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The Winning Word Is "guerdon"
Tip of the hat to Sameer Mishra, winner of the 2008 Scripps US National Spelling Bee tonight. His winning word was “guerdon,” a noun with 14th century Middle English origin, it’s meaning is a reward....
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Kadigan is a term used to describe placeholder words. The ‘kadigan‘ Wikipedia page is all about placeholders. I LOVE this page. For instance, a few placeholders for ‘People‘: Joe Blow Tom, Dick and...
View ArticleAnimal Tales: What Do Animals Think Of Humans
From the New Yorker, Animal Tales, what do animals think of humans when they’re talking to each other. Example, Dalmatians: “Hey, look, the truck’s stopping.” “Did they take us to the park this...
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A Yearn to Kern: Fonts Are the Clothes That Words Wear
TypeCon 2008 – a font conference, or as I like to call it, a “font festival”. It was last week and presented by The Society of Typographical Aficionados. It looks like they had a great time and some...
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Neal Stephenson Once Again Proves He’s the King of the Worlds
Neal Stephenson has a new book to be released Sept 3 2008 (pre-order on Amazon). Wired.com writes about Stephenson’s motivations and where the ideas came from for this 960 page novel. Set on a planet...
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What Words Would You Add to the Microsoft Spell-Checker?
The other day the Seattle Times profiled the Microsoft Natural Language team and their challenges in keeping the up with spell-checking since languages are constantly in flux. Now the paper’s blog...
View ArticleWord of the Day: Negawatt
negawatt n A unit in watts of saved energy. [Wiktionary] “The saving of a megawatt of power by reducing consumption or increasing efficiency.” [from Sustainability Dictionary] Etymology: Coined by...
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Romeo and Juliet in Binary
Here’s a geeky gift for that guy or gal in your life that has everything. It’s Romeo and Juliet printed in binary format. This Shakespeare story has been translated by Steven Rutledge, is available on...
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What You Didn’t Know About Esperanto
Take a moment to increase your world readiness by reading 15 Fascinating Facts About Esperanto. I think I knew 4 or 5 of them, I don’t know if that means I’m slacking or if that’s a sign I have too...
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How to Write a Cover Letter
When it comes to writing the perfect cover letter, there are several things which you need to include. Writing a cover letter is not rocket science and if you can write a regular letter, there is no...
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