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OED Behind the times? Definition of "blog"….

22 February 2009

My brother, a languaphile, just brought to my attention something very interesting. He was curious how up-to-date the newest (print) edition of the OED was, and so he looked up the word “blog,” It of course redirected him to “weblog” but the definition was the following: “…. run by 20-something Americans with at least an [...]

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Google's Got Your Back: Defense against drunk emailing

7 October 2008

We use Google for almost everything here at Other Side. So I was pleased when Joel from PAN sent us a post about Google’s new line of defense against emailing when you’re less than mindful. It forces you to think, literally, before an email goes out. You can set it to activate on any day, [...]

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Friday afternoon smile to take you to the weekend.

26 September 2008

I was going to post a piece on… well, I’ll wait on that until Monday, since it’s too late on Friday afternoon for anyone to actually read it. In the meantime, graphic designer Deb Gordon, who did our company website, passed on a great little piece to me that’s sure to put a quick smile [...]

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If we had to invent the stop sign….

28 July 2008

This is fantastic. If there were no such thing as the stop sign, and it needed to be invented, and someone decided to hire a marketing/advertising agency to get the job done. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU9YeOQm3Y0[/youtube] Related articles by Zemanta Stop Signs as Message Boards Stop sign design

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My Professor on Colbert Report

23 April 2008

For those who don’t know, one of my foci at Fletcher is Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization. Here is my Islam and Politics professor, Vali Nasr, on the Colbert Report. He’s a lot funnier in class…. which is weird. Link here This is him in 2006 on the Daily Show Link here

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