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Bill Benzon – Lakoff’s Neural Theory with Notes
I’m really hoping to get into this this weekend. Bill Benzon has posted a video of George Lakoff lecturing on his current neural theory of language. More than that, though, he’s included some helpful notes below the video. Check out the video and notes over at the Replicated Typo blog at the link above. Lakoff…
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Learning python with O’reilly school
Over the last year, I’ve taken two courses in Python programming through the O’reilly School of Technology (yes, the same people that publish those programming books). I don’t think I’ve blogged too much about that experience. Before going with O’reilly, I tried out Code Academy. That’s as good a jumping off point as I know…
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Joel has forgotten two of Wesley’s most important blogging rules
Blogging must be done on horseback With a strangely warmed heart #boom Okay … my response here probably indicates that I need to pay attention to what my friend Joel has to say. Check out his reflections on an “ethical framework” for blogging at the link below: Wesley’s Rules for Blogging – Introduction | Unsettled…
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Collocations, collocations, and collocations
In recent reading and listening to papers, I’ve noticed that sometimes the word “collocations” is used ambiguously. Authors seem to use the word in three different ways: 1. Words that occur together 2. Words that occur together frequently 3. Words that occur together in some statistically significant manner Of course, it’s unsurprising to see a…