
- Andy McKee
- Christopher Tin
- Collin Raye
- Dobhran
- Dominic Frasca
- Grand Rapids Cantata Choir
- Gaelic Storm
- Joseph Schwantner
- Liz Carroll
- Mei-Ting Sun
- Muriel Anderson
- P. D. Q. Bach
- Peabody Institute
- Peter Schickele
- Phillip Glass
- Seven Nations
- Solas
- String Sisters
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United Kingdom |
- Afro Celt Sound System
- Igudesman and Joo
- Kaikhosru Sorabji
- Oysterband
Cornwall Fiddle Orchestra
Battlefield Band
Capercaillie
Malinky
Tannahill Weavers
Tony McManus
Aly Bain
Catriona Macdonald
Carreg Lafar
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Authors

Fiction
- Douglas ADAMS - H2G2 series
- Aravind ADIGA - The White Tiger
- Rob BREZSNY - Pronoia
- Eoin COLFER - Artemis Fowl series
- Frank DELANEY
- Umberto ECO
- Anne FRANK
- James Finn GARNER - Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
- Gabriel GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ - 100 Years of Solitude
- James GURNEY - Dinotopia Series
- Pete HAUTMAN
- Brian JACQUES - Redwall Series
- Milan KUNDERA
- Halldór LAXNESS
- Morgan LLYWELYN
- H.P. LOVECRAFT
- William McGONAGALL
- Terry PRATCHETT - Discworld Series
- Richard PRESTON
- J. K. ROWLING
- Nick SAGAN - Idlewild Series
- Dan SIMMONS
- Lemony SNICKET
- Kurt VONNEGUT
Non-Fiction
- Noam CHOMSKY
- Denis DUTTON - The Art Instinct
- James GLEICK
- Stephen Jay GOULD
- William PFAFF
- Ian RIDPATH
- Fr. Ronald ROLHEISER
- Douglas RUSHKOFF - Nothing Sacred
- Lynne TRUSS - Eats(,) Shoots and Leaves
- YI Zhongtian
Artists, Designers, Galleries and Studios

Galleries
- Aboriginal Art Gallery
- Centre of Contemporary Art (New Zealand)
- Christchurch Art Gallery - Te Puna O Waiwhetu
- Museum of Bad Art
Fine Artists
- Ai Weiwei 艾未未
- Akseli Gallen-Kallela
- Andy Goldsworthy
- Antony Gormley
- Bill Viola
- Charly Nijensohn
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude
- Claes Oldenburg
- Colin McCahon
- David Černý
- Felice Varini
- Galen Johnson
- Giuseppe Castiglione
- Hildur Margretardóttir
- Jinnie Seo
- Komar and Melamid
- Layla Curtis
- Louis Briel
- Matthew Barney
- Michael Betancourt
- Michael Heizer
- Nam June Paik
- Nyoman Nuarta
- Roman Klonek
- Shi Xiangjun 史湘君
- Strandbeest
- Teun Hocks
Illustrators
- Arthur de Pins
- Brett Helquist
- Dan Hess
- Emmy Cicierega
- Enki Bilal
- Joe Tucciarone
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Levni Yilmaz
- Nemo Ramjet
- Paul Kidby
- Svetlana Chmakova
- Wayne Barlowe
Web and Folk Artists
- Banksy
- Daniel Mitsui
- Ferry Halim
- Haluz
- Hans Reichel
- Jakub Dvorsky
- Matthew Inman
- Paul Neave
- Theodore Gray
- Weebl and Bob
Photograpers
- Andreas Tille
- Eric Lafforgue
- Keith Loutit
- Laurent Laveder
- Lieko Shiga 志贺理江子
- Steve McCurry
- Veikko Vasama
Animators and Filmmakers
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Borkur Sigthorsson
- David O'Reilly
- Guillaume Reymond
- Hossein Martin Fazeli
- Isuma
- Michael Langan
- PES
- Royston Tan
- Stefan Nadelman
- Stephen Watkins
- Tomas Nilsson
- Transience
- Zeitguised
- Zumbakamera
Random
- Artcirq - circus troupe
- Renzo Piano - architect
- Stephen Colbert - work of art
- Mark Rowswell - actor
Journals

