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6th December 2007

infosthetics shopping guide for the data-addicted

“confess. if you read this blog, you are addicted to data. this means you do not like Christmas presents. in fact, you hate those information-less presents your friends buy you each year. even after patiently telling them ‘any present should self-update at least each 30 seconds’, last year’s Christmas was still a disaster, despite that wireless weather station from your wife that is now measuring the temperature & humidity of those boxes on your attic.

starting from $15, here are infosthetics’ 20 most wanted Christmas gifts for the info-addicted.”

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6th December 2007

ze frank: on feeling uninspired

“Who was this person that said you had to wait for inspiration to start making something?” Yeah!

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6th December 2007

How to Say Nothing in 500 Words

“Paul McHenry Roberts (1917-1967) taught college English for over twenty years, first at San Jose State College and later at Cornell University. He wrote numerous books on linguistics, including Understanding Grammar (1954), Patterns of English (1956), and Understanding English (1958).”

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