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Comment on Benny Wenda’s letter in the Telegraph by Gerrard Cooper

Gerrard Cooper — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:14:00 +0000

Papua Merdeka! God bless you Benny Wenda

Comment on Idiot’s guide to Twitter by Geecologist

Geecologist — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:23:00 +0000

hmm, sorry Judith – think I’ve confused you with the links beneath this piece. If you’re interested in the Twitter intro, stop reading when you get to “And then:” as they are other articles on my blog, not necessarily about the same topic.

Comment on Idiot’s guide to Twitter by Judith P

Judith P — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:17:00 +0000

I still don’t understand. What’s a semantic web?

Comment on WU LYF by Geecologist

Geecologist — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:51:00 +0000

Ah, so you spotted my deliberate mistake Thanks for posting that. You could easily have pointed out that the band is called *WU* Lyf, probably for a reason?!

Comment on WU LYF by Guest

Guest — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:50:00 +0000

That’s not Tupac at the end of ‘L Y F’, it’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard

Comment on How to use the new Twitter by Geecologist

Geecologist — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:53:00 +0000

That’s true. And seems weird given how forcefully they’ve implemented t.co to overwrite most other links. Wouldn’t have thought it would be hard to do either…

Comment on How to use the new Twitter by Sam Bueno de Mesquita

Sam Bueno de Mesquita — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:03:00 +0000

But still no decent URL shortener. So still essentially useless compared to the 3rd party apps.

Comment on The Sleepy Trees by Sleepytreesbooking

Sleepytreesbooking — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:32:00 +0000

Hey, I’m John Stapleton from The Sleepy Trees. Thanks so much for posting us here and digging our stuff, I really appreciate it!

sleepytreesbooking@yahoo.com

Comment on It was a food day (sorry Ice Cube) by Geecologist

Geecologist — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:08:00 +0000

Wow, great comment, thanks! I also tried learning Esperanto, but didn’t get beyond the basics. Loved the regularity of syntax and the romantic language roots though.

Access to the web is a constraint, no question. But the speed at which that is expanding – fibre optics into Africa for instance, and the technology that is breaking down barriers between major European languages (commonly spoken elsewhere like Cameroon’s French and English to an extent) I find very exciting. I love language, and love to learn new languages, but the idea that we’re getting closer to technology that would allow realtime translation to get around linguistic barriers I find amazing!

But as I say, the conception of Esperanto was brilliant and I think everyone should become familiar with it, even if it turns out to be only an academic exercise, for it’s inspirational motivation and construction alone it’s worth it.

Really interested to hear about your experiences in Cameroon – thanks for comment

Comment on It was a food day (sorry Ice Cube) by Pat & Bill Chapman

Pat & Bill Chapman — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:02:00 +0000

“While previously things like Esperanto were created with an aim to try and unite ‘the many’, now we have the internet.” Hmmm … The internet is only of use if we have a common language – and if we have the internet. A couple of years ago I was in Cameroon where access to the internet is constrained.

Esperanto works! I
learned it in my late teens, and I’ve used it in speech and writing in a dozen
countries – including Cameroon - over recent years. As a planned auxiliary language, it is easier to
learn and use than national tongues. It is a relativey young language, of course, with a relatively young speaker population.