Category Archives: humanities

we don’t need no education

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 August 31 by Anton

Why Nerds are Unpopular — an essay by Paul Graham blaming the neuroses of adolescence on the pointlessness of schooling. I’m surprised to find I haven’t blogged it already; so here it is so I’ll be able to find it … Continue reading →

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in a cool dark place

Posted on Saturday, 2004 August 28 by Anton

Saturday was Hayward’s hottest day this year, or so it seemed; so we went to a place where, for a fee, we could sit in coolth for a while. As a bonus, they showed us Hero (英雄), the most gorgeous … Continue reading →

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another sort of language blog

Posted on Saturday, 2004 August 28 by Anton

In his blog Literal-Minded, Neal Whitman reports on his toddler’s acquisition of syntax.

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what do you get when you cross a zebra?

Posted on Thursday, 2004 August 26 by Anton

Sir George Martin’s new coat of arms

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lethally cuute

Posted on Sunday, 2004 August 22 by Anton

Kevin of The Smallest Minority shows off a pair of t-shirts: pink Kalashnikitty, blue Kalashnikitty

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Great English Vowel Shift II

Posted on Saturday, 2004 August 21 by Anton

I am moderator of two lists which received a spam entitled: Nid the chiipaast mads on wab? We gut it! — evidently from a dialect which has lost most of its mid vowels!

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no guru, no method, no logo

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 August 11 by Anton

The Fly Bottle: Crest, Colgate, Autonomy, Alienation, Not Voting, Etc. The traditional Marxish theory of consumer culture is that the dark arts of marketing and advertising germinate within us ‘false’ desires. A false desire is one whose satisfaction serves not … Continue reading →

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