I’m glad that Anil finally blogged this joke: What does M.I.T. stand for? M.I.T. Institute of Technology. I found this so entertaining I’ve been telling all of my geeky friends ever since. I was surprised to find that very few of them actually got it. Even those who are M.I.T. students and have a few [...]
Who are you rooting for in tomorrow’s World Cup finals match? The BBC suggests that English fans should back Germany, offering five supporting reasons. I’d like to draw your attention to two of their points:
3. ‘Kraut-bashing’ is so passé
4. Ethnically speaking
Note the reference to Hitler as an “outdated stereotype,” and the reference to English ethnic [...]
Registration is becoming a bit of an epidemic in the mass online news industry. The Online Journalism Review provides an in-depth review of the current state of this disease. It aptly notes my concern:
Registration inevitably has consequences for weblogs, collaborative news sites and newsletters that point to news articles. Says my peeved friend: “If I [...]
In their current newsletter the North American Editorial Unit (NAEU) of the Oxford English Dictionary considers adding the term ‘blog’:
The NAEU is also working closely with the new words group in Oxford, carefully reviewing the high-profile new words that are so often of American origin, and drafting new entries for words that have come to [...]
Despite all of the tension between religion and the ubiquity of cell phones, churches in England have just signed a contract to host cellular transponders in their steeples. I guess the point closest to God is also gives the best coverage.
Somehow I’ve come down with a cold in the middle of the summer. Is that possible? Maybe by definition is has to be the flu, or at least it goes by another name (perhaps “a balmy” or “the humid”). Anyway, in this sort of heat, the standard homeopathic remedies aren’t very appealing: chicken soup, hot [...]
Number one reason why Korea should have won the world cup game today… survey says… they’re the only team left not on the ugly list, with leading contingents from expected finalists Germany and Brazil. Oh well. My favorite munger, Ronald Gomez:
Many experts’ pre-tournament pick for the World Cup Golden Booted-In-Face, Ronald really is a powerhouse [...]
I stumbled on the section titled “friends & favorites,” at Amazon today (note, I’m not a big Amazon user), and was surprised at the multiplicity of approaches to leveraging established communities.
Bootstrapping from their prior knowledge of a person based on wishlists and favorites, they are hoping to persuade people to input their social [...]
After toiling for four hours last night, I finally finished a flyer for our weekly electronic gig in Cambridge (front and back). The image featured on the front is a (no joke) water-powered organ, circa 1647, built by the inimitable Athanasius Kircher.
The more one reads about this man, the more amazing he becomes. Supplied by [...]