Month: October 2011
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Literature, second language, authenticity, passion
I have fond memories of my undergraduate days as a Japanese major. To me they were exciting times. The world was seemingly spinning at a furious pace. The people I met were doing things, going places. My future was ahead of me. My future now, of course, is still ahead of me (metaphorically, can it […]
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Internet security
that warm fuzzy feeling one gets when one connects to the internet and finds the servers are not down.
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Sustainable economics (linguine-istics)
Sustainable economics – what economists think is possible but environmentalists know is not. See all linguine-istics. (What are linguine-istics?)
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Derrida
An awful mispelling of ‘the reader’ by ignorant postmodern scholars. See all linguine-istics. (What are linguine-istics?)
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Lay monk (linguine-istics)
Lay monk – a person who has taken the vow of not getting up. See all linguine-istics. (What are linguine-istics?)
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What are ‘linguine-istics’?
Linguine-istics are humourous definitions of words and phrase. for example: Linguine-istics – the study of humourous language that is just right (al dente). They are to be regular feature on this blog and are categorized under linguine-istics. Click here to see all.
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Academic life – it’s all about publish or perish, and quality over quantity
The bottom line in academia is publish or perish … but … . I have a friend who says publish anything anywhere but in the long run that is academic suicide. Publishing a junk paper in a junk journal is selling yourself short academically. And there are some who think publishing a lot is important. […]
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