Yesterday slashdot posted a story about password security. In the comments, user sopssa said, Websites could do more to protect their users too. For example if you accidentally write your password here on Slashdot comments, it comes up as masked....

USA Today has an article on Bill Cosby with the headline Bill Cosby prides himself on comedy that has no shelf life. I thought that was an odd thing to have pride in: comedy that’s out of date as soon as it’s out of your mouth. But then the entire...

This week’s issue of East Bay Express (a local alternative newspaper) features a piece on the controversies surrounding Google Books, mentioning none other than “linguist Geoff Nunberg.” Like George Lakoff and John McWhorter, Nunberg is a member of...

This past Tuesday it was raining down hard, so most people had their umbrellas out. I witnessed one umbrella that I thought I should mention to some friends. Here’s how it came out: There was this woman who was carrying the smallest umbrella I’ve...

This past Friday I went with my fiancée to Mrs. Dalloway’s bookstore in Berkeley to see Deborah Tannen talk about her new book about communication between sisters. She told some great stories about the interviews she conducted while researching the...