Category Archives: Rants

Life with a Smart Phone

Posted on 27th March, 2012 by Xophmeister
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Apostrophe’s War

Posted on 16th January, 2012 by Xophmeister

With a title like “Apostrophe’s War”, you’ll be forgiven in thinking that this is yet another trite rant on the supposed abuse of the apostrophe in contemporary written English. However, those who know me as a linguist may think I … Continue reading →

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Cycling in the City

Posted on 5th November, 2011 by Xophmeister

I regularly commute through England’s metropolis: a 40km round trip that takes me about the same time as the train, but for free and without the claustrophobic cattle class that is South West Trains nor the carcinogenic underworld of the … Continue reading →

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Computer Science?

Posted on 15th October, 2011 by Xophmeister

You’ll have noticed that I have a Computer Science category on this blog. My question here, however, is: Why is Computer Science called “Computer Science”?

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