bubbling enthusiasm for $arbitrary_topic
If you come across a website in a mystery language, try Linguid. Maciej Cegłowski's site is a “statistical language identifier” which requires “at least 20 characters of UTF-8 encoded text” in order to attempt to guess the language. It picks up Welsh, no problem at all.
Previous post: The last day of virtual Etech
Next post: Eastward ho!
If you’re interested in writing, books and cats, subscribe now to Word Count, my weekly round-up of mews, news and reviews and get my free urban fantasy novella, The Gates of Balawat.
Matt is fascinated by the story of Argleton, the unreal town that appeared on GeoMaps but which doesn’t actually exist. When he and his friend and flatmate Charlie are standing at the exact longitude and latitude that defines Argleton, Matt sets in motion a chain of events that will take him places he didn’t know existed… and which perhaps don’t.
From the identification of the Horsehead Nebula to the creation of the computer program, from the development of in vitro fertilisation to the detection of pulsars, A Passion for Science: Stories of Discovery and Invention brings together inspiring stories of how we achieved some of the most important breakthroughs in science and technology.
If you’d like to write more than you currently are, whatever you’re writing and why ever you’re feeling stuck, then my newsletter Why Aren’t I Writing? is for you!
Every year, on May Day, a young woman is stolen away by the faeries to become their Queen for a year. This year, though, the faeries have bitten off more than they can chew. Shakti Nayar will do whatever it takes to get her own life as a botanist back. As she struggles to work out how to get home, she uncovers Faerie’s dark secret and finds that she is not the only human who needs saving.
Strange Attractor
Serendipity! Some guy just linked to me and I had no idea what language it was. You just saved me from writing this tool myself.
We met briefly at Northern Voice — been reading your blog ever since.
— Neil K.
It picked up this dutch phrase as Norwegian :p
“hallo ik wil u eraan herinneren”
Bram
Well, it is guessing!
Hi Neil! Glad to have been of service, and glad that you're enjoying the blog! (Well, glad anyone is, really!)
Comments on this entry are closed.