March 2005

It all sounds Greek to me

March 16, 2005

One of the things that I find frustrating with most language learning courses is how little thought they put into teaching you how to pronounce words. Learning good pronunciation is essential for you to make any sort of progress with your language – you need to feel confident that you can be understood by other […]

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Etech Camgirl!

March 16, 2005

I had really hoped to get over to Etech this year, but circumstances conspired against me and instead I am stuck here in Dorset, bemoaning my fate. Well, not completely… Thanks to iChat, a webcam, Kevin Marks and the very flakey network at the Etech venue, I've been Etech Camgirl, as Cory put it, smiling […]

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Something up with RSS

March 15, 2005

It seems that something has gone awry with Blogware's RSS feed generation, resulting in my feed producing nothing but empty posts. This must be irritating for those of you who read me in your aggregators, so sorry about that. There's not much I can do about it except wait and see how long it takes […]

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See! I'm not the only one!

March 14, 2005

Constantine is XFM's Film of the Month, so I'm not the only one who thought it wasn't completely pants. Only a matter of days now before I get to go see it again and see how it stands up to a second viewing.

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Getting started with your new language

March 13, 2005

You've decided that you want to learn a new language, or maybe brush up on an old one that you've mostly forgotten, but where on earth do you start? Maybe you don't want to spend too much money to start with, so those swanky language courses on CD-ROM are out of the question, but don't […]

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Becoming Bilingual – Or How To Learn Any Language Without Pulling Your Hair Out In The Process

March 12, 2005

I've put a lot of effort into attempting to learn languages over the years, ever since I realised that there were languages other than English just sitting there ready to be learnt. I remember at middle school learning to sing carols in German, learning to count in French, and trying to make up my own […]

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Open letter to Christopher Chope, MP

March 11, 2005

Dear Christopher Chope, I am so disappointed to hear that the 'terror bill' has been passed and will become law. I strongly believe that as soon as we start eroding the rights and civil liberties that we hold so dear, the terrorists have won. Detaining people indefinitely without trial, even a trial in camera, without […]

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Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

March 10, 2005

Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. (Via Kate.)

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I love this trailer and I want its babies

March 8, 2005

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Google knows

March 7, 2005

Go to Google and search on the word 'fuckwit'. I tell you, Google's not a search engine anymore, it's AI… UPDATE: Thanks to John B's comment, I can now reveal that it is, in fact, the power of blogs that has achieved the #1 spot for 'fuckwit' for John Prescott. Maybe we should start on […]

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At last, the reason why movie execs are such cynical bastards

March 6, 2005

Just read a few of the posts on Query Letters I Love, and suddenly all will become clear. If you had to do this for a living, how would you resist the desire to poke your own eyes out? (Thanks Maciej.)

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Currently on Ebay

March 5, 2005

Black 'patent' evening bag with gold chain strap Black sheepskin rug, 160cm long Black sheepsking rug, 117cm long Roaring monster with flashing eyes Get 'em whilst they're luke warm.

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Too much stuff, so some of it has to go

March 5, 2005

I'm such a pack rat. It's terrible. I can't bear to throw things out, not just because one day I might need them, but because I feel awful that stuff just gets put in a big hole in the ground to rot or, in some cases, hang around for the next few tens of thousands […]

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I'm blogging this

March 4, 2005

Quite.

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Barking up the wrong lamppost

March 4, 2005

Sometimes, I wonder if the tree I'm barking up isn't, in fact, a lamppost.

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