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Video games taught me to read

Video games taught me to read

By Robert Janelle on December 14, 2007

I was about four years old when my parents brought home my family’s first computer. A Tandy 2000 from Radio Shack. A complete joke by today’s standards but state-of-the-art for the mid-80’s.
It was supposed to be a business machine for my father but as with many who get their first computer, my parents developed a [...]

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Say it ain’t so: "w00t" is the word of the year

By Robert Janelle on December 12, 2007

I always like year-end lists and one my favourites is the “word of the year” declared by Merriam-Webster Inc…but this year’s pick leaves me in need of a stiff drink.
w00t.
That’s right, with two zeroes.
Yes, I’m serious. I really wish I wasn’t.
The worst part is the statement from Merriam-Webster, taken from Yahoo! News:
Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. [...]

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