iamcal.com

Truth will out

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:52:34 +0000

After seeing this post on MLKSHK, I want to find out if it was true - are there really that many phrases in modern use that were coined by Shakespeare? Turns out it's mostly true, with many of them being Shakespeare originals and a few more being popularised by him.

4th November, 5:01 pm

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:01:57 +0000

this investigation into lego nomenclature is excellent. remember having similar issues building something with a friend when young. you know, a "light frame"!

19th September, 12:19 pm

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:19:32 +0000

old, but still good: Java2K uses a 11-based number system, which is a very good approximation of the 10-based decimal system for many purposes, including counting up to and including 9.

20th November, 1:58 pm

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:58:51 +0000

the septic's companion (a guide to british words, for americans) has a book out. it's pretty good. buy it for your seppo friends

3rd October, 1:44 pm

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:44:04 +0000

ok, i'm totally in love with erin mckean. a great presenter on an interesting topic

22nd April, 8:17 am

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:17:15 +0000

a useful reference as i forget how to spell completely

18th November, 12:09 pm

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:09:08 +0000

from a php disucssion at work: "If you're willing to continually do the heavy lifting of ensuring that your version of Smalltalk96 on Rails stays concurrent with the latest patches". omg, how awesome would that be?

16th November, 11:25 pm

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:25:18 +0000

a paper about intercal. very nice

29th October, 10:43 pm

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:43:47 +0000

this might be the best page on wikipedia - a List of British English words not used in American English

29th May, 8:48 pm

nobody@domain.com (Cal Henderson) — Sun, 29 May 2005 20:48:13 +0000

the ICFP programming contest seems fun - i wonder if anyone's planning on implementing in brainfuck. or smith. or maybe homespring :)