Dispelling the Texting Myths
David Crystal tells us that txtng is nothing worry about
David Crystal tells us that txtng is nothing worry about
Ben’s Place of the Week is the Gaza Strip.
A look at British music from Cliff Richard to The Rolling Stones.
Lim reflects on the way Obama and McCain define leadership.
The ethics of end of life surgery practice.
What Rebecca has been reading.
On Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday, Elleke Boehmer looks at the symbolic legacies of Mandela in South Africa.
Ammon Shea looks at Merriam’s madman.
Richard Dawkins talks about Claude Shannon and information theory.
It seems strange that in English we call W ‘double-U’ while in French its ‘double-V’. It’s usually written to resemble two Vs, rather than two Us. At Urbandictionary, the entry for W contains plenty of slurs against George Bush, and those who decided to have 3-Ws as the start of a web address.
‘Glamour’ author Stephen Gundle compares the glamour factor of The Queen and Victoria Beckham
Anatoly looks at the word “Buckeye”.
Ben’s place of the week is Philadelphia, Pa.
Evan revisits his ebook predictions.
A biography of Jean Sibelius.
Are our presidential candidates following the lead of our anti-intellectual presidents?