Take an ebook. Take an audiobook. Smash the two together and you get a “TalkingBook”: synchronized text and audio that highlights what’s being spoken and lets you click phrases to trigger their audio content. In principle, it’s a simple idea. In fact, when I show it to people, it seems so intuitive: of course that’s… Continue reading
Question [paraphrased]: “I read that the Genitive case is going extinct in German, but it seems alive and well in some Netflix series and your books. What gives?” That’s an excellent question! First of all, it’s definitely true that the Genitiv is generally fading out of fashion. However, it’s doing so in a very uneven way,… Continue reading
This has been a great year for music, and while all the big music magazines and blog are publishing their “best of 2015” lists, I’d also like to share my favorite records of this year, not just strict new releases, but all the albums which I kept returning to over and over again. Midlake – Bamnan & Slivercork… Continue reading
HaNevi’im Street / St. Elias Carmelite Church / The Great Mosque