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28th October 2000

The Metaphor Home Page

“Guiding Metaphors (Meta-Metaphors?) of this site: Metaphor has traditionally been relegated to the status of deviant and aberrant phenomenon in the great philosophical edifaces of language thought (such as Fregean semantics) — in essence, metaphor has been viewed as a superficially pretty but fundamentally ugly (in terms of the underlying semantic model) use of language.”

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28th October 2000

The Metaphor Home Page

“Guiding Metaphors (Meta-Metaphors?) of this site: Metaphor has traditionally been relegated to the status of deviant and aberrant phenomenon in the great philosophical edifaces of language thought (such as Fregean semantics) — in essence, metaphor has been viewed as a superficially pretty but fundamentally ugly (in terms of the underlying semantic model) use of language.”

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28th October 2000

Depth vs Breadth in the Arrangement of Web Links

“The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of depth and breadth of web site structure on the user response time. The variables evaluated were five different web page linking strategies with varying depth and breadth. The results indicated that response time increased as the depth of the web site structure increased.”

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28th October 2000

Pumpkin Carving 101

“Whether it’s simply carving a pumpkin to sit on the door step for Halloween night or holding a pumpkin carving party with you’re friends, this age old tradition is a main event for young and old alike. Here you’ll find everything you need to know about carving your own pumpkin masterpieces…”

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28th October 2000

Palm Computer Used in Contemporary Painting

“The artist, Tom Kemp, has used the application TealPaint on a Palm Vx to produce one thousand small Palm paintings. Each has its place in a huge grid, printed on canvas… Each of the small paintings is the size of the Palm’s screen, about two and a half inches square.”

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