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To Whoa or not to Woah?

The OED lists woah as a variant of woa which is a variant of whoa, which is a variant of the interjection who (not to be confused with the pronoun who–the interjection is pronounced as wo–which is also a variant of all these), which came into the language as a variant of ho! Here are [...]

A Servant of Two Masters or: Why Windows 8 is Fundamentally Flawed

In response to the Windows 8 video that came out today, John Gruber has a piece at Daring Fireball entitled Why Windows 8 is Fundamentally Flawed as a Response to the iPad. Gruber praises Microsoft for displaying innovative new thinking when it comes to touch-based devices but is critical of the fact that the touch-based [...]