I say this post on Marginal Revolution and this quote caught my eye: “Simulations suggest the extinction of 40% of languages with < 35,000 speakers within 100 years.” Which makes me wonder, why do languages have to die? With today’s technology, it seems to me that a language should never die again. Would it be that … [Read more…]
Some of you may remember when, on this very blog, I did some reviews of restaurants. I consider myself a foodie and used to post recipes and other food related items. I stopped doing that awhile ago, in part, because I have been working on a new project. Blue Plate Special When I moved to Delft, … [Read more…]
A recent Hang Up And Listen episode discussed the Little League World Series and its impact on the kids that play in it. During the podcast, contributor Stefan Fatsis noted that there is no prize money for the World Series, unlike the spelling or geography bees, where the winners do take home monetary prizes. In … [Read more…]
This article from the Washington Post is one of several I’ve seen in the last few days, highlighting the differences between the coverage of the situation in Ferguson, MO on Facebook and Twitter. They are all essentially arguing the same thing. On Twitter, you see lots of stuff about Ferguson. On Facebook, you see lots … [Read more…]
I liked London so much I came back for me. This time prompted by a conference that the fabulous Dana was attending. The first night, I crashed her swanky conference dinner and stayed in her fancy conference hotel. For the rest of the weekend, we shared a room in an Airbnb. There was some repeats … [Read more…]
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