Multilingual Computing

Foreword

As a linguist forced to cope with a number of languages with various writing systems, I am interested in multilingual computing in Unicode involving right-to-left and double-byte languages (e.g., Hebrew and Japanese respectively).

Computer

Hardware
- Notebook computer: Toshiba Satellite A300-1MO (CPU: Intel Core2Duo T5800 2.0Ghz; RAM: 3GB; HD: 160GB; display: 15.4" WXGA 1280×800px)
- All-in-one printer: Canon Pixma MP140 (resolution: 4800×1200dpi)
- Digital camera: Nikon Coolpix S1 (resolution: 5mpx)
Software
- Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium
- File manager: Explorer++
- File compression tool: 7-Zip
- Secure deletion tool: Eraser
- Synchronization and backup tool: SyncBack
- Antivirus tool: ClamWin
- Browser: Firefox
- Mailer: Thunderbird
- FTP client: FileZilla
- Text editors: Notepad++, EmEditor Professional, EditPad Pro
- Word processor: OpenOffice.org Writer
- Linguistics tools: FieldWorks Language Explorer, Lexique Pro
- Hebrew (Jewish) calendar: Kaluach
Webware
- Server: Google Apps
- Mailer: Gmail
- Website statisics: Google Analytics, StatCounter

Mailing Lists

H-JUDAIC
- Jewish studies
- Moderated
- Subscription address: listserv@h-net.msu.edu
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NAPHNET
- Hebrew
- Unmoderated (closed to the members of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew)
BIU-HEBREW
- Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Bar-Ilan University
- Unmoderated (closed to the faculty members)
MENDELE
- Yiddish
- Moderated
- Subscription address: mendele-request@mailman.yale.edu
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TATE-MAMES
- Yiddish as a family language
- Unmoderated
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YIDDISHLAND
- Virtual community in Yiddish
- Unmoderated
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JEWISH LANGUAGES
- Jewish languages (including Hebrew)
- Unmoderated (but postings by new members are moderated)
- Subscription address: jewish-languages-subscribe@googlegroups.com
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ELI-LISTO
- Esperanto League in Israel (ELI)
- Unidirectional
ESPERANTO-ISRAELO
- Esperanto in Israel
- Unmoderated (closed to invited people)
ESPERANTO-JERUSALEMO
- Esperanto in Jerusalem
- Unmoderated (closed to invited people)
DENASK
- Esperanto as a family language
- Unmoderated
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BJA-LISTO
- Interlinguistics
- Unmoderated
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ZAMENHOFOLOGO
- Zamenhofology
- Unmoderated
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ENDANGERED-LANGUAGES-L
- Endangered languages
- Unmoderated
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LINGUIST
- Linguistics
- Moderated
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ISRALING
- Linguistics in Israel
- Unmoderated
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LEXICOGRAPHYLIST
- Lexicography
- Unmoderated
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LINGTYP
- Linguistic typology
- Unmoderated
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ANS-L
- Onomastics
- Unmoderated
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HUMOUR-RESEARCH
- Humor research
- Unmoderated
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CORPORA
- Computational linguistics
- Unmoderated
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ISCOL
- Hebrew computational linguistics
- Unmoderated
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HEBREW COMPUTING
- Hebrew computing
- Moderated
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UYIP
- Yiddish computing
- Unmoderated
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JEWISH COMPUTING
- Jewish computing
- Moderated
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HUMANIST
- Humanities computing
- Moderated
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AIR-L
- Internet research
- Unmoderated
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Ezines

Israel and Jewish World
Japan
World
- Oxford University Press [linguistics]
- Cambridge University Press [language and linguistics]
- Blackwell [language and linguistics]
- Routledge [language, linguistics and literature]
- Palgrave [language and linguistics, modern languages]
- Hodder [languages, literature and linguistics]
- Walter de Gruyter [linguistics and communications]
- John Benjamins [linguistics]
- Multilingual Matters
- Self Growth: Self Improvement, Daily Motivational Quote, Natural Health, Brain Improvement & IQ, Loving Today - Relationships & Love, Self Help Books
- WebMD: Living Better, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Eating

Feeds

Google
- Official Google Blog
Computing
Sofware
Webware
- Webware
- How to Use Gmail
Israel and Jewish World
Japan
World
- BBC News World Edition: Front Page
- Libera Folio
- Raporto
- Economist: News Analysis and Views
- National Geographic Maganine
- Scientific American
- O'Reilly: New Releases
- O'Reilly: Upcoming Titles
- Laste Aperis
- BBC World Service: Documentary Archive [podcast]
- The Changing World [podcast]
- Pola Radio: Esperanto [podcast]