Learning English with Podcasts

About a month ago, I started listening to the Immigration Tales podcast. The show features interviews with people who came to the United States as immigrants. The program is produced by Cuban American Vitor Cajiao, who came from Cuba at age 11. The first episode tells his story. Since then, he has interviewed people from [...]

Posted on September 27th, 2006 by John Schinker
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In Search of a Cleaner Keyboard, Part 1

When we dispose of old computer equipment, we generally keep most of the parts that we can use elsewhere. We pull out hard drives, memory, CD-ROM drives, etc. We then use these as replacement parts in newer computers, and reduce the amount of money we have to spend on parts. Keyboards are a problem, though. [...]

Posted on September 25th, 2006 by John Schinker
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Sparking Interest

My blog receives a lot more traffic when I update it . Can you tell how many times I’ve updated it in the last nine days? These little graphs are called Sparklines. They’re easy to make and embed in a document. They can also be used (as you can see) on web pages and blogs. [...]

Posted on September 22nd, 2006 by John Schinker
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BookMooch

Old books are everywhere. We buy books, or receive them as gifts. We read them, and put them on the shelf. In our house, we have a separate room for them. We’ve lived in the same place now for ten years, because no one will help us move any more. We try to get rid [...]

Posted on September 19th, 2006 by John Schinker
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The Expert Mind

My wife told me I should read this Scientific American Article. She found a link to it on Ryan’s blog. I immediately noticed that it’s much longer than my normal attention span. “Make sure you read all the way to the end,” her email told me. I knew I was going to be quizzed on [...]

Posted on September 14th, 2006 by John Schinker
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