Here are some curiosities we’ve found around the Internet this week:
- The Paideia Institute has begun two new blogs aimed at intermediate Latin and Greek readers. They also have a Chrome app extension that allows you to look-up the definition of any Latin or Greek word you find on a website.
- Forbes has an article about Tim O’Reilly, a Harvard-educated classics major who writes a series of books on programming and other technical subjects.
- The National Latin Exam’s “Forum Romanum” faux newscast videos are now available for free on YouTube.
- Ever wonder about the story behind Lorem Ipsum and how it became the default typeset text? The website OpenCulture has the answer!
- The British School at Rome‘s chef recently cooked an Apicius-inspired meal, and some of the lovely pictures are shared on its blog.