September 2010
24 posts
“Synecdoche, meaning “simultaneous understanding” is a figure of...”
– From Wikipedia
Examples:
Describing a complete vehicle as “wheels”
“plastic” for credit cards
“threads” for clothing
He’s good people. [Here, the word “people” is used to denote a specific instance of people, i.e. a person. So the sentence...
“A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase, typically a...”
– From Wikipedia
Examples:
The song “Sea Lion Woman”, was recorded in 1939 by Christine and Katherine Shipp, but was performed by Nina Simone under the title “See Line Woman” and later by Feist as “Sealion”. According to the liner notes from the compilation...
Blue Jays give Gaston triumphant sendoff →
Ten Things I Have Learned by Milton Glaser →
Word on OS X: Changing the default Paste... →
by Michel Bintener and MC, tech-archive.net
Create a new AppleScript with the following content:
tell application “Microsoft Word”
tell selection
set theClip to string of (the clipboard as record)
set newPoint to (selection start + (length of theClip))
set content of text object to theClip
set selection start to newPoint
set selection end to newPoint
end tell
end tell
...
“Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in...”
– Neal Stephenson, Anathem
WatchFree-climbing a 1768ft radio antenna for repairs. Holy fuck.
Why Alcohol is Good For You →
“It’s one of those medical anomalies that nobody can really explain: Longitudinal studies have consistently shown that people who don’t consume any alcohol at all tend to die before people who do. At first glance, this makes little sense.
Why would ingesting a psychoactive toxin that increases our risk of cancer, dementia and liver disease lengthen our lifespan?
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Of...
Vampires (Programmers) versus Werewolves... →
by Jeff Atwood, Coding Horror
The saga of System Administrators versus Programmers is not a new one; I don’t think I’ve ever worked at any company where these two factions weren’t continually battling with each other in some form. It’s truly an epic struggle, but to understand it, you have to appreciate that both System Administrators and Programmers have different, and...
