{"id":658,"date":"2006-05-31T14:07:54","date_gmt":"2006-05-31T13:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/"},"modified":"2006-05-31T14:07:54","modified_gmt":"2006-05-31T13:07:54","slug":"ddc-highlights-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/","title":{"rendered":"DDC highlights (7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My goodness, has it been over two months? You must be chomping at the bit for more Dewey Decimal updates. A bumper selection is only fair recompense. These numbers come from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oclc.org\/dewey\/updates\/numbers\/lcsh\/2006_5.htm\">various<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oclc.org\/dewey\/updates\/numbers\/lcsh\/2006_4.htm\">sets<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oclc.org\/dewey\/updates\/numbers\/lcsh\/2006_3.htm\">subject<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oclc.org\/dewey\/updates\/numbers\/lcsh\/2006_2.htm\">mappings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Ample size&#8221; says the estate agent: Advertising&#8211;Dollhouses &#8211; 659.197455923<\/li>\n<li>For Peter Jackson: King Kong films &#8211; 791.4375<\/li>\n<li>For <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dario_Argento\">Dario Argento<\/a>: Blood in motion pictures &#8211; 791.436561<\/li>\n<li>For Peter Jackson: Hobbits (Fictitious characters)\/Baggins, Bilbo (Fictitious character) &#8211; 791.4375<\/li>\n<li>For sheer unrealism: Scientists in motion pictures &#8211; 791.4366<\/li>\n<li>For <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deliverance\">John Boorman<\/a>: Banjo music (Bluegrass) &#8211; 787.881642<\/li>\n<li>For the sake of it: Accountants in motion pictures &#8211; 791.43656<\/li>\n<li><em>The Line of Beauty<\/em>est number: Gay bathhouses &#8211; 306.77086642<\/li>\n<li>What you get reading this blog: Excited delirium syndrome &#8211; 616.8<\/li>\n<li>Making offensive crop circles: Agroterrorism &#8211; 363.3259632<\/li>\n<li>Good way to get singed: Fire twirling &#8211; 791.6<\/li>\n<li>They teach on the catwalk: Stochastic models &#8211; 003.76<\/li>\n<li>I think this is me: Generation Y &#8211; 305.2<\/li>\n<li>In the news: Roadside memorials &#8211; 363.125<\/li>\n<li>Most self-referential number: Dewey (Fictitious character: Disney) &#8211; 741.5973<\/li>\n<li>Most confused number: Internalized homophobia in lesbians &#8211; 306.7663<\/li>\n<li>Erm, sheds made of netting?: Net sheds &#8211; 639.2<\/li>\n<li>You should&#8217;ve seen the one that got away: Nymph fishing &#8211; 799.124<\/li>\n<li>Not Melvyn&#8217;s style but important physicsy stuff: Bragg gratings &#8211; 621.38275<\/li>\n<li>No, not the probe!: Human-alien encounters in literature &#8211; 808.8037<\/li>\n<li>For counting oysters: Oyster surveys &#8211; 333.9554111<\/li>\n<li><em>X-Men 3<\/em>est number: Phoenix (Mythical bird) in art &#8211; 704.947<\/li>\n<li>Longish number: Rose Bowl Stadium (Pasadena, Calif.) &#8211; 796.33206879493<\/li>\n<li>Another longish number: Gay youths&#8217; writings &#8211; 808.89928308664<\/li>\n<li>An even longer number: Liquid crystal display industry &#8211; 338.476213815422<\/li>\n<li>A very long number: London Terrorist Bombings, London,<br \/>\nEngland, 2005 &#8211; 363.3259388409421209051<\/li>\n<li>A very, very long number: Fire Fighters&#8217; Dispute, Great Britain, 2002-2004 &#8211; 331.89281363370941090511<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My goodness, has it been over two months? You must be chomping at the bit for more Dewey Decimal updates. A bumper selection is only fair recompense. These numbers come from various sets of subject mappings. &#8220;Ample size&#8221; says the estate agent: Advertising&#8211;Dollhouses &#8211; 659.197455923 For Peter Jackson: King Kong films &#8211; 791.4375 For Dario [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","tag-ddc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DDC highlights (7) - No geek is an island<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DDC highlights (7) - No geek is an island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My goodness, has it been over two months? You must be chomping at the bit for more Dewey Decimal updates. A bumper selection is only fair recompense. These numbers come from various sets of subject mappings. &#8220;Ample size&#8221; says the estate agent: Advertising&#8211;Dollhouses &#8211; 659.197455923 For Peter Jackson: King Kong films &#8211; 791.4375 For Dario [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"No geek is an island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-05-31T13:07:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Will\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Will\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Will\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\"},\"headline\":\"DDC highlights (7)\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-05-31T13:07:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\"},\"keywords\":[\"ddc\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Library\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/\",\"name\":\"DDC highlights (7) - No geek is an island\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-05-31T13:07:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DDC highlights (7)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"No geek is an island\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\",\"name\":\"Will\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Will\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DDC highlights (7) - No geek is an island","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DDC highlights (7) - No geek is an island","og_description":"My goodness, has it been over two months? You must be chomping at the bit for more Dewey Decimal updates. A bumper selection is only fair recompense. These numbers come from various sets of subject mappings. &#8220;Ample size&#8221; says the estate agent: Advertising&#8211;Dollhouses &#8211; 659.197455923 For Peter Jackson: King Kong films &#8211; 791.4375 For Dario [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/","og_site_name":"No geek is an island","article_published_time":"2006-05-31T13:07:54+00:00","author":"Will","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Will","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/"},"author":{"name":"Will","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300"},"headline":"DDC highlights (7)","datePublished":"2006-05-31T13:07:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/"},"wordCount":266,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300"},"keywords":["ddc"],"articleSection":["Library"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/","url":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/","name":"DDC highlights (7) - No geek is an island","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-05-31T13:07:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/31\/ddc-highlights-7\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DDC highlights (7)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/","name":"No geek is an island","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300","name":"Will","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Will"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}