Tag: language
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Stephen Fry on grammar nazi’s
If you forgive the grammar troll-baiting headline, I think this video by Matt Rogers animating the words of Stephen Fry is wonderful. A well needed attack on those pedants who spend their time with a red pen, seeming to think they are defending the language from development and the odd typo, when they are just…
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10 PRINT “Happy 50th Birthday Basic!” 20 GOTO 10
Yes as of today BASIC is 50. PRINT “CONGRATULATIONS”, BEEP! I was probably unusual for my age when I started to learn BASIC and mess around on computers since my parents were IT professionals, and bought a Computer Graveyard’s worth of long-forgotten technology, dusty long forgotten machines. So the machine I learn BASIC on to…
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The glamour of radio
Everyone thinks radio must be glamorous like this: but it’s actually closer to this: (that’s Pirate Radio Welsh style – first Plaid Cymru broadcasts 1959) with the quality of guests like this 😛 So glamorous! Pics via The Passion of Former Days blog.