February 2009
20 posts
Exonym and endonym - Wikipedia, the free... →
“An exonym (from the Greek: ἔξω, éxō, “out” and ὄνομα, ónoma, “name”) is a name for a place that is not used within that place by the local inhabitants (neither in the official language of the state nor in local languages),[1] or a name for a people or language that is not used by the people or language to which it refers. The name used by the people or locals...
Columbarium, San Francisco - a set on Flickr →
Reptoid Research Center →
“‘Aliens are beings coming from Earth?’ Yes, it’s looking to be a more reasonable answer than those offered by previous generations. Consider this fact: While scientists are proud of their cataloging approximately two and a half million life forms, they reservedly estimate the total number of life forms to be approximately between 100 million and 150 million! That means...
Honey, Where You Been So Long? →
“This idea of presenting the blues then evolved into I really want to listen to 80 versions of Stagolee and 100 versions of St. James Infirmary right now.”
Goudy Thirty →
“As I worked on it I had determined to make it, as far as I was able, my last word in type design, a type in which i would give my imagination full rein, and a type by which as a designer of types I would be willing to stand or fall, even though not here in the flesh to defend its possible vagaries or idiosyncracies.”
:::::CYBERSYN/Cybernetic Synergy::::: →
“What you are about to hear today is revolutionary…it is revolutionary because we are making a deliberate effort to give the people the power that science gives to us, enabling them to use it freely.”
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“Some men like Jack
And some like Jill
I’m glad that I like
Them both, but...”
– Dubious by Vikram Seth
MySpace.com Blogs - Courtney Love MySpace Blog →
“if you see my collage and can feel my vibe this was done right as i was getting receiving the art, and then i saw a dead bird on the beach but facing away it looked exactly like a phoenix so new birth from the ashes, it was a potent symbol in front of tom hanks house, all i know is if you believe in astrology this should put you off”
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“MR. SEEGER: I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am...”
– House Un-American Activities Committee, August 18, 1955
P&P ONLINE CATALOG - WPA POSTERS →
Ballad For Americans - Wikipedia, the free...
Edo Nyland's Home Page. Linguistic Archaeology. →
“Most of the words in the English language were made up by the Benedictines and grammarians in their scriptoria, some later evolved from the words these linguists invented. The monks did the word construction mostly by writing a short sentence describing the subject in Basque. In some cases they used wisecracks or jokes, even crude remarks and personal feelings.”
Bedpost →
Bedpost is a personal web application that will give you some insight into your sex life.
Mozart's Musikalisches Würfelspiel →
In 1787, Mozart wrote the measures and instructions for a musical composition dice game. The idea is to cut and paste pre-written measures of music together to create a Minuet. This site is an implementation of such a game.
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