Hey!
Every Wednesday morning starting around 9:30am, @Wordnik gives out clues for a secret word on wordnik.com that has a pronounciation by “hap_e_wordnik” (see screen shot below). They give out 3 or 4 clues, each of which describes a different definition that the uncommon or obsolete word has. As soon as someone gets the right word, the game ends. If no one gets it by the end of the clues, they give a *BONUS CLUE* which usually has quotations around letters, meaning the word is an anagram of those letters.
[and then suddenly…]
March 16, 2011
in anagram,champion,elsewhere,secret word,winner,wordnik,Words & Origins
It can also be found elsewhere here.
December 20, 2010
in #51,cultural differences,elsewhere,english,failblog,french,graphjam,Monday Comic,venn diagrams,Webcomic
Geek the Library is a site meant to promote libraries, to emphasize that they need our support, and continued funding. I liked the concept instantly, so I decided my thing is “I geek word origins.” I wrote up a little explanation and submitted it, but then I read other entries… and then all talk about their geekery and then how the libraries are vital for supporting their continued geekery. What a foolish panda. Anyway, it seems like a good site, and I haven’t done anything for the site or libraries recently, but I think it’s a good angle to try to attack the problem.
I don’t know how I heard about this site, but it initially reminded me of “It’s a Sickness” which has lovely Alan Cumming as its MC, which makes it extra wonderful.
November 10, 2010
in elsewhere,geeks,libraries,Words & Origins
Once upon a time You Look Nice Today, greatest podcast on the planet that they never update anymore but it’s okay I still love them, had a podcast called “The Good Part” in which they explain the modern problem of loving a song and wanting your loved ones to love the part you love while trying to keep their attention until the good part comes up. By just making a clip of the ‘good part,’ you can bypass this inconvenience of modern times and my brain thought it was a good experiment to try out, by way of re-introducing myself to GarageBand.
[and then suddenly…]
April 21, 2010
in elsewhere,Music,Playlists,spelling,you look nice today
Once upon a time at University of Portland I took a Soviet Russia class. (You would not believe how many hammers and sickles I drew in the margins.) It was a genuinely great class and we watched a series of incredibly informative videos, including one in which a soldier said that the day he finally got shoes was the best day of his life. Anyway, one of these videos focused on the USSR talking to other red-minded countries, and there was some old footage of Fidel Castro. It turns out he looks a lot like Liam Neeson.
A few weeks ago I finally submitted a picture comparing Liam Neeson to Fidel Castro. I wasn’t sure if they would do anything with it, but it is now a legitimate thing on the internet. Yay!
The link is here.
April 12, 2010
in communism,elsewhere,look-a-like,totally looks like
Sleeveface.com is a great meme where people take pictures of themselves, covering up body parts with an album cover to create the illusion of the world beyond the margins of the album cover. Two Christmases ago, I told my family and we did a few. A couple of weeks ago, I finally submitted them to the website, and they’ve included two.
1. Ty as Bob Willis
2. Conn as Bob Dylan
Since they are not going to use the third, I present here for your viewing pleasure… Conn with ballet legs.
March 28, 2010
in elsewhere,sleeveface,sorry Conn
