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Doomsday
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Irish phrase of the day
teasbhás na cruinne: heat death of the universe. Continue reading
Irish/English dictionaries
- Pota Focal is easy to use.
- Focal.ie is the place to go for technical terms. E.g. heteroscedasticity is heitrisceideastacht.
- From An Gael I learned that Dinneen’s Irish English Dictionary has been scanned and can now be accessed on-line.
Swordmaking
One of my fellow members of the OldTools List recently attended a Swordmaking class. There are pictures here. A minute with Google found this list of relevant links.
Longest lines ever!
…..In my experience of polling places (which goes back to 1972).
However, they were well-managed and there were no problems. I have voted and am now on my bus to work.
Prepared
I have worked completely through my local ballot for tomorrow. I have some idea of how to vote in every contested race. Not just the big ones in the news, but also for all the local and judicial candidates.
The extra hour
Note the time stamp. Most Americans just “fell back” and are getting an extra hour of sleep. A few are up because it is their job to provide essential services (e.g. police, firefighting) just like on other nights. A very few would be asleep, but are up precisely because of falling back. I am one of them.
I saw it coming
(The current leadership crisis in colgaffneyis)
See The Shrinking Pool.
Beannachtaí na Féile Oíche Shamhna agaibh!
(Blessings of Samhain Eve/Halloween to you)
Iriish Class–Monday Night, October 27, 2008
Irish Class, October 27, 2008
Rang Gaeilge, an 27ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2008
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We started with another listening exercise, similar to that of two weeks ago. I did not do well
at this.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 