Seadevils and Species Unknown http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/22deep.html # If Kafka had a YouTube (i)Channel : http://tinyurl.com/2tqynh # Great overview of the lolcat phenomenon on Slate. http://tinyurl.com/yqetk8 (Be sure to read Language Log’s posts on this as well.) #
Fear of eating: Why would the administration refuse to regulate an industry that actually wants to be regulated? http://tinyurl.com/yqmhce # Posing for Photos : http://tinyurl.com/2oyoye # Spiderman in Bhojpuri (and Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, etc.) http://tinyurl.com/34cypl # What really galvanized the religious right wasn’t abortion, but loss of tax-excempt status for whites-only schools http://tinyurl.com/33spyx #
Rare Risk and Overreactions : http://tinyurl.com/3d3e2p # Fears for Democracy in India : http://tinyurl.com/ypa8uz # Poking a Pet Peeve : http://tinyurl.com/244wg2 # In Faiz’s own voice : http://tinyurl.com/2b7dha #
Encountering phrases of the form “What would X do” # So, I asked myself, What would Mark Liberman Do (WWMLD)? But somehow I guessed it started with Jesus. http://tinyurl.com/2crc34 # This led me to news of a new film by Morgan Spurlock, featuring Reverend Billy! What Would Jesus Buy? http://tinyurl.com/ywpwke # Binding Arbitration and Consumer [...]
The “I”m a Mac” ads are even funnier in Japanese! http://tinyurl.com/yffb6x # Excellent Newsweek article on Taiwan’s Democracy : http://tinyurl.com/ysl85t # Legislature Brawls are Staged : http://tinyurl.com/2v4kx3 #
War vlogging : http://tinyurl.com/3x6zdk # Leper messiahs : http://tinyurl.com/ys6vce #
A few weeks ago Victor Mair wrote a guest post on Language Log implying that China’s high rates of illiteracy could be cured by reforming the script, replacing difficult to learn characters with phonetic spelling. There is lots of good discussion of this topic on Language Hat, and there was a good post on the [...]
Juno is tied up outside while the house is cleaned. She just stares at the door and cries. Won’t even play with her favorite toys… # … Gonzales just lies down in the road, then giggles as the bus runs over his head. http://tinyurl.com/3xvbql #
Installed a google custom search searchbox on my blog and homepage. Searches all my sites! # My Aborigine students were all dressed up for a “Taiwanese Idol” performance and the bells on their clothing tinkled throughout class! # Exploring http://gaaan.com, a web interface to the BBS system Taiwanese college students love so much. #
I can’t imagine doing web development without Firebug. http://www.getfirebug.com/ # Blogrolls suck. I haven’t updated mine in years. I don’t even recognize half the blogs I listed. Surely there is a better way to do this? # The Art of Chart – Bringing Wall Street Ideas to the Masses : http://tinyurl.com/ytmm8a # Profilefly.com won’t let [...]