Archive for October, 2009
The top ten search queries for ጥቅምቲ (October)
1 often 2 ኣምላኽ 3 ዕቡድ 4 important 5 cut 6 ሓጹር 7 beautiful 8 ዕዮ 9 ሃበ 10 has
October 30, 2009
Tags: top ten Posted in: top ten search queries 
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When spam gets hella-strange
Since I run a Tigrigna language teaching website, I get a lot of emails from many different people who are (like myself) amateur Tigrigna language enthusiasts; but this latest e-mail is the first spam-bot email I have ever received. It’s very bizarre, so I hope you find some humour in it…. ***emailremoved@yahoo.com*** Am Juliet,a tall [...]
October 28, 2009
Tags: spam-bot Posted in: language, Linguistics No Comments
Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (MagLev) on a Magnetic Track
Wild. Just wild. Hmm… what would it take to make this for Halloween… (A similar, but more French, demonstration here) Hat tip: Starts with a bang
October 25, 2009
Tags: Superconducting Magnetic Levitation, video Posted in: science No Comments
Randomize it.
There has been a small update to the dictionary section; it is the addition of a “random button” beside the search one. This button should take you to a random English-Tigrigna dictionary entry. Give it a shot.
October 21, 2009
Tags: dictionary, random button Posted in: Tigrigna, website update No Comments
ካርቦን ሞኖክሳይድ!!!!
Here is a random PDF I pulled up from the vast depths of the Internet, the file is a small pamphlet detailing the dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning in Tigrinya; it’s a public health warning from the Washington state government. Now, why would I link you a random Tigrigna health pamphlet from the Washington state [...]
October 19, 2009
Tags: Learning, Tigrignya, Translations Posted in: language, Tigrigna No Comments
cityoneminutes – Asmara
A friend of mine emailed me this link a while ago, I really don’t know how to describe it. Here is a description of their site: Are you curious to know how people live on the other side of the world? What does Moscow look like between three and four in the afternoon? What happens [...]
October 14, 2009
Tags: Asmara, cityoneminutes Posted in: Eritrea, Miscellaneous No Comments
Human Development Index
The Human Development Report 2009 came out today, it’s sort of like a ranking of the general standards of living in the world. Wikipedia has their index updated already. Here are a few selected countries and their score… 001 Norway 0.971 ▲ +0.001 004 Canada 0.966 ▲ +0.001 013 United States 0.956 ▲ +0.001 081 [...]
October 5, 2009
Tags: Human Development Index Posted in: Africa, Eritrea No Comments
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