Frakative
A grammatical form used exclusively with pop-cultural euphemistic neologisms. It should not be confused with the frelling tense.
Words that can be found taking the frakative include frak, felgercarb, frell, dren, flarn, fard, fark, joojooflop, turlingdrome, swut, *beep*, shazbat, and Margaret Thatcher.
The word of the day, may or may not be Agnotology.
Please stay tuned for further details.
It's even onomatopoetic ... in an abstract impressionism sort of way.
The chapectomy from Photoshop Disasters.
This one is worth it for the social analysis.
Not still sick. I hope. The dirty secret is I put these all up at the same time a few days ago when brain was all mushy ... o.O
Apparently a use of the word "moderated" I have never heard before.
"If a level is found to be in violation of the EULA it will be moderated," said the game's senior community development manager in a forum response. "We're moving towards a system where additional information is given, however for the time being if you don't want your level moderating avoid anything unsuitable for users of all ages and copyright content."
Perhaps Sony needs a dictionary. I mean, I would hope they moderate all levels of LittleBigPlanet, and not just the questionable ones. Otherwise how will they be able to assess which ones to ban?
On the other hand, they probably mean the same thing when they tell people they will take their complaints under "consideration." Oh wait, someone claiming to be from Sony is at the door and wants me to step out back so they can "explain" something to me ... brb.
[via Wired]
Some commentary on words in architecture, and elsewhere, that have been beaten to death by overuse and obliviousness from and by Lebbeus Woods.
future
Once upon a time, the future was where wondrous and terrible things were going to happen, where the present would be transformed, for better or worse, and in a sense reach fruition. The idea of the future has all but vanished from architectural conversation and discussion. Perhaps because the present is one of self-satisfaction—there is nothing to ripen and mature—and no great chances being taken that can succeed, or fail. Perhaps the future has become just another place we already know, or hope we know.
borders
From Mute magazine.
The Mavericks get annoyed at McCain stealing their name.
Which means the word of the day is "gobbledygook".
Or is it?
And here I was planning on avoiding politics, but I really can't resist.
With fuel costs skyrocketing, and airlines hurting because of it ... maybe this should be the future of trans-oceanic flight.
An article from the BCC on the Soviet Ekranoplan, aka. The Caspian Sea Monster.
This is a salient quote:
What they were looking at was, in fact, an Ekranoplan; a wing in ground effect or WIG craft designed to fly at very high speed a few metres over the top of the sea. It sounds not unlike a hovercraft. But where a hovercraft floats on a skirt of air, the Ekranoplan sits clean above the surface and relies on a well known, if little understood aerodynamic phenomenon called "ground-effect".
In very simple terms the wing produces a dynamic cushion of air when it's close to the ground and the Ekranoplan effectively rides upon this. It's the same effect that pelicans use when flying low over the sea and it's a remarkably efficient way of flying, actually increasing lift by as much as 40%. All of which means the Ekranoplan was far more efficient than conventional aeroplanes.
Now, update the technologies to the modern day ... all the while thinking about a 40% increase in efficiency.
The Japanese seem to love words about different types of sorrow. There are not many languages where the words for sorrow can be both positive and negative in connotation. Anyway ...
From treehugger: Mottainai! "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" Gets Ethical in Japan and Beyond
The word of the day is Biblionomatopoeia.
Brought to you by the good folks at Design Observer.
Mitchell Joachim on sustainability (from Wired).
"I don't like the term," he says. "It's not evocative enough. You don't want your marriage to be sustainable. You want to be evolving, nurturing, learning."
Only in Japan could you get cookies as commercial tie-ins to the current prime minister ...
From Pink Tentacles.
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