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Tinkering

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Radio sets and Perl

Playing around can be unexpectedly useful.

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Prepositions and infinitives

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A difficult translation

English is a very unusual language.

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The Aspirational Bookcase

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Good intentions

It can take time to get around to things.

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Long reads

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An unfair advantage

How many people read a thousand-page book?

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Notice to Mariners

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Software updates

A system of correction and new information long predates digital computers.

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Misnaming things

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The astronomer’s dictionary

Misleading terms make learning Astronomy harder.

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Teaching to the test (II)

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Good questions?

The hardest part of teaching may be finding good questions to ask.

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Burnout

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Long-serving workers

How long is too long to do a single task?

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Distant Shakespeare

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Experiencing language change

We know it happens, but didn’t think it we’d see it in action.

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The answers

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and explanations

We present the answers to last week’s conundrums.

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