obstreperous
Noisily and stubbornly defiant. Aggressively boisterous.
Noisily and stubbornly defiant. Aggressively boisterous.
I wish I could write a post on how to manage multiple online identities.
The truth is, I thought I knew how, but I don't any more.
All I have done so far is maintain two identities, one as bitful and one as my firstnamelastname. Two Flickr accounts, two email addresses, two websites (firstnamemylastname.com currently being [...]
One who behaves in a stealthy, furtive way
Dave Winer (RSS/XML pioneer/evangelist) on interplanetary data storage:
I'd like to pay a few bucks to beam my thoughts to a nearby solar system that might have intelligent life.
Back in the 70s, I thought it was really cool when they sent a satellite into the cosmos bearing a copy of the Magna Carta and Declaration of [...]
Intended to ward off evil
What a lovely break. I approached it somewhat tentatively, because my last beach holiday was not very relaxing (big group of people, lots of partying, living mainly during the night - nothing I couldn't do in London). But I kept an open mind and went with the flow.
The flow consisted of a perfect mix of [...]
To reduce the intensity of; relieve. To calm or pacify; set to rest.
In gaming, to trounce an opponent totally and completely.
Transfer of title to property from one person to another. The document by which a property transfer is effected.
Wreckage or cargo that remains afloat after a ship has sunk. Discarded odds and ends.
A common word such as "the," "of," "on," and "a." Stop words are not indexed, and when used in a query, are also ignored.
A stiff, rigid clay or a chalk, used in early British construction.
Of like mind or temperament; compatible. Having attractive qualities; pleasing.
A type of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms, senseless laughter, delusions, hallucinations, and regressive behavior.
I am leaving on Thursday morning for five days in Spain, and along with scouring the city to get myself a good stock of cheap SPF50 lotion, I've been finding three new ways to revise and improve my Spanish (last time I only Michel Thomassed myself until my ears were bleeding in Spanish):
Marina and Ben's [...]
Continue reading How I'm brushing up my SpanishOf course; naturally.
Marked or characterized by overacting; affectedly humorous or dramatic.
Charming, often in a childlike or naive way.
A few statements (I'd say facts, but I have no means to verify them) from the article Revealed: Why prices are rising faster in rip-off UK (thisislondon.co.uk, 30 May 2007):
"British consumers are suffering the biggest increases in food prices and energy bills of any major economy"
"Tesco and Asda have claimed that poor harvests and rising [...]
Any of various ritualistic geometric designs symbolic of the universe, used in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation.
I like to record data and then I like to look at data. Sometimes I like to share data.
Just like I like to write down every single penny I spend, I also enjoy making a note of every single calorie that passes my lips. I then weigh myself every morning and in order to [...]
I have just added Subscribe to Comments 2.1 to the list of WordPress plugins I use on bitful.com.
When you leave a comment, you can now choose to be notified via email of future comments to the same post.
I could configure it to let you subscribe to comments even without leaving one but frankly, I already [...]
To hit a ball in a high arc. To move heavily or clumsily.