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Archive for June 2007

obstreperous

Saturday 16 June 2007

Noisily and stubbornly defiant. Aggressively boisterous.

How to manage multiple online identities

Friday 15 June 2007

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 [...]

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prowler

Friday 15 June 2007

One who behaves in a stealthy, furtive way

Interplanetary data storage

Thursday 14 June 2007

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 [...]

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apotropaic

Thursday 14 June 2007

Intended to ward off evil

Back from five lovely days in Spain

Wednesday 13 June 2007

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 [...]

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allay

Wednesday 13 June 2007

To reduce the intensity of; relieve. To calm or pacify; set to rest.

pwn

Tuesday 12 June 2007

In gaming, to trounce an opponent totally and completely.

conveyance

Monday 11 June 2007

Transfer of title to property from one person to another. The document by which a property transfer is effected.

flotsam

Sunday 10 June 2007

Wreckage or cargo that remains afloat after a ship has sunk. Discarded odds and ends.

stop word

Saturday 9 June 2007

A common word such as "the," "of," "on," and "a." Stop words are not indexed, and when used in a query, are also ignored.

clunch

Friday 8 June 2007

A stiff, rigid clay or a chalk, used in early British construction.

simpatico

Thursday 7 June 2007

Of like mind or temperament; compatible. Having attractive qualities; pleasing.

hebephrenia

Wednesday 6 June 2007

A type of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms, senseless laughter, delusions, hallucinations, and regressive behavior.

How I'm brushing up my Spanish

Tuesday 5 June 2007

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 [...]

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natch

Tuesday 5 June 2007

Of course; naturally.

hammy

Monday 4 June 2007

Marked or characterized by overacting; affectedly humorous or dramatic.

winsome

Sunday 3 June 2007

Charming, often in a childlike or naive way.

How expensive is your cheap food?

Saturday 2 June 2007

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 [...]

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mandala

Saturday 2 June 2007

Any of various ritualistic geometric designs symbolic of the universe, used in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation.

June will be light orange

Friday 1 June 2007

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 [...]

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New feature: subscribe to comments

Friday 1 June 2007

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 [...]

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lob

Friday 1 June 2007

To hit a ball in a high arc. To move heavily or clumsily.