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| Friday, October 31, 2003 |
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It's here. It's hooked up. It's fast as hell. (oh yea...and so damned quiet too) It's also huge, and heavy, gorgeous, amazingly well designed and built - even for Apple - you wonder how they can possibly outdo themselves, and then they always do.  SEE IT BIG!!! and sideways too and, yea, that's a Spongebob mousepad addendum - Now I need to figure out what to do with the B&W G4. Posted at 3:30 PM |
| Thursday, October 30, 2003 |
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And some more... Absolutely Ridiculous English Spelling! Posted at 11:42 AM |
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Tough Though Thought, the case for simplified spelling I like it...I dunno if I agree with all of it, tho. :) I do agree that we are far too stuck on conventions that in many cases don't make sense, were done for strange reasons, or what have you. Languages change, face it. They change because the users of the language change them over time - that is our right as users of the language. If enuf of us use a new convention, it becomes a part of the everyday language. Afterall, why do we have language? To communicate - not to need to worry about why tough and Laugh are pronounced tuff and laff, but though and through are pronounced tho and thru, not thuff and throff. okay...rant over :) ps - language pet peave of the day...why do we apply with an applicator, or in the case of a job on an application, but there is no verb 'to applicate'? wtf? Posted at 11:41 AM |
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Domain Guru Great resource discovered. I needed a definition just now - you know, one of those terms that you just know what it means, but trying to pass that on in a nice Webster's like package is tough? - so plugged it into Google, and this place popped up. No clue if their services are any good...but their FAQ seems to be. BTW - that reminds me...if you don't already use them, try out whois.net...amazing keyword domain searches. Yea, they're run by Verio...just try to ignore that tho, okay? Posted at 11:18 AM |
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Like words? The English language? Using them, and it, correctly? (dammit!?) I give you The Vocabula Review While you might not have guessed it by the way I usually write, I am actualy a stickler for proper usage of the English language...at least some of the time. Okay, okay...a small "some" of the time. I was link surfing, looking at a book by John McWhorter that I want to get, and ended up clicking over to this one by Robert Fiske which of course led me to his website, vocabula.com. Very interesting stuff. Not just a fluffy "word of the day" kind of place, in their own words, "In sum, TVR battles nonstandard, careless English and embraces clear, expressive English. We hope we can encourage our readers to do as much." You need to subscribe to get to the good stuff, but it's only $8.95 per year, and if you purchase a "special offer book" they'll throw in a subscription. BTW - For all of you who have ever disparaged me for my use of the word "they" as a genderless singular pronoun...go get hosed (and you all know just who you are too). Turns out to have been used, and yes, correctly, as far back as the year 1300. Posted at 9:42 AM |
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 |
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Skully - N o W h e r e R a d i o . c o m In my constant selfless vigil, quest, bloody struggle for music not shilled by the mega giant record companies I often find very cool places with very cool independent artists, and stumble onto little gems like this one....a one in a million find...and my selfless toil finally pays off. Or, as is more often the case, an old friend who happens to be one of those artists emails me a link. Like the one above. Thanks Todd. Posted at 1:40 PM |
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Worlds first 64 bit cheese grater But guess what? My new cheese grater will kick all y'all's elses cheese graters, biatch!! Unless you bought one of the higher models, then I stand corrected. It's not here yet (drool drool) but they tell me it shipped out last week. I got to thinking that this is possibly the first brand new, factory fresh Apple computer I have ever bought for me. I have purchased from the old MUG store (a 7100/66 for $1800 (YES! when it was the then state of the art, not last month, har har har, aren't you funny?)) and I have purchased hand me downs, like the B&W I bought from Scarabic, and I have overseen purchases of iMacs for parents and in-laws, and of course hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Apple purchases for various employers. The big question is...will I get it pinstriped? Is a bear catholic? Does the pope shit in the woods? HELL YEA IT'S GETTING PINSTRIPED! To see what that means (for themz that don't know) go here. Oh...by the way...if yer wondering if I give a flying rats ass that you might think it looks like a cheese grater - I do not. It could look like a frigging waffle iron for all I care. Posted at 11:22 AM |
| Monday, October 27, 2003 |
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JACK THE PELICAN PRESENTS | David Shapiro So Mr. Scarabic (aka The Naiminator) and I spar back and forth about art. Nothing too deep, nothing too serious. Anyway, he sent me this link, either to further deride a project I am about to start, or possibly as encouragement to pitch it to the MOMA...who knows which. :-D My project is not to a place where I can disclose it...but follow the link because David Shapiro's is. btw - dont ask Posted at 10:23 AM |
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