european languages

Refuting God's Crucible

This text is written in response to God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis, an American historian and two-time winner of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. In...

More Lessons from the East

 Left: Bankoku jimbutsu zue: oranda no kokuo (Portraits of figures from barbarian countries: the king of Holland)(1) by Ichieisai Yoshitsuya, 1861. This fantasized Japanese caricature of King...

Europe and the Indo-European Languages

This essay was first published at the Scandinavian blog Snaphanen, but since some of my readers may not have seen it I republish it here. It was inspired by the book Indo-European Linguistics: An...

Lingro: Possibly The Coolest Dictionary and Translation Service We've Ever Seen

Lingro is a fantastic collaborative dictionary and translation service that combines open dictionaries on the web with user contributions under a CreativeCommons license. It's particularly useful...

Nokia 2100-Mobile Phone

With the new Nokia 2100, you can customise with Xpress-onTM covers, Photo-insert cover, plus downloadable ringing tones and graphics. ...

Astarte and Amaterasu - The Diverging Destinies of Europe and Japan. -- Part 1

Left: Abduction of Europe, statue in front of the European Parliament in StrasbourgRight: Amaterasu Emerges from the Light, Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). There are various drawbacks to an expat's...

Nokia 2100-Mobile Phone

With the new Nokia 2100, you can customise with Xpress-onTM covers, Photo-insert cover, plus downloadable ringing tones and graphics. ...

Astarte and Amaterasu - The diverging destinies of Europe and Japan

Left: Abduction of Europe, statue in front of the European Parliament in StrasbourgRight: Amaterasu Emerges from the Light, Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). There are various drawbacks to an expat's...

Free Online Translation Tools

Babelfish - provides you with a useful tool to communicate with your non-English speaking or bilingual customers. You can use this site to translate words, phrases, or entire web sites into 19 pairs...

Bravo! Indios Bravos

By: Guillermo RamosIn September 2006 while strolling the span of La Rambla in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, my Partner and I chanced upon a handsome 19th century edifice that I knew to be the old...