LKL's Blog

I’ve been looking for decent back up software forever. They always seem to want to compress all of my files into a single huge file that can only be used to restore the hard drive, or keep dozens of revisions, or other nonsense. All I want is a program that automatically, quietly, three times a [...]

These two English words are sometimes confused by native speakers. This lesson will make a nice addition to your English understanding: Addition vs Edition

I’ve been reading about electric cars lately, and it’s fascinating. I haven’t seen “Who Killed the Electric Car?” yet, but I plan to. Apparently we are stuck paying these outrageous prices for gas and destroying the environment not only because of oil company lobbyists, but also because electric cars have very few moving parts, and [...]

Despite the “break” in the heatwave, I still feel like I’m in an oven, and I simply cannot find a refreshing enough drink. I’ve tried lemonade, ginger ale, ice tea, and all of my other cool drink recipes, but nothing seems to be working. Any suggestions?

Definition: A sort of pseudo-reality that exists when you make something up and enough people agree with you. Coined by Stephen Colbert, reporter for Comedy Central’s Colbert Report. Source: Can Wikipedia Handle Stephen Colbert’s Truthiness? (MTV News) Of course, that begs the question of what to call the ever-changing “reality” that is found on Wikipedia, [...]

We all knew that Zidane’s head butt during the World Cup Final would go down in history, but did you ever think about the marketing aspects? A French song parodying the event is breaking records (ha ha) in France, and there are several ringtones you can purchase too, all from La Plage Records I’m not [...]

While researching something else entirely, I came across several completely unrelated tidbits that I’d like to share with you. The shortest war in history, called the Anglo-Zanzibar War, lasted 45 minutes. In 1928, war was outlawed by the Kellogg-Briand Pact. The world’s first successful oil well was found in, of all places, Titusville, Pennsylvania. On [...]