An Interview with Bruce Schneier
The Freakonomics blog had solicited questions from users for Internet guru Bruce Schneier. Bruce's answers make it for an interesting read and a practical must-favorite for everyone who uses a...
View ArticleJ M Coetzee’s Youth
J M Coetzee (pronounced Cut-zee-ah) is best known for his books Disgrace and Life and Times of Micheal K. South African by birth, Coetzee is the author of eleven novels and a substantial body of...
View ArticleWikipedia Founder: Students "should use Wikipedia"
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales speaks about the authority of content on Wikipedia at the Online Information Conference, which was held recently at London's Olympia. [This is a part of a series of...
View ArticleMerriam-Webster's Word of 2007: W00t
"W00t" was chosen as Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2007.According to Merriam-Webster's president, John Morse, "w00t" was an ideal choice for the Word of the Year because "it blends whimsy and...
View ArticleGoogle aims to reinvent Wikipedia with Google Knol
Google Knol, a yet to be launched product, will attempt to better Wikipedia/Squidoo. It will accept articles from users, and other users will be allowed to rate/edit these. Other than that, Knol will...
View ArticleLanguage and Logic
Language, as we know, is the basis of all verbal communication. Without language, we would not be able to communicate thoughts, ideas, concepts, and feelings. It might be tempting therefore to assume...
View ArticleFrancis Bacon - The Father of Modern Science
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties." - Sir Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning I was 16...
View ArticleMiyamoto Musashi—Japan’s most famous samurai
In the early 1600s, a samurai named Miyamoto Musashi, emerged from obscurity and went on to swing with the royalty solely on the strength of his undeniable skill in man-to-man combat. In a series of...
View ArticleRead any good book lately?
Want to be a better writer? First, be a good reader. The simplest and most effective way to improve your writing is to read books written by good writers. If you are a researcher, your reading is...
View ArticleWhy Editing
For a person who is writing on any topic, expression is the most important thing. As it has been said, it is not enough to have good ideas; what is more important is to be able to express them well,...
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