Apr 14, 2014

Word of the day - wantrepreneur

n: someone who thinks about being an entrepreneur or starting a business but never gets started.
Bill is such a Wantrepreneur. Always talking about starting a business, but never getting there.
(which is a place to find out the taboo meanings of very common words :) ) 

Apr 10, 2014

EU legislation, parallel texts

All EU legislation is available as "parallel texts" - which means that you can find the official formal version and use the phrases from there.
An example:
https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/compare_original/507042014002
notice the "Parallel texts" top-right https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/Riigikogu/act/507042014002/consolide

Apr 7, 2014

The Mathematician in Love

by  William J. M. Rankine

A mathematician fell madly in love
With a lady, young, handsome, and charming:
By angles and ratios harmonic he strove
Her curves and proportions all faultless to prove.
As he scrawled hieroglyphics alarming.

Prezi presentation

Apr 6, 2014