by fwordsblog | Aug 13, 2011 | Words & communication
The spammers have been out in force since last I wrote on the subject of ludicrously irrelevant and badly spelled blog comments. Is there a convention on, or something? Anyway, checked my site tonight to see 73 new pending posts, most of them spam. It was a close-run...
by fwordsblog | Aug 11, 2011 | Words & communication
Had a lot of fun today putting the first verse of Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale” through an online translation facility. Translating into Swahili and back wasn’t amusing enough for me, so I then ran subsequent English versions through Icelandic, Filipino, Welsh,...
by fwordsblog | Aug 11, 2011 | Views on the news
Tweets are coming in from Manchester police listing the sentences given to those who took part in the riots. People are being jailed for swearing at police. Yes, prison. For swearing. Not assault, not criminal damage, not theft. Swearing. For fuck’s sake. This is...
by fwordsblog | Aug 11, 2011 | Words & communication
Felt initial delight on checking site stats, at seeing a relatively enormous number of comments had been posted. Most turned out to be spam, which was mildly disappointing, though funnily enough I actually rather enjoyed reading them. Is it compulsory, I wondered, for...
by fwordsblog | Aug 10, 2011 | Views on the news
There are some very angry people out there. I’m not talking about those involved in the disturbances of the past few days – I’ll come to those later. I’m talking about ordinary, common-or-garden, white, middle-class, middle-aged people, the sort you wouldn’t think of...
