Gregory Garretson Linguistics, Programming, Editing, Translation, and Random Thingies

I’m finally getting some new photos added to my gallery. The latest are photos from my May trip to Switzerland, and soon will come pictures of Spain.

My blog is also seeing some activity, so feel free to stop by and leave a comment. (See above for links to both photos and blog).

As part of my job teaching writing to Swedish university students, I have created a new website: Gregory’s Writing Site. This features a collection of guidelines to help advanced learners of English write better. If you’re interested, feel free to take a look.

It is probably fairly apparent that there’s not much new here on the main site right now, but I have been adding steadily to my blog (see top of page), so that’s where the action is right now. I’ll try to put up a bunch of new pictures soon.

I’ve put up some pictures of Härnösand in my photo gallery, so now you can see what the town looks like. I’ve also started describing life here in my blog. Links to both are at the very top of the page. Enjoy!

I’ve restored to this site much of the content it had before the overhaul, so now you can read more about me and what I do.

More interestingly, however, I have also added a Tips section. I would like to use this as a little swap-shop of advice on various topics. I’ll keep adding tips on different topics as I think of them, and I encourage others to send me other tips to add. I promise that you’ll get credit for your submissions.

I've reimplemented my website using a content-management system called Drupal. This should make it easier for me to add content, which will make it a better and more interesting place.

I am, however, continuing to use WordPress for my blog, "Over Here", since WordPress is much better for blogging. See the top of the page for a link to the blog. There's also a link there to my photo gallery.

See the links at left for other site content. Note that if you want to, you can create a member profile and log in, which gives you certain privileges, such as posting comments. Give it a try!

Annelie and I are in for another big change: We're moving to Sweden. She has been offered an excellent job there, and I'm planning to teach part-time while I try to finish my dissertation. An acquaintance of mine who recently learned that I still had not finished remarked (and here you must imagine a heavy Russian accent), "Vow, you are really trying to shake ze vorld viz your dissertation!" Would that that were true, but it's a nice thought. At any rate, come August, my blog will turn to life as an American in Sweden. Which means that in the meantime, I'd better post all the items I have on life in Ann Arbor.

I've moved all my websites (not that I have that many) to a new web hosting company. I hope thus to be able to do even cooler things for your amusement. I apologize in advance if the changeover causes you any inconvenience.

I've started making some improvements to my website, and I'm finally adding to my blog again. I've also started a page of recommendations for various things, as a way to share my enthusiasms. See "Recommendations" at left.

My latest crazy scheme is the Dialectic Dining Club, a social experiment in talk and food here in Ann Arbor. We'll see how it goes; could be lots of fun.

My latest contribution to the WWW is a series of photos of the Conference in Honor of John Swales, a conference held in Ann Arbor in late June to celebrate the retirement of BFG John Swales. The photos were my contribution to the conference.

I am pleased to report that after many months of abuse of the word "soon", I have gotten my Reference Checker online and ready for use. It's a useful tool; please feel free to try it out—and please let me know how it works for you.

I'm also happy to say that I've come out of the cyber-hole I've been in for a few months and am back to work on my blog. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks to those of you who have complained about its hibernation.

I now have a new photo gallery connected to this website. You can get to it by clicking on "Photographs" at left. I'll keep adding albums to it as time permits.

And yes, I know I haven't added to my blog for a while, but I've been really busy. I will soon, though!

I'm happy to report that I have a new blog, which you can check out by clicking on "Blog" at left. I will try to add to it semi-regularly, so please check back if you like what you read.

(Hint: If you're not used to blogs, the newest posts are at the top, so you might want to start reading at the bottom.)

I've also re-posted my (rather hilarious, if I do say so myself) travelogue from summer 2003, called Thoughts of Trains, in case you would enjoy reading that. It's also linked to on the blog page.

The Dexter project website is up and slowly coming along, which is much the same thing that can be said for the project itself. Please let me know if you'd like to be a beta-tester!

We've now relocated to Ann Arbor, which is somewhere in Michigan. It's strange to be here, but it seems like a very enjoyable place to live. Stay tuned for the blog I'm going to start on life out here...

Annelie and I are gearing up for a big move: to Ann Arbor, MI, where Annelie has been offered a very nice post-doc fellowship. Stay posted for more on that.