AL

1. Started my TILs a few days ago.
2. Installed VPN, and configured web proxy so that I can freely access journals on online databases. (Highly recommended to all college students. Thanks to my research mentor who informed me about such services.)
3. My 2 snippets of code were marked as fav. by 3 people in 2 days, although this is not an activity.
4. Also compiled a list of commonly used (or misused) Latin phrases and abbreviations:

• e.g. = exempli gratia (for example)
• i.e.= id est (that is)
• et al. = et alia (and others)
• ,etc = et cetera (and so forth)-a comma should precede it.
• per cent. = per centum (for each one hundred)-American way: percent
• in re: in regards to/ in the matter of
• re = in re (regarding)
• n.b. = nota bene (note well) -in imperative tone: note
• viz. = videlicet (namely) - “Each symbol represents one of the four elements, viz. earth, air, fire, and water.” N.B. no comma needed
• circa: approximately
• de facto: in actual fact/ in fact
• ergo: therefore
• magna cum laude: with great praise; summa: greatest
• per se: in and of itself
• pro forma: for form's sake. E.g., “It was a pro forma interview.”
• A.D. = anno Domini (in the year of Our Lord) -roughly around years Christ. was born.
• Q.E.D = quod erat demonstrandum (that which was to have been proved)
• ad hoc: to this. E.g. "He formed an ad hoc committee to look at the site's security problems." -indicates that something happens for a single purpose only.
• sic: literally means "so/thus", but It is used to indicate an error or a misspelling in a quotation. e.g. "The report stated that "in schools, correct speling [sic] is important".

Although I learned most of these in my Latin class, I still want to have a list handy in case I forget.
p.s. I had always wondered why in all supreme court cases v. is used is instead of v.s. (e.g. BOE v. Earls); I tried to look up but nothing obvious came up. Now I know that's because versus is abbreviated to v. in legal usage.