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High notes
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No comments on High notesFirst Words ended today on a high note with a feature article in a major Australian newspaper. We could’ve kept the competition going on for a few more days and tried for some more publicity, but I felt that it was best to finish the competition and get the results published while we still had…
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Trekkie
Some interesting rumours about the future of the Star Trek franchise. Could Jonathon ‘Riker’ Frakes head a new Star Trek series? Will they cover the Fall of the Federation? Does anyone apart from me care? Find out next week in the astonishing conclusion to…
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Few words
When I was at secondary school, my headmaster – a very intelligent man and nice guy, to boot – made a interesting observation which has remained with me until today. He said that if you want to find the most intelligent person in a meeting, the person who says the most useful things, you shouldn’t…
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VOR
Are you short or long-sighted? Go and lower your glasses so that your visual field is split in half horizontally (in other words, perch your glasses further down on your nose). Now move your head from left to right, and look through your glasses. Then do the opposite, and look above your glasses. You should…
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On Top Of The World
Forget about the Nobel Prizes and throw that article about the Space Shuttle into the bin, because at the time of writing, First Words is the top story on Discovery.com’s news homepage! The competition just broke through the 1000 entry barrier an hour ago, as well. I should probably say something about starting my new…
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Interviews
The interview with the Discovery Channel correspondent went very well; we had a good chat about the competition and related things, and it was nice talking to a journalist who had a clue about space. Hopefully an article should be up on their website sometime tomorrow, and the journalist promised to drop a note to…
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More First Words
I was a little disappointed at the response last week when I launched First Words – it didn’t seem that many people were visiting. If that wasn’t enough, my Slashdot article was turned down (grumble) and that didn’t help my mood. But slowly and surely, the might of the bloggers and the strength of the…
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Baby Signing
A thought-provoking article on baby signing: babies, if taught properly, can sign when they are only six months old. This expands their range of communication beyond crying, which I can imagine helps parents a fair bit. Apparently learning signing doesn’t delay the onset of speech, either.
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Green Card
In an instant message conversation today… [insert moaning about low acceptance rates for international students in the US] Alex: grr.. how does one become a US citizen? Adrian: Easiest way: marry a US girl Adrian: Just like Gerard Depardieu did Alex: can I keep my european nationality? Adrian: Course not Alex: hmm .. not worth…
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Eyes for you
This optical illusion has been making the rounds on the Internet recently, and most people are astonished to find that the A and B squares are the same shade, to the extent that they consult Photoshop to confirm that A is not darker than B. The explanation for this is simple – the eye is…
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