I was just reading some humour on a Disqus enabled site tonight when I noticed some of my previous Disqus comments had a got a few likes.
Because I’m a terrible egotist, I thought I might investigate and enjoyed reminiscing on old comments I’d written. Continue reading
Just read a great article by Doreen Massey in the Guardian related to my recent post on Sustainability in Football. Continue reading
There are at least 250,000 words in the English language. However, to think that English – or any language – could hold enough expression to convey the entirety of the human experience is as arrogant of an assumption as it is naive.Here are a few examples of instances where other languages have found the right word and English simply falls speechless.
Click through to read an Awesome article.
But I tell you what, it is seriously missing focal as Gaeilge (Irish Words)
Any suggestions?
There are at least 250,000 words in the English language. However, to think that English – or any language – could hold enough expression to convey the entirety of the human experience is as arrogant of an assumption as it is naive.Here are a few examples of instances where other languages have found the right word and English simply falls speechless.
Click through to read an Awesome article.
But I tell you what, it is seriously missing focal as Gaeilge (Irish Words)Any suggestions?
It was one of the best things I ever worked on at the Morgan; perhaps one of the best things I’ve ever worked on. I couldn’t quite get over the fact that I was working on a letter that Charlotte Brontë had written with her own hands. She had selected the paper, dipped her pen in that brown ink; her hand had moved across the page in direct connection with her thoughts. Letters are such intimate things, even when the subject matter is unremarkable. All that lay between Charlotte’s mind and my own was the mere matter of 150 years.
I’m not a luddite, but surely digital creation doesn’t have the same historical nuances which bring this level of pleasure? I’m glad, like with everything, there is room for more than one way of doing things
I don’t often pay any deference to Paul Thurrott. I usually just wait until John Gruber or someone more humourous than I makes the jokes. It’s usually far too easy after all.
Last weeks Short Takes from that expert on all things Windows takes the biscuit though, and I Continue reading
Just read on the OpenAustralia Foundation Blog that the Open Australia site – viz. Hansard for all of us – is blocked by Australian Customs IT Policy.
Of course IT departments have the right to set rules of access within organisations. But the killer is Continue reading
Just read a couple of very interesting articles about the recent “Froyo” or Android 2.2 updates for the HTC desire in Australia. An example of which is Continue reading
When the iPad was released I wrote a post which turned on it likely cannibalising iPhone sales. To date this hasn’t been shown to be true. With the upgrade of the MacBook Air this week, many are considering the same with regards to that product versus the iPad. For example, over on Asymco, Horace Dediu has written another interesting article on this topic today.
While Continue reading
This has been reported across the web since first reported on MacForums today. Continue reading
