Ego vs Ergo

I am working on a paper for an upcoming academic colloquium dealing with a new approach to quality assurance and quality control in the field(s) of translation and localization. As part of my research, I’m very interested in what you might have to add: what are your views and experiences in QA and QC in your ...

An interesting article I noticed on Google Reader, via ScienceDaily: ScienceDaily (2008-12-17) -- All spiritual experiences are based in the brain. That statement is truer than ever before, according to a University of Missouri neuropsychologist. A new study has data to support a neuropsychological model that proposes spiritual experiences associated with selflessness are related to decreased ...

According to my friend Nebu, this is "clearly the most useful machine ever built". Post-modern engineering; very nice.

In a recent correspondence published in the journal Nature (Nature 452, 530 (3 April 2008) | doi:10.1038/452530d; Published online 2 April 2008) titled "Give south Indian authors their true names", three scientists–Nalini, Jeevananthinee, and Sujatha–emplore the journal essentially to discontinue their requirement to give first and family names. This is due to the non-universal naming system used in most Western ...

This post in Carpe Diem (Mark J. Perry) gave me pause. I suppose there's something to be said for doing what you love without pining over remuneration...

I have been a Telus Mike (similar to Nextel in the United States) customer for some time. I'm due for a handset upgrade and have decided to go with the Motorola i880. There are three features about this phone that sold me. First, it's a flip phone. While this may not be novel to most cellular ...

Looking through my search terms logs, I have noticed that a lot of people are finding my blog by looking for information about the minimum GPA requirements for acceptance to Ph. D. and Master's programmes. I'll try to answer, from my own personal experience, some of the questions I've asked myself over the past year. Beware, ...

The 2007 Cognitive Science Spring Conference will be held by Carleton University's Institute of Cognitive Science, April 19, 2007, in 2203 Dunton Tower. The keynote address, given by Ray Jackendoff from the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University: The primary goal of linguistic theory is to explain how the child attains adult competence in language. ...

On a short break from paper-writing† I was browsing Wordpress' blogs and came across this photograph of the British Museum's Reading Room. Photo: Vlad Jesul / Canon PowerShot SD450. I want one, complete with marble busts of my ancestors, famous philosophers and linguists. † The three papers I'm currently working on are: Click here to comment: ...

Michael Wesch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University has created an interesting video about the way the Internet has changed human interaction. Though it begins with a foray into back-end technology by contrasting HTML and XML, it quickly becomes accessible even to those with a limited understanding of the technology that powers the ...