Monthly Archives: March 2004
Animals on the underground
I didn’t realise that, hidden on the map of the London Underground, are pictures of animals, but there are. Looks like you can buy an (expensive) T-shirt with them on.
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100 Most Often Mispronounced Words
yourDictionary.com has an article on 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words, which is from an American perspective, but interesting to see some of the back-formations (e.g. interpretate for interpret), metathesis (place-switching of sounds e.g. revelant for relevant)
Ordering food in America
Dunstan’s tale about being a Brit ordering food in the States made me smile a great deal. Seemingly a study was done about people believing the printed word (Holiday Inn used to have problems with guests staying past check-out time, … Continue reading
Quicktime to AVI
My Kodak digital camera captures up to 2 minutes of video, with sound. However, a 2-minute clip is 30 mb in Quicktime’s .mov format. In order to edit it (either for timing or file size), I could have bought QuickTime … Continue reading
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Review of “May Week was in June”
Clive James’s third volume of autobiography would have benefited from some hyperlinks. Continue reading
250 words a day
During the BBC’s Big Read series, Phil Jupitus commented on the fact that Winnie the Pooh is only 15,000 words long. I found on Leon Fletcher’s page, “How Long”, that Hemingway wrote 2,000 words a day, and Robinson Jeffers just … Continue reading
Review of “Playing the Moldovans at Tennis”
A couple of years ago, a friend with whom I worked recommended “Round Ireland with a Fridge” by Tony Hawks, which I read soon after, and enjoyed very much. This was the story of Tony Hawks hitchhiking round the circumference … Continue reading
Bookmarklets
Read Eric Meyer’s roundup on SXSW 2004, and find that I too am a person mentioned in his SXSQ04i Wrap-Up: in that I hadn’t come across bookmarklets / favelets. Am pleased to say that I’ve now added in a few … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Web design, Web standards
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English Standard Version – A Bible for everyone
I’ve been a fan of the English Standard Version ever since I bought one in 2002, shortly after hearing it highly recommended at the London Men’s Convention (this year again at the Albert Hall 22 May; the pilot of the … Continue reading
Grammar Führer
Phew! That’s a relief. I read Eric Meyer’s thoughts on Textual Healing, in which he was described as a grammar “Fuhrer” (sic). So, the gauntlet was thrown down, the stakes were high, and I headed over to Quizilla’s grammar quiz. … Continue reading
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