Open Unwrapped Dec 24th: Christmas Sermon from Robert Louis Stevenson
In ‘A Christmas Sermon’, a short public domain text available on Wikisource, Robert Louis Stevenson meditates on the holiday season, […]
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Open Unwrapped Dec 23rd : Christmas Cowboy
Celebrating Christmas 1904, this illustration from the Roslin Glass Slides collection shows an American cowboy riding a bucking bronco with […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 22nd: Wikidata and Saint Nick
Navino Evans, co-founder of Histropedia (www.histropedia.com), co-presented a Wikidata Showcase at Repository Fringe at the University of Edinburgh on 2nd […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 21st: IS Healthy Working Lives Choir
As part of the Healthy Working Lives initiative, those musically inclined within the Information Services Group at the University banded […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 20th: Herschel’s Music
What do you know of the Herschels? Sir William Hershel was the British astronomer who discovered Uranus and became the […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 19th: Histropedia – Santa in the movies
For today’s post, we present Histropedia – the timeline of everything. Histropedia allows users to create visually dynamic timelines using […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 18th: Enrichment Toy
Looking for a gift for your pets this Christmas? How about an enrichment toy? The labrador in this video makes […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 17th: Elk/Deer in the snow
A beautiful festive illustration of three elk or deer with large antlers foraging for food in the snow. This image […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 16th: Robot plays Connect4
Boardgames are a great pastime during the winter months, but have you ever played against a robot? Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, […]
Read moreOpen Unwrapped Dec 15th: Wet and weary Father Christmas
A warm welcome for a wet and weary Father Christmas, from an 1872 edition of Punch magazine.Punch, or The London […]
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