On the Church
- From the Pope's Desk
- Catholic Answers
- The Catholic Herald
- Memoirs of a Neophyte
- New Advent
- New Oxford Review
- Internet Monk
- Sandro Magister
On Politics
On Culture
- Arts & Letters Daily
- BabelStone
- Far Outliers
- Jabal al-Lughat
- One Man Bandwidth
- Patrick Chovanec
- Reverent Entertainment
- Stuff White People Like
- Zeek Journal
Of People
Webcomics
Curiosity
Articles

Addresses and documents
- Humanae Vitae
by Pope Paul VI - The Regensberg Address
by Pope Benedict XVI - A World Split Apart
1978 Harvard Address by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Reviews
- Children of Men
by Carolyn Baker - Constructing the Oriental Image: Review of The Sum of All Heresies by Frederick Quinn
by Dmitry Shlapentokh - Reinventing the Wheel: Review of Douglas Rushkoff's Nothing Sacred
by Michael Shurkin
Biographies
- La Bottine Souriante Biography
on Musicianguide.com - Matteo Ricci, S.J.
by Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J
Photologues
- Report From Siberia: Life In A Khanty Reindeer Camp
by Scott S. Warren - What Does that Girl beyond Barbed Wire Think?
by Kwon Jeong Hyun
Storywriting, etc.
- A Ballade of Suicide
by G. K. Chesterton - Babbage - The Language of the Future
by Tony Karp - Crazy? That's Okay
Anonymous - No Flight to Tanaka
by Mou Zongxiao - Shooting an Elephant
by George Orwell - When one person reaches out with love
by Yevgeny Yevtushenko - 初踏入黄城
by Desmond Lau - 冥王星被开除对太阳系政治格局的影响
a story by someone known as zhaowenwen11
Disparate
- Stereotypes Demolished
by Todd C. Ames - Why Girls' Blog More Popular than Boys' Blog in Singapore
by someone called Wei Kiat - Why Nerds are Unpopular
by Paul Graham
+History
- The Imjin War
by William M. Caraway - The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce
by John V. Denson - 200,000 Testicles Offered Up to the Gods of Song
by David Yearsley
+Religion
- Fanatics in the Classroom
by Peter Hitchens - I Hate Converts (and I am One)
by Jeffery Tucker - Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching
by Terry Eagleton - Mother Theresa's Doubts
by Joseph Sobran - Youth and the Church
by Jeff Culbreath - The Value of Uncool
by Rod Dreher - 150 Reasons Why I am a Catholic
by Dave Armstrong
+Opinion
- A Reflection on Cities of the Future
by James Howard Kunstler - Communism and Woman
by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen - Imposing "Tolerance"
by Fr. John Flynn, LC - The Real Bastille Day
by John Zmirak - The Rothschilds, Opus One, and Opus Dei
by John Zmirak - In Defense of Discrimination
by Alice von Hildebrand - Mass Murder by Troubled Youths
by Humberto Fontova - Noam Chomsky Has ‘Never Seen Anything Like This’
by Chris Hedges
+Environmentalism
- "Cultivate Creation": Benedict's Green Revolution
by Sandro Magister - Damned Nation
by Mark Lynas
+Philosophy
- Compensation
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - Eternal Fascism
by Umberto Eco - God isn't big enough for some people
by Umberto Eco
+The Sciences
- A Multifractal Walk Down Wall Street
by Benoit Mandelbrot - Human Exposure to Vacuum
by Geoffrey A. Landis - In Praise of Sweet Darkness
by Shepherd Bliss
+The Arts
- Before and After the Future: Giacomo Balla
by the author of Giornale Nuovo - The Politics of Architecture
by Peter Kreeft - Turmeric, pygmies and piracy
by Ethan Zuckerman
+Humanities (other)
- Tangut Background
by Richard Cook - Lost world: the last days of feudal Sark
by Ed Caesar - Tangled Territories [PDF]
on Hidden Europe - 西夏文字
by 史金波
General Resources

