| Toady's tidbits for today / Don't skip breakfast! Start the day with some food for thought. | ||||
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Words to keep
"Familiar acts are beautiful through love." —Percy Bysshe Shelley (Prometheus Unbound) |
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| English language The computer term bug started with a real bug! The late computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper once explained: when she and some colleagues were having trouble with one of the first modern computers in 1945, they discovered that the cause was a moth in the electrical circuitry. "From then on," she said, "when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it." The moth has been preserved in Grace's log book. |
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| Toady's teaser for today / Look tomorrow! | ||||
| Q: It can be said that every car in Japan contains parts from Britain and America. In what sense is this true? | ||||
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Yesterday's teaser
Q: What's the "fifth season" of Japan's climate? A: The June rainy season, which is common to most parts of the country outside of Hokkaido. It's like the monsoon season of Southeast Asia, but shorter and less intense. |
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Toady's triathlon for today /
Here are three quick exercises to get you going! [Note: The exercises may not work in all browsers.] |
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