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  1. SXSW: Linguistic Mythbusting: The Fake Language of the Web

    Presentation from SXSW 2011.

    When the New York Times banned the word "Tweet" from it’s pages, it marked the first time a major publication had formally rejected a Internet-born branded verb. As new behaviors are created online, our culture struggles with ways to define them and often settles on flawed nomenclature. In this hour we will take a look at some of the most misleading words from the digital lexicon and try to pick a few to banish forever.

    http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP6649

    —Huffduffed by adactio one year ago

  2. Science Times: Concrete and Mars

    A product relatively unchanged for two centuries is being tweaked to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.

    A crew of six people in Moscow will be isolated for 105 days on a simulated flight to another world.

    From the New York Times science section. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/

    —Huffduffed by adactio 4 years ago