Just finished a launch for a project I’ve been working on for quite awhile. A little tired for a post so I’ll just put this here.
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Narrata
I was trying to do something clever there with the word “narrative” and “errata”, but I don’t think it really works. Anyway, you should read this adaptation of a talk given at Stanford. It resonates with me because it reminds me of something I was told a lot growing up: You must have a lot [...]
In Decisions
I wanted to decorate my laptop a little bit, set me apart from the hoi polloi, so I purchased a decal from a random amazon seller. It’s pretty sweet. A slight problem though: the company sent me some free stickers. I don’t know what to do with them.
Something Humorous
Just got finished working a little extra for the day. Also just polished off a surprisingly strong bottle of beer — surprising in that I didn’t realize it was 8% ABV, so I’m a little buzzed. French is coming along so-so, Je voudrais dire vous que c’est facile, mais non c’est.. Though I did just [...]
Man Down
I’ve been meaning to write a post about general gender issues for a long time now, but I’ve never gotten around to it. This is not that post, but it contains something that’s bothered me awhile now, and I’d like to address it. I’m not sure why it bothered me enough today in particular, but [...]
New Endeavors
I started learning French, again. It’s fun! Also, kind of weird. The first thing I did, yesterday, was switch my phone over to Francais mode. It’s a good thing I’m both fairly familiar with the interface and know a lot of cognates in a few languages, so I can guess what things mean.
The Name of the Beast
My daughter is slowly climbing her way up the language hill. It’s really neat to see her acquire words. Each time she we recognize that she’s trying to say a particular term for something, such as “kitty” or “milk”, it’s kind of amazing. But she can’t say the words very well, so as we see [...]