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...frustration” itself (any student of Russian history knows it is a fairly important word). But I remind myself that Russian isn’t as bad as Mandarin, for example, which has a writing system divorced from its spoken language. That is like having the text of “Fiddler on the Roof” sung to “Cats.” It makes no sense...
...dialing or receiving calls from numbers that parents haven't programmed in. Wherifone comes equipped with a global-positioning system (GPS) so parents can find their kids via a website, on which a map showing their location appears. Enfora's TicTalk uses different technology that alerts parents by a text message sent to their cell phone if their child has wandered out of a prespecified area. (Unlike Disney, none of these companies have partnered with major phone carriers, so make sure they offer coverage in your area...
Google has scanned thousands of books--with more to come--whose text you can now search. You can't read the whole volume, but you can see a digital image of the relevant pages...
...work”—or opera aperta, to use a phrase Eco has embraced in his academic work—than a loose ended and formless one. Its diversions do offer small delights. (I was tickled to recognize a Marlene Dietrich song Eco had planted in the text. He replaced the lyrics with Latin, and it actually fits the tune: “duae umbrae nobis una facta sunt, infra laternam stabimus, olim lil marleen, olim lili marleen...
...paint, air conditioning, and wireless internet all put my sophomore suite in Old Quincy to shame. (The airy spaces and pleasant color on the walls assuredly shame this year’s suite in New Quincy, as well.) Amid the droning of the intercom, crowds of cell-phone-toting, text-messaging college students bustle from class to class...