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11/28/2005 Entry: "Language Lab Time"

PC Pool Time again.

Okay. Here's what we're doing today.

Interview with Linus Torvald. It's pretty long -- about 30 minutes -- but Linus is fun to listen to. Of course, you'll already know what he's going to say -- even I did -- but he does a truly stellar job explaining complex stuff in a very lucid, simple way. This interview was brought to us by Fresh Air.

Take note of his accent. Does it sound more to you like British or American English? Also, take note of how he pronounces "Linux".

XML project some nice student made this project a while back. Very edutaining, but there are a few blaring errors -- pretend they aren't there.

Google Speed Test. Some of these questions -- you have to search for them in Google -- are absolute killers.

Listen to a short radio documentary about the Smothers Brothers. Narrated by Steve Martin.

Article about the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858.