Everyone 1 seems to be amazed by the new voice included as part of mac OS X Leopard, and called Alex. Yes, it is better than previous computerised voices, but it (he?) still has a long way to go.

A lot is being made of the “natural breathing and intonation”, which is good. But I found, [...]

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Posted on Sunday 11th November 2007 in Computers tagged , , , , with no comments.

A really interesting article by Steven Pinker in The New Republic, on why we swear and why it is still taboo. TNR Online | What the F***?

Quite long, but worth the read IMO.

found via John Gruber/Daring Fireball

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Posted on Sunday 21st October 2007 in Blog, Science tagged , , , , with no comments.