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... if you subscribe to the online Oxford English Dictionary, you can put a link to search it on your browser's toolbar.
Their instructions indicate that this is possible for the usual browsers like Internet Explorer, but also Firefox and even Safari.
Yay, Oxford.
Or, scrumptious.
2. a. U.S. Stylish, handsome. b. Used as a vague epithet of enthusiastic praise: First rate, ‘glorious’. Now esp. of food: delicious. So {sm}scrumptiousness, the state or condition of being scrumptious.
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... if you subscribe to the online Oxford English Dictionary, you can put a link to search it on your browser's toolbar.
Their instructions indicate that this is possible for the usual browsers like Internet Explorer, but also Firefox and even Safari.
Yay, Oxford.
Or, scrumptious.
2. a. U.S. Stylish, handsome. b. Used as a vague epithet of enthusiastic praise: First rate, ‘glorious’. Now esp. of food: delicious. So {sm}scrumptiousness, the state or condition of being scrumptious.
- From Unregistered Words To Oed3
Just heard a great lecture / podcast by Simon Winchester on the Oxford English Dictionary. Winchester spoke at TVOntario’s Big Ideas show in May and told fascinating stories about the genesis of monolingual dictionaries, which came later than the multilingual...
- American Heritage: __scriptive Dictionary
Cute story in today's Times about the American Heritage Dictionary: is it prescriptive or descriptive? Read bits about its history, Webster's Third, and the Oxford American Dictionary. And find out about the panel who decides what's in & what's...
- Nature Neuro, Etc. Offers Rss Feeds
Did you know that the journal Nature (plus its myriad imprints) has rss feeds? You can get them for Nature itself, Nature Neuroscience, and Nature Neuroscience Reviews -- plus a whole bunch more. Check out the Nature page for info. on RSS feeds and the...
- New Web Sites
Added to Hampshire's "Doing Research in Computer Science" page: - GameTheory.net Covers many aspects of simulated games, including evolution, game design, and probability. Also includes lecture notes on broad topics in game theory. Java may be required...
- Google Does Maps
Google Maps are pretty cool -- great graphics, nice display. Just what you'd expect from Google! Except: doesn't work on Safari or Mac / IE browsers. They say Safari is coming soon. Note: it's very buggy, at least on Mac Firefox. Still:...