Catherine Conner
Archive for November, 2009
Using Google Search Feature “Shortcuts”
Nov 23rd
I remember life without Google. Back then I wasn’t aware that I was missing anything, but now I can’t imagine my life without it: instantly available data on almost any topic. But did you know there are additional features and shortcuts that can be entered directly into the Google search window that make it even more of an essential desktop tool? Unit conversions, currency converters, definitions, and more: here are a few that I use almost every day.
Car Accidents Waiting to Happen
Nov 19th
Some amazingly creative advertising (for a change). Especially clever is the McDonalds one — which I admit took me a good 20 seconds of staring to discover the magic.
Adventures in German Part 2: The Beauty of Expression
Nov 12th
“Boy, those Germans have a word for everything!” — Homer Simpson
I am continually astounded by the beauty of my second language. I do not mean the sounds made by the voice when speaking it, which often sound like gravel being crushed by angry chainsaws (and sometimes feel like it too!). I mean the elegance, poetry, and sometimes incredible efficiency of expression in the German language.
German words are often complete pictures in and of themselves. They can be poetically descriptive and at the same time observationally efficient. More >
