X-Ray Animated Gifs
November 22nd, 2009Check out this tremendously interesting x-ray image made for speech research by Christine Ericsdotter:
Christine Ericsdotter says “både” (“both”). The sequence is an excerpt from a 20 second X-Ray film registred at the Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm in March 1997.
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100 Common Words
November 20th, 2009How many of the top 100 most common English words can you guess?
I got more than I expected with 72.
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Idea: AJAX Definition in a Toolbar
January 11th, 2008Most of the tech savy folks of the world are aware of the convenience of AJAX responses in a Google Suggest search. As you type, Google offers suggestions.
This feature is built into the Google Toolbar search that I have installed in Firefox. I love it, but what we really need in addition to the suggestions is a definition of the word as you type.