Category Archives: Art

What Really is ‘Open Access’

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Beware academics. Open access is not freely accessible content. We can read, watch, and listen to open access content but we are usually not allowed to reproduce, sell, or modify it. That is not open access. http://www.cogsci.nl/blog/miscellaneous/192-the-difference-between-freely-accessible-content-and-open-access How Do You … Continue reading →

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On Using the Right Font

Posted on February 11, 2012 by
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Rethinking How We Teach English

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

If you search for the the stats about the quality of elementary and high school education in the US, you’ll probably learn that it’s steadily getting worse. Here’s a great reference: https://pochp.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/education-degradation-ii/ Before we belong to the ELITE college grads, … Continue reading →

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Stories in Movies

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

Stephen Farber opines that ‘Today’s movies just ain’t what they used to be.’ I tend to believe that. Good movies come from good novels or scripts. As years go by, even bestselling novels are ‘padded’. Meaning: useless words added just … Continue reading →

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Sarc Mark

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

A new punctuation character might soon replace the ‘sys rq’ key or any useless one on our keyboards. It’s the Sarc Mark – sarc for sarcasm. Obviously, its use is to make obvious and stress a sarcastic line but it … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes 2009

Posted on January 2, 2010 by

Do you know that fans of Sherlock still send fan mails to the fictional (of course) address of the King of Fictional Sleuths at Baker street of London as if he’s alive? From Fletch: ‘The new Sherlock Holmes movie opened … Continue reading →

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K and K 2009 Rematch

Posted on September 22, 2009 by

Since I consider Chess as an art (of war), I decided to ‘guest post’ this here. Kasparov and Karpov will renew their rivalry, which started stormy ‘politically’ and personally in 1985, at Spain starting today.

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