Posts tagged “English”

words

I recently read an excellent article on word usage based on perceived hacker v. cracker differences. I would consider myself a hacker while the person who sent it to me is definitely a cracker. The article earned 4,377 cool points for both liberal references to Shakespeare and, amazingly enough, a reference to packet monkeys …

I am also reminded that there is a reason why I don’t like reading run-on sentences. Why do I continue to write them? Control… I must learn control.

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What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.