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The Joys of the eReader

In the past, I’ve written about using your MP3 player for listening to lots of content and shuffling it around. But the longer I use my Nook, the more convinced that there’s something new and even more incredible out there. … Continue reading

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Where writing fails

I wrote earlier about the problems of deciphering Akkadian, going from transliteration to normalization to translation. And you run into similar problems with Sumerian. Of course, if you want to capture the sound of Mandarin, you are left with pin … Continue reading

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Heading toward a new year, with new addictions

As I mentioned some time ago, the ability to update to my home site from blogger went away. Since then, I’d been updating by hand. But the updates have fallen by the wayside since I don’t often find the patience … Continue reading

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