January 2009
7 posts
An appropriate Simpsons reference regarding the... →
Ada Lovelace Day →
I go back and forth with reading Emily Chang’s blog. In this case, the switch has been flipped “on.”
(Ada appears as a prominent character in the somewhat frustrating Bruce Sterling/William Gibson collaboration The Difference Engine, which wasn’t as good as it could have been.)
PressThink: Audience Atomization Overcome: Why the... →
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Wine in another language →
…As wine continues to expand in appeal globally, the Westernized discourse on wine will either be adopted or adapted or some mixture of both. What sense does it make to describe the flavors of Pinot Noir in terms of raspberries for a billion people who never have eaten one in their life?
The explanation...
Formosa was the Portuguese name for Taiwan.
Metal Pig covers the period of time in which I was born (no, not 1911-12; if so, I’d be a hipster near-centenarian).
For further explanation, search for “stannate” on Flickr and/or LiveJournal. As one vulture says to another, “Carrion.”
