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Music crossing languages.

Claude François was one of France's most successful popstars, a complete song-and-dance act who remained at the top of the charts for almost ten years before his career was tragically cut short when he tried to change a lightbulb while in the bath (youtube ahead).
posted to MetaFilter by jacalata at 8:45 PM on November 11, 2007 (19 comments)

Math classes with a cause.

Maths classes + radical left wing = Radical Maths
posted to MetaFilter by jacalata at 5:42 AM on November 9, 2007 (49 comments)

We ettle tae come up wi writin that's easy tae read an can be soondit bi readers in thair ain dialect.

We've discussed Simple English Wikipedia, and descriptions of other languages in English, but have you tried reading wikipedia in Scots? You asked if Scots is a language? How about any of the other 253 languages of Wikipedia?
posted to MetaFilter by jacalata at 7:59 AM on September 5, 2007 (43 comments)

MySpace for artists

Meet Stuart, the new mySpace-like networking site for Student Artists created by Saatchi and Saatchi. (discovered through the NYT).
posted to MetaFilter by jacalata at 11:57 AM on December 19, 2006 (24 comments)