Tim Dunlop and Jonathon Delacour wonder if whether some languages are more pleasant to listen to than others, whether you understand them or not. This is certainly true from person to person. When I moved to the U.S., I sometimes found that things I complacently thought were due to my natural wit and charm were […]
This is just a test of Kung-Log, a neat-looking application for Mac OS X that allows me to post to my blog without using my browser.
There’s an old law of software development that says every application expands to the point where it can read mail. A little-known corollary is that Google can always do more than you think.
For example, try searching for expressions like 213 * 718, or 76 kilos in pounds, or even (G * mass of Earth) […]
Jane Galt is worried about the economics of childcare and she gives a good account of the hard choices women often feel they must face about bearing and rearing children:
Should we stay home, or shouldn’t we? It’s a difficult question for professional women. … We want to be successful as much as our […]
In some quarters, using the word “quagmire” to describe the emerging position of the U.S. in Iraq provokes yells of rage, snarklets of glibness, or even reasoned objections. It’s fair to say that optimists like the OxBloggers have convincingly rebutted the main comparisons that have been made to Vietnam. The United States isn’t going […]
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