Well, it’s been a long wait, but David Firth has released the eighth installment of the delightfully twisted and demented Salad Fingers series. We meet a new friend, Roger, and welcome back Hubert Cumberdale. Warning: If you are easily offended or freaked out, then maybe you shouldn’t click that link.
Archive for September, 2007
Salad Fingers 8
Posted: 30 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: david firth, demented, flash, humor, salad fingers, twisted
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Presentation magic
Posted: 30 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: bill gates, business, german, pecha kucha, presentations, school, steve jobs, sticky
I hate presentations. I hate making them, I hate giving them. Well, sorta. I actually liked making this presentation for my German class. Rather, I liked the end result. I got a decent grade on it, losing points mostly for not having much to say aside from what was on the slides. My problem was [...]
My Google Wishlist
Posted: 30 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: features, google, google scholar, research, scholar, wishlist
Currently the features I want Google to add: add Google Scholar to search history add links for citations included in the paper for each result allow the two functions: cites and citedby for searching Note: This is a very incomplete list, just what’s pressing at the moment. Regarding (2), currently when you are presented with [...]
Childrens and chilluns
Posted: 30 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: charleston, children, covert discourse, dialects, gullah, language, linguistics, south carolina, W
The things Bush says are so awesome sometimes. My new favorite quote is “Childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured.” [source] At first the White House transcriptionists corrected the mistake, but then press secretary Dana Perino instructed them to include the mistake, saying that the integrity of the transcriptions is very [...]
Daedalerberus
Posted: 30 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: cerberus, christmas, costumes, dogs, greek mythology, halloween, pets, reindeer, reindog
I came across this dog costume on the Green Man. I think Daedalus would look hilarious in it. Last Christmas, we dressed him as Daedal the red-nosed reindog. Just need to find some stuffed animals and someone who knows how to sew…
Where’s Rudy?
Posted: 29 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: celebrities, election, evil politicians, fundraising, giuliani, gop, hispanics, politics, presidential election, racism, republican
Came across this funny little video asking the simple question, where was Rudy? Rudy Giuliani had “scheduling issues” and so couldn’t make it to the Republican Debate discussing issues pertaining to “Black America.” The video explains exactly what he was doing. Morning press conference announcing Pete Wilson supports him (more on Pete Wilson below the [...]
The seventh son of a seventh son
Posted: 28 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: books, dark fantasy, dark is rising, entertainment, fantasy, movies, susan cooper
I read The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper a few years ago at the insistence of my ex-brother-in-law. It was one of his favorite books from his childhood and I believe he put it near the level of The Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings (but not quite). I figured that was [...]
Ultrafast thumb-only keyboard
Posted: 28 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: code, computational linguistics, corpora, english, kannuu, keyboard, language model, n-grams, python, startup, startups, typing
In a recent press release, kannuu is claiming to have revolutionized text entry. They claim that you can now perform text entry with just your thumb at the same speed of a regular keyboard. Too good to be true? Here is their method, complete with Hype™. “Advancing text entry exponentially, kannuu’s powerful and precise Partial [...]
Another think coming
Posted: 28 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: assimilation, english, language, language change, linguistics, phonology, weird words
Language Log brought up the usage of the phrase another thing coming today. This is the only way I’ve ever heard it or seen it used. But it turns out, the original is another think coming. The thing version is winning out on the interwebs, but the post on Language Log indicates that the two [...]
Dawn liftoff
Posted: 28 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: asteroids, dawn, fuel, launch, nasa, probes, rocket fuel, spacecraft, spaceflight
NASA’s image of the day is the Dawn spacecraft launching via a Delta II rocket. It’s heading to two asteroids: Ceres (actually a dwarf planet) and Vesta. The journey will take several years. In March 2009, Dawn will slingshot around Mars to arrive at Vesta in September of 2011, where it will stay for about [...]
