Accompanying its tremendously popular Aztec Exhibition (see older stories here and here) -- which will last till 11. April 2003 -- the Royal Academy of Arts, London has published a catalogue. The beautiful oversized volume -- which at the moment lies right in front of me on my desk -- comprises 520 pages of heavy-stock high-gloss papers. Besides the innumerable and large high-quality photographies of the exhibition's artefacts, it includes detailed descriptions, a bibliography, an index, essays on the different sections and much more. MOCTEZUMA, FERNANDO MATOS AND FELIPE SOLÍS OLGUÍN. 2002. Aztecs. London: Royal Academy of Arts. [ISBN 1-903973-22-8 (paperback, 27.95 pounds), 1-903973-13-9 (hardback, 55.00 pounds)]

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This paper (pdf) discusses the internet as a result of accidents: "Viewed in the light of the theory of accidental excellence, there is much to suggest that the success of the Internet and its various protocols derives from a communications technology accident, or better, a series of accidents." Via Monolog

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List of indian weblogs. Via Monolog

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Ok, it's unlikely that someone needs this, but you never know: "This site provides access to the raw data and documentation which contains information on the following slave trade topics from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: records of slave ship movement between Africa and the Americas, slave ships of eighteenth century France, slave trade to Rio de Janeiro, Virginia slave trade in the eighteenth century, English slave trade (House of Lords Survey), Angola slave trade in the eighteenth century, internal slave trade to Rio de Janeiro, slave trade to Havana, Cuba, Nantes slave trade in the eighteenth century, and slave trade to Jamaica." Via Malorama

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