miscoranda: by Sean B. Palmer

The Man and his Man

I was listening to Gladys Knight and the Pips, and a line in the song reminded me of the title of this post. The Man and his Man is a rock somewhat off the coast by Perranporth, a name which sounds Celtic in origin—and was probably influenced by it; but is actually derived from "St Piran's Port" according to A Dictionary of British Place-Names (2003, A. D. Mills), and was first recorded in 1810. The use of a semi-colon in place of where an em-dash and comma would logically be required I managed to garner from The Guardian newspaper, whose punctuation algebra should be second to none.

I've published two things of such minor import that they've now been overshadowed by the very titling of this entry, but nontheless here they are: a rules-writing-rules example in Notation3 on public-cwm-talk; and Notes & Todos: The PIM Saga, being a summary of my early efforts to produce a Personal Information Management program.

by Sean B. Palmer, at 2004-10-17 11:34:01. Comment?

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