Fri Nov 30
Thu Nov 29
Tue Nov 27
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pe•nol•o•gy
[pee-nol-uh-jee]
— noun
The study, theory, and practice of prison management and criminal rehabilitation.
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“ I’m not afraid of heights. I’m afraid of fallin’. ”
Travis in Paris, Texas
Mon Nov 26
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el•a•tive
[ee-luh-tiv]
— adjective
Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating motion out of a place in some languages, as in Finnish hotellista, “out of the hotel”.
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“ He was not enthusiastic about the picnic, but, then, no more were the ladies – no one was enthusiastic, yet it took place. ”
From A Passage to India
Fri Nov 23
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“ Now that Norman Mailer has passed on, the big question is: Who gets his legos? ”
New York Post
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Paul Rand: form and content
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Tip Leopard Web Receipts folder
When you buy something online using OS X 10.5, you can “print” your order confirmation directly into the ~/Documents/Web Receipts folder. Choose Print from the File menu, then click Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder in the PDF menu.
Thu Nov 22
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“ When you turn your car on does it return the favor? ”
Cadillac commercial
Wed Nov 21
Tue Nov 20
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Cats talking
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Tip Accented letters on the iPhone keyboard
If you press and hold down a letter on the iPhone keyboard, such as the letter N, after several seconds a list of accented versions, such as Ñ, will appear.
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en•tre•chat
[ahn-truh-sha]
— noun
A jump in ballet during which the dancer crosses the legs a number of times, alternately back and forth.
Mon Nov 19
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at•a•rax•i•a
[at-uh-rak-see-uh]
— noun
A state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.
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“ Grab and eat, grab and drink; for this world from which we must eventually depart is like a wedding party. ”
The Talmud- Eruvin 54a
Sat Nov 17
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Earthrise / Earthset from Japan’s KAGUYA lunar explorer
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“ I’m in a faraway place. But I’m all right because you’re coming to rescue me. ”
Princess Peach, in a letter to Mario
Thu Nov 15
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sub•au•di•tion
[suhb-aw-dish-uhn]
— noun
The act of understanding and mentally supplying a word or thought that has been implied but not expressed.
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Dawn Landes – Young Folks
Wed Nov 14
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“ I wish the west Texas highway was a Möbius strip. ”
John Darnielle
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tel•es•the•sia
[tuhl-uhs-thee-zhuh]
— noun
Response to or perception of distant stimuli by extrasensory means.
Tue Nov 13
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su•pi•nate
[soo-puh-neyt]
— verb
1. To turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm faces up or forward.
2. To turn or rotate (the foot) by adduction and inversion so that the outer edge of the sole bears the body’s weight.
2. To turn or rotate (the foot) by adduction and inversion so that the outer edge of the sole bears the body’s weight.
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Portal
Mon Nov 12
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Tip Quick Look from the command line
Leopard ships with a command called ‘qlmanage’. The -p option shows a preview of the file specified:
qlmanage -p thefile
You can extend this by creating the following shell script to prevent the output from displaying:
#!/bin/bash
qlmanage -p $1 >& /dev/null &
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“ When I start seeing rap stars flashing euros instead of U.S. dollars, I know our economy is in trouble. ”
Mark Olson
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Leonard Nimoy’s Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
Sat Nov 10
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su•per•fe•cun•da•tion
[soo-per-fee-kuhn-dey-shuhn]
— noun
Fertilization of more than one ovum within a single menstrual cycle by separate acts of coitus, especially by different males.
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“ He is a man whose faults, though many, add to rather than subtract from the sum of his natural achievements. ”
Gore Vidal on Norman Mailer
Fri Nov 9
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Rails core
David H. - imho, the schema.rb is a more authoritative version of the schema than all the migrations are
Michael K. - your opinion is neither humble, nor correct ;)
David H. - yeah, I should learn to drop that h ;)
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“ If people aren’t complaining that it wouldn’t work in the real world, it’s probably not worth writing about. ”
David Heinemeier Hansson
Thu Nov 8
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ta•phon•o•my
[tuh-fon-uh-mee]
— noun
1. The study of the conditions and processes by which organisms become fossilized.
2. The conditions and processes of fossilization.
2. The conditions and processes of fossilization.
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IM
Marcel - Texas (where I live) is bigger than all of France
Marcel - It takes 15 hours to drive from one side to the other
Laurent - I recently read an article that claimed that it would be possible to fit the entire population of earth in Texas
Laurent - and the people could still have a decent living space
Wed Nov 7
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights
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ter•giv•er•sate
[tur-ji-ver-seyt]
— verb
1. To use evasions or ambiguities; equivocate.
2. To change sides; apostatize.
2. To change sides; apostatize.
Tue Nov 6
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Pierre Henry – Psyché Rock
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“ I love all programming languages, except for several. ”
Matz
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Welt•schmerz
[velt-shmerts]
— noun
Sadness over the evils of the world, especially as an expression of romantic pessimism.
Sun Nov 4
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tel•e•ol•o•gy
[tel-ee-ol-uh-jee]
— noun
1. The study of design or purpose in natural phenomena.
2. The use of ultimate purpose or design as means of explaining phenomena.
3. Belief in or the perception of purposeful development toward an end, as in nature or history.
2. The use of ultimate purpose or design as means of explaining phenomena.
3. Belief in or the perception of purposeful development toward an end, as in nature or history.
Sat Nov 3
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Tip Class Variables
In his RubyConf 2007 Keynote presentation Matz stated that, as a general rule, you should not use class variables.
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tal•i•on
[tal-ee-uhn]
— noun
A punishment identical to the offense, as the death penalty for murder.
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“ The suits people are surrounding us. ”
Matz, on Ruby becoming “Enterprisey”
Fri Nov 2
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“ Models are perfectly beautiful, but without sufficient training make terrible neurosurgeons. ”
Marcel on Beauty
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