I wish I had this tool when I worked on the foreign language companion sites at Thomson/Heinle, and often had to get an “a grave” or “e acute” at a moment’s notice. Now that I’m using a large screen to work on, I can open up this site as a new window and keep it going whenever I need to get a character.
This seems to be a new brand of web site – no navigation or hierarchy, just a single point on the Internet that you can pull up and use as a useful tool.
The site is provided by Konst & Teknik, which have a very interesting site of their own. I like the way their site seems more web-based than print – no primary nav (save for the bottom) and no three column layout messing up the works. The simple “Sorted by” in the lower left is my favorite part – you have to play around with it to realize that it changes the list to match your desired sort order, but once you understand the function it’s easy to manipulate.
The whole site has that aesthetic – exploring the (pretty simple) navigation leads to hidden wonders and neat little surprises. I didn’t even know who they were until I clicked on Contact, and found that they are a two-person agency based in Sweden.
Real estate sources said the Southport, Conn., developer reportedly has a 120,000-square-foot lease deal with Cengage Learning, a developer of educational technologies and support products that previously operated as Thomson Learning. Cengage will be the first office tenant in the redeveloped Channel Center complex in South Boston.
A quick Google search for Channel Center Boston brought up a few pics. Looks like a nice new home for the merged Thomson Learning and Houghton Mifflin.
The Google map below shows that the new digs (B) are only a short walk from the old digs (A). Not that far to move, though it’ll be a brisk walk back to Flour and Lucky’s.
Metafilter linked to a video critiquing the “new math” taught in elementary school.
Interesting stuff. I was brought up using the “traditional” algorithm, rather than the methods taught by TERC. Nowadays I usually use Excel formulas to calculate out numbers, but agree that the traditional algorithm provides the most solid foundation for learning simple calculation.
Here are links to a square icon I created of the Virgen of Guadalupe, as well as a wallpaper for a large iMac. Click on either to view high-resolution versions
I thought others might like to have la Virgen on their computers, so I posted these images to Flickr for all to download and enjoy.
