All languages evolve, even French, despite the efforts of the Acadámie Française to freeze their language. If you are interested in how languages have evolved in the past, then take a look at The Loom of Language by Frederick Bodmer, which despite having been written over 60 years ago is still one of the . . . → Read More: How English might evolve
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The view this morning at 7:20. It has been snowing most of the night, and the forecast is for more to come today. It should warm up a bit tomorrow, so I hope the winter might have gone after the weekend! Ruth is in the UK at the moment for a few days, so these pictures are mainly to show her how much snow (and sleet and hail) we have had since she left on Sunday! And it was good job she flew into Heathrow and not London City (with its short runway . . . → Read More: View out of our windows We visited a friend in Rostock from Thursday until today. It is a really lovely town – it has been nicely renovated since the reunification in the early 1990′s and is a very pleasant place to live. The historical building style uses bricks very effectively – and many of the modern buildings in the . . . → Read More: Rostock According to AutoBild, the full-page advertisement they ran a couple of weeks ago for Cin King was viral marketing for a German car manufacturer. Normally, viral marketing increases in brand awareness by getting people talking about or linking to the ads. I’m not sure how running ads for cars nothing like the ones . . . → Read More: Viral marketing? Last week we had a bill from a company for over 1500 Euro for the use of a small (approx. 120 x 80 pixel) image that they claim they own the copyright for. We’ve engaged a lawyer specialized on IP (intellectual property) rights to defend our corner. IP disputes are NOT covered by legal . . . → Read More: We’ve tidied up the site Coca-Cola is going to test market Coke in aluminium containers shaped like their traditional bottles – initially at night clubs and special events. I suppose its no different to packaging it in cans, but at the moment, looking at the samples, I don’t think it looks more attractive than the existing cans or bottles. This is amazingly good value for money. I bought a Fujitsu Siemens SnapScan S510M this week. The scanner is small, as you can see in the photo, where it is sitting next to the Mac Mini. When it’s not in use, it’s even smaller as the sheet feeder and the paper tray . . . → Read More: New toy We went for a walk down the hill this afternoon. The road was blocked and this was the scene on at the side of the road. Before you order a new BMW 3 series or a Chelsea Tractor take a look at the vehicles on offer on Cin-King’s web site. I think you will agree they are truly unique – unlike the more common run-of-the-mill mass produced premium products: If you are not convinced by the Slim Jim’s stunning looks, . . . → Read More: Unusual cars |
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