General Resources
- Andy Goldsworthy Pool
- Artchive
- Artcyclopedia
- The Art Instinct Website
- Artnews.cn
- Celtic Lyrics Corner
- Classic Cat
- Dingbat Depot
- Ethnologue
- Flags of the World
- Great Big Sea Lyrics
- Heraldic Clip-art
- How Stuff Works
- IMSLP
- International Civic Arms
- The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia around the world
- LibraryThing
- Lyricwiki
- Magna Carta
- Music from Korea
- National Geographic
- National Anthems.net
- Piano Society
- Recorder Home Page
- Sheet Music Archive
- SibeliusMusic
- Smiling Boot Lyrics
- Sorabji Files
- SoundClick
- Web Gallery of Art
- Werner Icking Archive
- World Question Center
Astronomy

Astronomy and related sciences
- .Astronomy Picture of the Day.
- .The Electronic Sky.
- Astronomy.com
- Astronomy Now
- Bad Astronomy Blog
- Cassini-Huygens
- Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg
- Chinese Star Names
- European Space Agency
- IAU
- Night Sky This Week
- RJC Astronomy
- RP Astronomy
- Scienceforums.net
- Singastro
- The Particle Adventure
- Uranometria
- Windows to the Universe
- Wolfram MathWorld
Religion

Church and related sites
- .The Holy See.
- .The Archidiocese of Singapore.
- .Church of the Holy Cross.
- .Church of Saint Joseph (Bukit Timah).
- .致中国天主教徒.
- .To China's Faithful.
- Catholic Community Forum
- Giga-Catholic Information
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- The Japanese Orthodox Church
- The Mindszenty Foundation
- Chinacatholic.org
- St. Nicholas Church at the World Trade Center
- The Swedenborgian Church
- Teutonic Knights
- Traditional Iconography
- Assyrian Church of the East
- Coptic Patriarchate
- The Bad Catholic's Guide to Wine, Whiskey & Song
Linguistics

Linguistics and related sites
- Ancient Scripts.com
- Chữ Nôm Dictionary
- Diacritics Project
- Focal an Lae
- Irish Dictionary
- Finnish Dictionary
- German Dictionary
- Romance Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster Online
- Omniglot.com
- SIL International
- WWWJDJC Word Search
Constructed Languages and Scripts
Nature

natural sciences and related sites
Odd Earth

the odd inhabitants of the odd earth
- Adinkra Symbols & Meanings
- Animals on the Underground
- An Tour Tan
- Arctic Studies Centre
- Baarle
- Bertaeyn Galeizz
- Bibliothèque Nationale
- Centre Pompidou
- Cesium Faq
- Encyclopedia Phoeniciana
- Guggenheim Museum
- Inwood Hill Park
- Kingdom of Playland
- Lafforgue in North Korea
- Manx Heritage Foundation
- Mi'kmaq Hieroglyphics
- NATwA
- New Sweden Centre
- Radical Cartography
- Republic of Cascadia
- SAN Parks
- Sundlaugin
- Turku Archipelago
- UrbanRail.net
- Where the Hell is Matt?
- World Question Center
Literature

online repositories of old texts
- .Sacred Texts.
- .Project Gutenberg.
- Annals of the Four Masters
- Beowulf
- Bible Gateway
- Classic of the Mountains and Seas 山海经
- Crime & Punishment
- Douay-Rheims Bible
- Gadsby
- Hero of Estonia
- Hrafnagaldur Óðins
- Hunmin Jeongeum 훈민정음
- Kalevala
- King's Mirror
- Lascaux
- Latin Vulgate Bible
- Les Misérables
- Njáls Saga (English)
- Njáls Saga (Icelandic)
- Peer Gynt
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- The Possessed
Computer Science

these damned things called computers
- Brainking.com
A chess site - Conway's Game of Life
The classic in algorithms. - Esolang
The wiki for esoteric programming languages. - Esolang entry for IRP
- Esoland entry for Perl
- IOCCC
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest - Neopets
Childhood - Slashdot
News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters - Superliminal Software
Random tidbits from the fella called Melinda Green - Wikipedia Portal:Atlas
- Wikipedia English
- 维基百科 中文
- 文言维基大典
- Vicipéid Gaelige
- Wicipedia Cymraeg
- Wikipaedia Scots
- Wicipædia Anglosaxon
- Wikipedia Euskara
- Wikipedia Suomi
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