Monthly Archives: January 2009

Words of the Month (December 2008)

Here’s a tag cloud from all the entries of my word-of-the-week polls (on Mechanical Turk) for December 2008!

Word of the Week (Jan 11, 2009)

The beginning of 2009 brings more financial woes, threats of impeachment (Blagojevich), and the highest unemployment rate since 1993. Here are the Words of the Week for the week ending on January 11, 2009.

links on ma.gnolia

In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading… History of the Internet “History of the Internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

links on ma.gnolia

In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading… How the Lowly Text Message May Save Languages That Could Otherwise Fade – WSJ.com Can predictive text in SMS help save languages from going extinct? View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Word of the week (Jan 4, 2009)

First set of the new year! Here are the Words of the Week for the week ending on January 4, 2009, in the style of fireworks!