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2026-08-10 16:03:57 GMT

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forgot to tag @nprofile…8clk as possibly interested in these early examples of Unicode :-)

2026-08-10 04:24:09 GMT

Selling three polyglottæ - books showing samples of languages/scripts, the earliest from 1713 & latest from 1996. Prices are more or less guesses.
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/327302761007
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/327302680814
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/327302659723
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2026-08-07 02:57:01 GMT

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Ridpath-HistoryOfTheWorld-VolIII/pages/373-chapterhead-angel/
This (i think) is Truth or Virtue breaking free of her chains, with the law, royalty, and the nobility to help her (or hinder her, maybe!).
She lacks the scales and blindfold of Justice, and has the manacles and broken chains of Virtue or Truth. And she has bare feet, but I’m not sure that is significant. I do love the way the artist (Hugo Vogel) has put her big toe out of the frame, though.
#vintageEngraving #chapterHead #fobo #GIMP #toplessWoman #angel
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2026-06-09 00:43:13 GMT

There was a discussion (or argument) about LLM-based “AI” obsoleting XML, on the revitalised xml-dev mailing list.
XML is often used where careful document engineering over long time spans are needed - aircraft manuals, government-level invoicing and business documents, transcriptions of historical documents. Places where errors & hallucinations (E&H) are not acceptable & may carry high liability.
#XMLisAlive #MarkupMonday #XML

2025-11-02 05:07:42 GMT

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBritishIsles/pages/v2s2-336-map-of-old-birmingham/
Birmingham city centre was largely destroyed by heavy bombing in the Second World War, and has both suffered through and benefited from extensive reconstruction since.
This #map was published in 1905 and thus shows #Birmingham well before the bombing or any modern changes.
#vintageMap #map #streetMap #birmingham #fobo #vintageArt #prewar #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3
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