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January 30, 2005
A Handfew of Eggcorns
January 30, 2005I was browsing Language Log after seeing a mention on Slashdot. Linguists use Google to track how contemporary written...
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January 4, 2005
More Wiki Tyranny
January 4, 2005Continuing my previous thread of thought: In response to the original laments about Wikipedia’s growing pains, Clay Shirky’s “Rebuttal”...
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January 3, 2005
The Tyranny of Wiki-Democracy
January 3, 2005Wikipedia is pretty darn cool because it’s a group assemblage of knowledge from anyone who wants to participate. It’s...
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December 29, 2004
Graphical Patterns
December 29, 2004I was browsing through secretrobot and came across a lot of interesting entries. In particular, the one on GUI...
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December 16, 2004
Windows XP, Wha?
December 16, 2004Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been slowly introducing Dad to the wonders of modern computing. We got...
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November 30, 2004
Email is for Old Coots
November 30, 2004I came across this article on the demise of email in Korea: The ebbing of email is a phenomenon...