In life, the only daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge kept her light under a bushel, dying at 49 with her work largely unknown. Now, 150 years on, she is emerging as a considerable poet in her own right.
A British academic has discovered 120 unknown poems by Sara Coleridge at a university in Texas which, he [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Coleridge’s daughter hid her poetic passions
Posted in Literature on January 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dining alone? Call up a guest on screen
Posted in Technology on January 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Technology has come up with the answer for people living along who dislike solitary meals: the virtual family dinner, where relatives hundreds of miles apart get together for a chat.
Accenture, the consulting company, is exploiting the explosion in broadband access to provide lonely people, notably the elderly, with a way to get together with relatives [...]
Reading blogs
Posted in Technology on January 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The number of people reading Internet blogs on the top 10 U.S. newspaper sites more than tripled in December from a year ago and accounted for a larger percentage of overall traffic to those sites, according to data released on Wednesday.
Unique visitors to blog sites affiliated with the largest Internet newspapers rose to 3.8 million [...]
Drinking while driving
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Advice for future parents…
Posted in Technology on January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nintendo Wii video game system kills woman
Posted in Technology on January 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
tA woman who was found dead hours after taking part in a water drinking contest at a local radio station may have died of water intoxication, a coroner said.
The body of mother-of-three Jennifer Strange, 28, was discovered at her home in Rancho Cordova, California, on Friday after she competed in the “Hold Your Wee for [...]
What magic and life are about
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This (The Prestige) is a very interesting film, directed by Christopher Nolan, about two magicians that shows the dangerous and deadly consequences of envy and rivalry. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce [...]
People who talk TOO much
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This article is not intended to speak about my personal life because if I wanted that everyone knew it, I would go to “El diario de Patricia” or anywhere else. This article’s aim, however, is to make a difference between the people who talk much and the people who talk too much.
Those who talk much [...]
For YouTube, read PewTube
Posted in Technology on January 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The video-sharing website most used for pop promotions, film trailers and personal “vidcasts”, is set to become the next tool in the Church of England’s battle to curb declining attendances.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is planning to use the site to broadcast his sermons in an attempt to make the Church more relevant to the internet [...]
Muslim mums told to speak English at home
Posted in Language on January 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Muslim mothers who do not speak English at home are stunting their children’s literacy levels, one of the Government’s most influential education advisers said last night.
Sir Cyril Taylor, the chairman of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, said that the failure of parents to speak English at home was a key reason why some schools [...]
