September 2007
Codpiece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
A codpiece (Middle English codpece = cod ‘bag, scrotum’ + pece ‘piece’) is a flap or pouch that attaches to the front of the crotch of men’s trousers to provide a covering for the genitals. It was held closed by string ties, buttons, or other methods. It was an important item of European clothing in the 15th and 16th centuries. (These should be coming back Any Day...
“The most important thing is to make it a daily routine. If you have a very low...”
– Christian Neukirchen - father (but not namer) of tumblelogging gives advice for aspiring tumblelog authors on the Ruby on Rails podcast. (ToK(oT) has been cruising along at 2.7 posts per day for a little over six months, so safe on both counts)
“I’ve created a new phrase: A Tumblecull. It’s when you realise...”
– Travors.com (I can be more forgiving, because I only ever see my active tumblr friends. It would be simple enough to add auto-culling to the script, based on a user selectable timeframe (can’t really help too much with the cat thing, though). Should I?)
WatchOne video game will change the world. From Of Varied Delights(reblogged from Jacob Bijani is Tumbling)
“In my picture of the world there is a vast outer realm and an equally vast inner...”
– Carl Jung
“The people” are well educated, informed, and enjoy stimulating intellectual...”
– Not A Blog™ » The Ironic The
Lemur CATTA: Comment Annoyance Trapping by Testing... →
Provides the benefits of a sort of integration test suite for your blog post. Defining statements that indicate both what your post does and does not say can help you make sure you’ve satisfied your requirements (getting your point across), and having commentators pass the test increases the chances that their comments will integrate properly (contribute to the conversation).
“Yellow Fruits and Vegetables are the root of All Evil. Some Purple Fruits and...”
– Nobody learns if nothing is brok3n: My whole belief system is destroyed
“The widely accepted definition of a six sigma process is one that produces 3.4...”
– Six Sigma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plurale tantum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
A plurale tantum (plural: pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant, though it may still refer to one or many of the objects it names. Many languages have pluralia tantum, such as the English words “scissors” and “pants”, or the Swedish word inälvor “intestines”.
“Sometimes when you find yourself asking that sarcastic, rhetorical question, the...”
– Mike Lee (he of the NSFW url)
Tumblr Follower Mode Screencast →
Just in (the likely) case I wasn’t clearly describing what it does.
Now I’ll shut up about it and get back to my normal posting.
Tumblr Follower Mode: Now With Auto-Refresh
Reload no more, friends. TFM now rechecks all of your followed tumbles every five minutes, so you don’t have to. I actually added this the day after I uploaded the original, but forgot about it until I was on a machine that had the released version. Userscripts.org seems to be borked right now, but has been updated, or you can get the get the updated version from my site.
“This site will serve not only as a homage to the greatest professions ever, but...”
– Ninjas And Pirates
Hoons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Hoons is Australian slang for a young motorist who uses his/her car in anti-social behaviour. Typical “hoon activity” is consists of doing wheelies, burn-outs, racing other motorists, running red lights, etc. Police and government departments do of course try to prevent hoon-like behavior by employing such tactics as the confiscation of cars and arresting suspects.
“But don’t be sad. We’ll always remember the good times: our first...”
– The Google Reader Team (on leaving “Labs”)
“Whimperative: an indirect command or request phrased as a question.”
– Away With Words: Word of the Week
Dude in Cadillac commercial: ....or you can be the hammer.
Me: Why would I want to be a tool?
“No matter how you slice it, the arguments of something must be done; help must...”
– Amy Hoy — I Don’t Like Articles about Women in Technology
“Today you will learn how to program some basic HTML code. When beginning, it is...”
– MIT OpenCourseware redefines “simple”
No Joy in Toldorknownville
My Powerbook’s power supply failed the smoke test this morning, and I won’t have a replacement until tomorrow night. :-(
“Also annoying but not surprising is the willingness of the media to push the...”
– Jonathan Coulton » Fake Female Me is Busted (via del.icio.us/43folders)
Kudos to Bob Lewis
For the first correct use of the phrase “begging the question” I’ve seen or heard in a very long time.
“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”
– Albert Einstein
Watch(travors says: ) Parkour and the movie is 13th District. Great action movie, this scene still makes my jaw drop.
(via yum9me)
Told or Known: Surfing the Tumblr Wide Web →
In which I create a Greasemonkey script to allow tumblrs to follow their “Friends” by moving from one tumble with fresh posts’s actual site to the next…
The UVic Writer's Guide: Who's/ Whose →
I really need to remember this.
Might as well call it "Boo!"
I wonder if anyone over at CNN realizes who’s whose work they’re doing by having a Daily Terror Watch.
WatchInternet People!