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• An alternative ending for "Deathly Hallows" amusing, not satirical, true to the source

Over at Trevors Trinkets, there’s an interesting bit about chording keyboards that made the front page at Slashdot. Chording keyboards are nothing new (Douglas Engelbart invented one for use with his other invention), but Trevor seems to have come up with the idea independently. Or at least he has some fresh twists on the idea. (more…)

I just discovered Rob Weir’s blog and have been reading some of his past posts. One thing that has occurred to me is an old annoyance with HTML, especially from ten years ago or so. HTML never standardized a way to implement work-arounds for new elements. (more…)

Since before adopting children from there four years ago, I’ve been trying on and off to learn Russian. I’ve not made much progress, mostly because it seems that Russian isn’t the most popular foreign language for people to learn. I have, however, learned a fair bit about the process of learning a foreign language. So when the opportunity came up to go for Japan for business, I was in a position to start learning the language quickly. (more…)