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I did something wrong, and would like to apologize for it publicly, in addition to my private apology. But I'm not sure if the party involved wants me to name him. What I did was probably legal, but ethically questionable. When I translated an artist's song into Lojban and put it into the Lojban podcast, I didn't wait for him to return my e-mail in ( Read more... )

camgusmis had some great thoughts on the xartum development messageboard.

It looks like spell casting would almost always involve the Perl programming language, whereas altering the world with Lojban is then the equivalent of prayer because it requires somebody to implement it in Perl ... or it's the equivalent of incanting familiars to do one's bidding, ( Read more... )

I have finished episode three of jbocradi, Lojban Radio, and it's up on the web now. Click here to visit the jbocradi website, where it can be downloaded in MP3 and OGG audio formats and subscribed with RSS or Atom feeds. This episode features part one of "Robin Lee Powell's Tale of Woe," told in Lojban live and in person at Logfest 2003. After ( Read more... )

In a few days I will set down my goals for 2006. Last year at this time I blogged about my goals for 2005. It's now time to review.
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Remember The Hungarian Phrasebook Sketch by Monty Python? During a Skype voice-over-IP chat this afternoon, I was pleasantly surprised to discover Lojban actually has a word for hovercraft! lemi varkiclaflo'i cu culno lei angila "My hovercraft is full of eels." leimi tatru cu spoja seci'o lenu gleki "My nipples explode with delight!"

What do most people think of when they think of languages? Nations. Ordinarily, learning a second language is done to live, work, or vacation in another country. I proposed to the Logical Language Group that we officially sanction an online game to serve as an imaginary internet nation where Lojban is spoken. It appears at this point that it will ( Read more... )

Friday December 9 2005 1:40 PM
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Ford had a good time with the gang at Tio's and fit right in. tlatoani had a great idea for me: a foundation to help kids from fundamentalist religious families go to accredited schools. Ford says if I start such a foundation, Universism can provide the corporate structure under the Universism charity. It seems like this is the week for meeting people who ( Read more... )

My friends at The Logical Language Group made a last-minute announcement of Logfest 2005. The Philadelphia science fiction convention Philcon has set aside a room in which to hold the intermittently-recurring celebration of the Lojban language, December 9 through 11. I'm thrilled by this announcement. They can expect to see me there. You have no ( Read more... )