[links] Link salad got up early and went hiking, and all I got was this lousy post

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[links] Link salad got up early and went hiking, and all I got was this lousy post

Ghoti and choughs again — Language Log with some deep geekery about the inefficiency of learning English.

Cheese wedding cakes — ZOMG!!! It’s almost enough to make me want to get married again someday. (Thanks to kateyule.)

Mmmm. Radium. — Machine translation here in case you don’t read French. (Thanks to willyumtx.)

Neanderthals Didn’t Mate With Modern Humans, Study Says — Clearly these guys have never been to a frat party. Actually, there’s some pretty cool genetics in this article. (Thanks to lt260.)

Before the gunfire, cyberattacks — Infowar in Georgia. I believe the Chinese have been conducting similar campaigns against Pentagon servers for a while, albeit at a lower level of intensity. (Thanks to lt260.)

8/16/08
Time in saddle: n/a (3 hours hiking on Mt. Hood instead)
Last night’s weigh-out: n/a
This morning’s weigh-in: 239.0
Currently reading: The Avatar by Poul Anderson

Tags: Cancer, cheese, Culture, Funny, Language, Links, Personal, Science

Posted: 4:19 pm Sat August 16 2008 |

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