Whenever I hear the word enormity used to describe how gi-freakin-normous something is, I always willfully misinterpret it to mean an act of extreme evil or extreme wickedness. Now before you start screaming prescriptivist and throwing Kleenexes drenched in the snot of sociolinguistics at me — I’m not being a prescriptivist. Of course people have [...]
Archive for 26 February 2008
The Enormity of Space
Posted: 26 February 2008 in UncategorizedTags: enormity, language change, prescriptivism, richard branson, space, spaceflight, virgin galactic
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Go Snapback Symmetry
Posted: 26 February 2008 in UncategorizedTags: board games, games, go, online go server, strategy, symmetry
Go (围棋, 碁, 바둑) is one of my obsessions. I’ve been playing for a year, mostly as ealdent on Online Go Server (OGS) and am currently about 12.5 kyu, though I shift around a bit. At the moment, I’m in a bit of downswing, mostly because stress and not concentrating is leading me to make [...]
