BUT HE WENT, LIKE, WHATEVER….
OLIVER GOLDSMITH, ANGLO-IRISH playwright, went, like, “The true use of speech is not to express our wants as to conceal them.” Whatever. How facile this evasive English rolls off the … Continue reading
ONLINE LEARNING PART 2
YESTERDAY, PROFESSOR WILLIAM DAVIES discussed plagiarism, identifying such literary treachery with TurnItIn software, and obscuring it by means of Artificial Intelligence. Today, his article in London Review of Books continues … Continue reading
ONLINE LEARNING PART 1
I ENJOYED THE PROCESS of lecturing on mathematics. And, apparently, so did my students (if their anonymous surveys were to be believed). Even though I am computer-friendly, I’m not sure … Continue reading
THE WHEEL IN JAPAN
THE WORD 車, KURUMA, vehicle, appears in the ancient historical chronicle Nihon shoki, 720 A.D. However, as noted in The Wheel: A Japanese History, “In China, whose influence on the … Continue reading
ON BOOKS
AS MENTIONED EARLIER here at SimanaitisSays, Wife Dottie and I accumulated books in anticipation of eventually opening a secondhand shop. Also cited, we gave up that dream when a nice … Continue reading
AVIATION HIGHLIGHTS—A CENTURY AGO
AVIATION EXPANDED OVER land and sea in 1922. Here are tidbits of 100 years ago gleaned from Chronicle of Aviation, together with my usual Internet sleuthing. Paris and East. The … Continue reading
HOUSEHOLD DISCOVERIES AND MRS. CURTIS’S COOK BOOK—1909 PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE EXAMINED the Discoveries portion of Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cook Book. Today in Part 2, we see what Mrs. Curtis is cooking up. The Author/Cook Speaks. “Ten … Continue reading
HOUSEHOLD DISCOVERIES AND MRS. CURTIS’S COOK BOOK—1909 PART 1
WELL, IT’S CLEAR why I bought this particular 1909 1024-page tome: “The main object of this book is economy,” its Preface says. “If rightly used, it will save a great … Continue reading
NEW YORK AUTO SHOW 1962
THE SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL Automobile Show, April 21–29, 1962, at the New York Coliseum was less than four hours from the Worcester Poly campus, so why not top off the … Continue reading
FAUX (AND FUN) BIOS
BIOGRAPHIES, LITERALLY “PICTURES OF LIFE,” are assumed to be truthful narratives. Unless, of course, they’re written by or for scoundrels. Or written with a firmly placed tongue in cheek. I … Continue reading
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