July 2008
24 posts
3 tags
Jul 31st
4 tags
Sesquipedalian (again)
WordNet has an alternative definition of today’s Word of the Day that is, frankly, bizarre: S: (n) sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia (a very long word (a foot and a half long))
Jul 31st
3 tags
“sesquipedalian (n) : a long word”
– sesquipedalian on Ninjawords (a really fast dictionary) (tip of the hat to Chippy)
Jul 31st
3 tags
Wonderful True Stories →
WHATEVER YOU HAD PLANNED FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO YOU NEED TO PUT ASIDE, BECAUSE INSTEAD YOU ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO WANT TO READ THIS FANTASTIC SERIES OF REMINISCENCES OF SOME GUY’S YOUTH IN CANADA IN ITS ENTIRETY. IT’S LIKE AN AMAZING CONTEMPORARY JUST WILLIAM BUT WITH SWEARING. (via the Triforum, of which I am still not a member)
Jul 29th
Jul 26th
41 notes
Jul 26th
“Hofstadter’s Law — It always takes longer than you expect, even when...”
– Hofstadter’s Law
Jul 24th
passive-aggressive notes →
Jul 24th
3 tags
Jul 23rd
Jul 23rd
Flash! Ah aaaah!
Daring Fireball: Remember Ben Charny, the Wall Street Journal reporter who back in February wrote this ill-informed story regarding the iPhone and Adobe’s Flash? He’s got another doozy: Just how will Apple meet expectations? Using the patent application as a guide, Apple appears to be making room on the iPhone for flash memory, which means an end to Apple’s standoff with Adobe that’s...
Jul 23rd
WatchWatch
Want. One. “Lifting 200lb weights? Piece of cake! Walking up stairs? No problem!” (Robotic exoskeleton turns grunts into super-soldiers)
Jul 22nd
3 tags
Jul 21st
2 tags
Jul 21st
3 tags
“I always try to dance when this song comes on, because I am the Queen and I like...”
– The Queen on Abba, quoted in The Week (671, pg20) If she actually said this, then I am a monarchist from now on. Amazing.
Jul 17th
4 tags
How to Nap →
I fricking love naps. (via Sam)
Jul 9th
“I imagine being shot to death while giggling uncontrollably: http://xrl.us/kj3zo”
– John Gruber I would actually quite like a Segway.
Jul 9th
WatchWatch
The Douchiest Phone Message In History Man… I have been doing it all wrong. I will adjust my technique accordingly (via Tom)
Jul 9th
3 tags
Jul 2nd
1 tag
WatchWatch
Quiet, simple video of parkour training. I pinched it from Andy Baio who said, “this seems truer to parkour values than the over-the-top highlight videos”. I’ve not actually ever practised it myself, so I’m not really qualified to say, but I’m inclined to agree. Note the distinction between parkour and free running: In parkour, the aim is to move as efficiently as...
Jul 2nd
What happened here →
I started this thing because, like everyone, I have a vague ambition of one day becoming a “writer”, and I was aware that I was doing precisely squat to move towards that ever actually happening. Reading articles like this, which just sent a chill down my spine, simultaneously inspire me, and make me want to give up and just go curl up in a ball somewhere. It is hard to disagree...
Jul 2nd
Earthquake Strips →
Stories from the earthquake in China in May, told in comics. They’re tremendously moving, but there’s humour in there too, and hope.
Jul 1st
What is Good Tequila? →
Even just saying the word ‘tequila’ tastes like vomit to me these days, but admittedly I have never had a good one.
Jul 1st
4 tags
Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic trials →
It seems that the American Family Association’s OneNewsNow website has a policy of always replacing the word “gay” with the word “homosexual”, with predictably ridiculous consequences.
Jul 1st