Anthology of Ideas

Ever wondered or cared what I read in the mornings? [RSS] Aardvarchaeology [RSS] Accelerating Future [RSS] Adventures in Ethics and Science [RSS] Aetiology [RSS] Anthology of Ideas Yah, I subscribe to my own feed…but only so I can make sure everything comes out nice… [RSS] Astronomy Buff [RSS] Bad Language [RSS] behindthebuzz.com [RSS] Blog Maverick [RSS] Chris Garrett on New Media [RSS] Cocktail Party Physics [RSS] Cognitive Daily [RSS] Comics at GiantITP.com One of my Favorite Webcomics [RSS] Copyblogger [RSS] Cosmic Variance [RSS] CSS Beauty Gallery Entries [RSS] Deep Sea News [RSS] evolgen [RSS] FOSSwire [RSS] Freelance Switch [RSS] Functioning Form: Interface Design [RSS] Google Tutor [RSS] hicksdesign – journal [RSS] /home/liquidat [RSS] I Can Has Linux?

Occasionally, so many wonderful posts appear in the lull between the Thursday doldrums and the Friday excitation (pun much?) that I have to “link it up…er…mott”. It turns out that you can see the effects of trawling for fish from space. Do we need any more evidence against it? Uncertain Principles posts about the backlash from the Virginia Tech shootings: turns out stage plays with fake wooden weapons endanger students…according to some college administrators.

The best of my feeds today. Are Bloggers and Blogs Ruining the English Language? Anyone who has had to read Shakespeare in high school knows that the English language is organic. As such, it changes over the decades and centuries. Many words fall into disuse and many new words are added. Back in the late 1980s, researchers suggested that the average adult in North America knew had a vocabulary of at least 100,000 words.

Ever wondered or cared what I read in the mornings? [RSS] Aardvarchaeology [RSS] Accelerating Future [RSS] Adventures in Ethics and Science [RSS] Aetiology [RSS] Anthology of Ideas Yah, I subscribe to my own feed…but only so I can make sure everything comes out nice… [RSS] Astronomy Buff [RSS] Bad Language [RSS] behindthebuzz.com [RSS] Blog Maverick [RSS] Chris Garrett on New Media [RSS] Cocktail Party Physics [RSS] Cognitive Daily [RSS] Comics at GiantITP.com One of my Favorite Webcomics [RSS] Copyblogger [RSS] Cosmic Variance [RSS] CSS Beauty Gallery Entries [RSS] Deep Sea News [RSS] evolgen [RSS] FOSSwire [RSS] Freelance Switch [RSS] Functioning Form: Interface Design [RSS] Google Tutor [RSS] hicksdesign – journal [RSS] /home/liquidat [RSS] I Can Has Linux?

Occasionally, so many wonderful posts appear in the lull between the Thursday doldrums and the Friday excitation (pun much?) that I have to “link it up…er…mott”. It turns out that you can see the effects of trawling for fish from space. Do we need any more evidence against it? Uncertain Principles posts about the backlash from the Virginia Tech shootings: turns out stage plays with fake wooden weapons endanger students…according to some college administrators.

The best of my feeds today. Are Bloggers and Blogs Ruining the English Language? Anyone who has had to read Shakespeare in high school knows that the English language is organic. As such, it changes over the decades and centuries. Many words fall into disuse and many new words are added. Back in the late 1980s, researchers suggested that the average adult in North America knew had a vocabulary of at least 100,000 words.