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Bruton Town – A very old story
Bruton Town is an English Folk song featured on The Pentangle’s first album (the first LP I ever bought). It tells the story of a young woman whose lover is murdered by her two brothers, because they do not think … Continue reading
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Tagged Boccaccio, Bruton Town, Decameron, English Folk song, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Pentangle
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Binary functions, combining text, and finding unique columns
I recently had an e-mail request asking for a method of finding unique columns in an Excel table consisting of either blank cells or an entry of 1. An easy way to do this would be to convert the columns to … Continue reading
Pictures of Sicily
Trapani and Erice Segesta, and Mozia
Another WW1 story
From the Youtube link: I don’t mean to infringe on copyrights of artists, especially not respected ones like the Incredible String band, but I felt I should publish this track because of the strange tale attached to its origins. A … Continue reading
More on Long Lost
This weekend was shooting for my daughter’s short film “Long Lost” at Callan Park in Sydney. The film is based on the story of a French soldier, but coincidentally there was an Australian soldier who went through the same ordeal … Continue reading
