nazariusk

Google Apps (http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html) is a eNom reseller, and provides you with all the Google goodness (mail/docs/cal).

1 year = $10 (privacy included).

Portals do not a tech company make.

Yahoo called itself a media company, and many others emulated their all-in-one portal model with search as an after thought.

Google focused only on their index and their PageRank algorithm to provide the best intent based search possible.

They weren't in a contest with the tech companies. They were just a feature to Yahoo way back when.

Interesting parallel.

Life (us - birth to death) within "life" (the universe, big bang to heat death), with death being a result (maximal entropy), but not the goal.

Perhaps someday the we'll discover/generate other universes.

Death might not always be the final result.

From the death of the old, comes the birth of the young.

Bah, enough deep thinking for one day :).

Daily immersion in the language (articles/books/wikipedia/podcasts/newscasts/films) in addition to a decent grammar work book and a very good dictionary.

Don't bother keeping a good record of vocabulary.

You're brain will remember what you need to know, just keep doing it everyday (read/listen/watch then speak/write).

It's like exercising; a bit every day is (usually) better than a lot once a week.

Grammar drills, looking up dictionary definitions (use cases) and general exposure over a sustained period of time is by far the most realistic way to learn a language as an adult.