There was a time not too long ago when doctors wrote all of their prescriptions in Latin. If you wanted to be a pharmacist you had to be in continuing medical education to be able to read these Latin prescriptions. If you were a Roman Catholic you were required to learn Latin because all masses [...]
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Anyone that has watched, or still does watch, the short comedy films of the Three Stooges is very familiar with pig Latin. The Stooges used pig Latin all the time and what they did was take the consonant from the beginning of the word, put it at the end of the word, and the stick [...]
Online translators have been around for a very long time and it is only recently that they have been accurate enough to be considered worthwhile and useful. Of course like anything on the internet there are free translators and pay translators and the ones you have to pay for are usually more accurate than the [...]
While most languages evolve and grow over time, some have managed to remain more economic than others in their word count. It is interesting to see what some of the major languages have to offer in the way of word count and how that word count is affected by constant changes in the language.
English is [...]
NOT JUST THE NORM
Too often, I find myself cell phone shopping. If it’s not an impending upgrade drawing me into the shops, then I’m usually helping a friend with the same problem.
Though I love the “shape meets function” design of today’s smart phone, there has to be something out even more revolutionary. That’s why I [...]
HAND-HELD PACKAGES
It’s hard to know just what kind of devices we have anymore, at least in the hand-held variety. The lines have been blurred between music, video, phone, personal assistant, internet, games and GPS.
If you’ve made your purchase of a new hand-held device recently, then it’s likely your new toy can do many, if not [...]
The iPod has to be one of the most famous digital music devices around the world. Apple’s masterpiece of a product, is one of the most innovative on the market. Designed to seduce music-lovers everywhere, Steve Jobs’ successful company launched four alternatives, all of which are in very high demand. These include: the iPod Shuffle, [...]
Spam is certainly one of the biggest downside to the Internet and something users hate to deal with. A waste of time, an intrusion into our lives, it is composed only of negative aspects. Yet spam dates back a little earlier than some may think. The first piece of spam was sent by Gary Thuerk [...]
How to decide on a new device
Why is it, that every time a new electronic device comes out, it makes your gadgets seem obsolete? In the early eighties, the issue was finding a decent portable tape player. Now, with the innovation of convergence, things have changed forever. Our portable devices can play music, connect to [...]
A Brief History of…can you hear me now?
Things change as much as they stay the same. In a time of constant innovation, there is always some new gadget or gizmo meant to facilitate our lives, and once you finally get your hands on it, you can rest assured, that its replacement is on its way [...]
