From the monthly archives: December 2006

Casino Royale

By Rufus Pollock On December 21, 2006 · Leave a Comment

7.5/10 (for genre). Far above average Bond, with a semi-decent plot, reasonable dialogue, strong performances, and, for once, a love interest that is not purely perfunctory.

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Web-Based Annotation

By Rufus Pollock On December 19, 2006 · Leave a Comment

We intend to add annotation/commentarysupport to the open shakespeare web demo either in this release or next. As a first step I’ve been looking to see what (open-source) web-based annotation systems are already out there. Below is a list of what I’ve been able to find so far (if you know of more [...]

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John Maynard Keynes: The Economist as Saviour 1920-1937 by Robert Skidelsky

By Rufus Pollock On December 5, 2006 · Leave a Comment

This is the second volume of Skidelsky’s trilogy and takes Keynes from his resignation from the Treasury up until the publication of the General Theory (1936) and its immediate reception by the public and other economists. Though still excellent I found this a less satisfactory book that its predecessor.

This was for several reasons the [...]

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