A new weblog and discussion forum focusing on Content Management Systems. “After looking around the web for a good discussion board on content management, I decided to just start one myself. Apart from the great cms-list email list there’s not much discussion around.”
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“Miniature books, most of which are less than three inches tall and some of which are smaller than a penny, have delighted readers for centuries. Popular because they were easily carried or concealed, these historic books range from tiny ‘Thumb Bibles’ to illustrated nursery rhymes. The earliest piece of block printing to which an accurate date can be ascribed — a Japanese wooden block print from about 770 AD — is a miniature scroll and part of the Lilly Library’s collections.”
“This site examines the accented speech of speakers from many different language backgrounds reading the same sample paragraph [in English]… Everyone who speaks a language, speaks it with an accent. A particular accent essentially reflects a person’s linguistic background. When people listen to someone speak with a different accent from their own, they notice the difference, and they may even make certain biased social judgments about the speaker.”
“For a long time, people have been writing me, asking that I do an in depth review of OS X. I held off because I really didn’t think OS X was ready for prime time. That’s all changed. OS X, in the form of the Panther release, is more than ready. This is a review, then, of what Mac is doing right and where they still need to improve.”
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“The striking symbol that is recognised across the globe was the brainchild of Underground electrical draughtsman, Harry Beck, who produced this imaginative yet stunningly simple design back in 1933. Beck based the map on the circuit diagrams he drew for his day job, stripping the sprawling Tube network down to basics.”
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