January 2010
8 posts
New word alert! Allometry!
New to me, that is. From Scienceblogs.com:
“Allometry” means “different growth or measurement”, and it refers to the fact that different body parts grow at different rates during development—we aren’t simply linearly scaled up versions of our younger selves, but instead we have different proportions.
And the best thing about allometry, you get some WEIRD ASS...
Brian Eno on the naming of things →
austinkleon:
“A way to make new music is to imagine looking back at the past from a future and imagine music that could have existed but didn’t. Like East African free jazz, which as far as I know does not exist. To some extent, this was how ambient music emerged. My interest in making music has been to create something that does not exist that I would like to listen to, not because I...
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Introducing my new favorite...
Though possibly not my new favorite philosophy as it seems to have ties to libertarians. And as I will tell you to your face, I’ve never met a libertarian who wasn’t a total douche.
From wikipedia:
Technological utopianism (often called techno-utopianism or technoutopianism) refers to any ideology based on the belief that advances in science and technology will eventually bring...
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Casper, the Ex-Boyfriend Ghost
My new favorite song:
In Kanye West’s verse, he keeps talking about “your caspers,” as in the friendly ghost of course. Kind of funny, no? Caspers as in ghosts as in baggage. You know chicks and their baggage! I don’t know, I doubt it’ll catch on. I’m going to do my part though!
“Megan, why’d you leave DC?”
“The goddamn Caspers!...
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Sorry Meghans, You're as Irish as Lucky Charms.
I think we’ve been through this before but my new friend Kevin* has a sister named Meghan and he insists it’s a Gaelic name. IT’S NOT. In America, people have added H’s to it to make it appear more Irish (I guess they use lots of H’s). Nice try, bucko!
I found a lovely site, namenerds, that has a nice explanation for us to enjoy:
The name Megan is...
New Guest Post From My Pops!
Can you construct a meaningful English sentence containing the word “and” five times in a row? Example later…. Britain has a chain of pubs called “Rat and Parrot.” As a new location was being readied for opening, the manager checked on the worker painting the entrance sign. To his surprise, he saw that the painter had run the letters of the pub’s name all...