Free Range Librarian

K.G. Schneider’s blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003.

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Entries from August 2005

Language Log and Gormangate

August 1st, 2005 · No Comments

Language Log has quoted me on my latest Gormangate post (and cites Dan Lester as well). Naturally I am preening to be quoted in Language Log at all–a pride of place which may underscore why I will never become Stephanie Klein–but I am also happy that through this link, Language Log is providing a door [...]

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Thursday’s Talk: Slides, Brags, and Yes, It Went Well

August 1st, 2005 · 4 Comments

Last Thursday’s presentation to the Stanford weenies went really well. (Plus that evening I attended a dinner at the Stanford Faculty Club where Bob Metcalfe gave a very funny speech while Vinton Cerf jokingly heckled him, and aren’t you jealous?)
For my talk, I used a 24-slide Powerpoint that only had text at the very [...]

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