bitful

Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit. The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal.

To separate grain from chaff. To separate the good from the bad.

I am trying to save the world, but they sure do not make my life easy.
The kitchen scales batteries had gone. It cost nine pounds to replace them. New scales, batteries included, cost as little as nine pound 99. I insisted in buying the batteries instead. Yes, I know there are scales that run without [...]

Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile.

Here are the websites I bookmarked into my del.icio.us account last week:

The Inevitable March of Recorded Music Towards Free
Perhaps music will never be totally free as Techcrunch's founder argues. However, people will have to realise sooner than later that record labels have to reinvent themselves or disappear.
How to make a box out of a [...]

Eccentric or scatterbrained.

To level to the ground; demolish. See synonyms at ruin. To scrape or shave off.

A post from Overyourhead into my Google Reader, about delays in a Spanish airport, with the word 'delay' in Spanish.
And, right below it, that day's Spanish 'word of the day', which was… 'Delay'.
Either a very odd coincidence, or Google is getting more and more powerful these days.

With Oyster cards, you do not need a photocard any more
If you simply type 'time' into the search box, Google will tell you your local time. Type 'time' and a city, and it will tell you what time it is there. Type 'time' and a country with several time zones like Australia, and it will [...]

Fragments or splintered pieces; bits.

At some point this afternoon, searching for 'ditsy' on Answers.com made Google return Jessica Simpson merchandise as sponsored links.
It does not any more now, but I took a screenshot to prove it. Click on 'all sizes' for the original version where you can read all the text.

For the lucky ones among you who are unaware [...]

Gray or white with or as if with age. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence: hoary leaves. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.

Here are the websites I bookmarked into my del.icio.us account last week:

WP-DBManager
'control your complete WordPress database in your WP admin panel. Backup, restore, repair and optimize your database, without any knowledge requirement. You can even run SQL commands and add new tables to your database.'
How To Add Wordpress 2.3 Tags To Your Current Theme
'With [...]

A slightly arched surface, as of a road, a ship's deck, an airfoil, or a snow ski.

It was not without apprehension that last Saturday I set off to go visit my mother in Italy. She had been ill for a while, was taken to hospital for six weeks of tests last spring, but they could not find anything wrong. She was ill again recently, and this time the local hospital sent [...]

Said or done on purpose; deliberate. See synonyms at voluntary. Obstinately bent on having one's own way.

Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.

The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.