Archive for September, 2007

A postcard from the gates of Oblivion.

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

What can I say? I haven't had a lot to say to you people. I'll give some updates as to what has been transpiring lately. First, it's hard to believe I'm already to October this semester. I am coming along on graduate school applications and will probably take the [computerized] ...

Unprecedented nerdiness.

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Wow, I'm updating. I really fear that updating this blog may become a once-a-week affair. That's no good. I had to present on an article I read* [which I can't post for copyright reasons] in class. The presentation was supposed to take about an hour, but since I ...

Laboratory phonology is super effective.

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Peter Ladefoged and D.E Broadbent conducted an interesting experiment in 1952 examining the effects of previous phonetic context on vowel perception. Using the Parametric Artificial Talker, Ladefoged and Broadbent synthesized the sentence Please say what this word is and altered the F1 and F2 frequencies across the sentence six times to ...

Suggestions, please II: The Suggestining.

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

I just dropped $2,122.92 on tuition and $60 on a parking pass.  Now I want to buy something cool while the cost will still remain obscured by the tuition bill.  Any suggestions?

Your genetic code is being rewritten.

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Yes, I know. It's been a week since I updated, and all you get is this lousy BioShock review. I finished the game, among the most highly anticipated and subsequently reviewed games in history, last night while at the Reverend's house. He and I rented the game, actually, likely ...