Projectionist: A tumblelog

Thu Jan 31

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Iron Smile by Garret Morin

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cul•ti•gen

[kuhl-tuh-juhn] — noun

An organism, especially a cultivated plant such as a banana, not known to have a wild or uncultivated counter part.

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Paper airplane flight

Wed Jan 30

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Best monkey patch ever

class Object
  def to_f
    fail
  end
end

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Chloe the long haired daschund

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xer•o•sto•mi•a

[zeer-uh-stoh-mee-uh] — noun

Abnormal dryness of the mouth.

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Willie Nelson — It’s Always Now

Tue Jan 29

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Roche limit

[rosh] — noun

The smallest distance at which a natural satellite can orbit a celestial body without being torn apart by the larger body’s gravitational force. The distance depends on the densities of the two bodies and the orbit of the satellite.

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Killing the Blues

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

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Phosphorescent – At Death, a Proclamation

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“ Harry thinks if you call him Harry one more time he’s gonna make you eat that cat. ”

Harry in Night Moves

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Inside-out bears

Mon Jan 28

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sprach•ge•fühl

[shprahkh-guh-fyl] — noun

German A feeling for language; an ear for the idiomatically correct or appropriate.

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Scout made it into the newspaper

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Silver Stallion

Cat Power

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Feist – I feel it all

Sat Jan 26

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Tip Almond in a raspberry

Stick an almond into the concavity of a raspberry. Eat it.

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fig•u•rant

[fig-yuh-rant] — noun

1. A member of a corps de ballet who does not perform solos.
2. A stage performer having no speaking part.

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David Karp over a light box

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Still The Same

Bob Seger

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How Camera Lenses Are Made

Thu Jan 24

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“ Clutter and overload are not an attribute of information, they are failures of design. ”

Edward Tufte

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Europe — 1870

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Coconut

The Sea and Cake

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be•zoar

[bee-zawr] — noun

A hard indigestible mass of material, such as hair, vegetable fibers, or fruits, found in the stomachs or intestines of animals, especially ruminants, and humans. It was formerly considered to be an antidote to poisons and to posses magic properties.

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Tip Only use soft bristled tooth brushes

Dentists recommend you only use soft bristled tooth brushes. Medium or hard bristled tooth brushes are apparently marketing ploys and not recommended.

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Dolphins blowing rings

Tue Jan 22

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ap•ter•ous

[ap-ter-uhs] — adjective

1. Zoology Having no wings or winglike extensions: an apterous insect.
2. Botany Without membranous expansions, as a stem.

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“ What are you going to write worthy of me? ”

J. J. Abrams’ Powerbook

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Cornelius – Eyes

Mon Jan 21

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“ Test cannot be started because it already doesn’t exist. ”

AVG error message

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A Zorse

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mi•san•dry

[mis-an-dree] — noun

Hatred of men.

Fri Jan 18

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Push this button over there

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“ Were I to choose an auspicious image for the new millennium, I would choose this one: The sudden agile leap of the poet-philosopher who raises himself above the weight of the world, showing that with all his gravity he has the secret of lightness, and that what many consider to be the vitality of the times-noisy, aggressive, revving and roaring- belongs to the realm of death, like a cemetary for rusty, old cars. ”

Italo Calvino

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Dr. Steve Brule: Living on your Lonesome

Thu Jan 17

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[sas-er-doht-l] — adjective

Of or relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly.

Tue Jan 15

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“ There was music then there was the iPod. There were phones and then there was the iPhone. ”

Jim Gianopoulos

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Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru

Gruff Rhys

Fri Jan 11

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“ I just ripped my own bodice with anticipation. ”

Patrick Henry Ewing

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Tip Stop someone from snoring

If you bed partner is snoring, make several clicking noises with the side of your mouth.

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My First Crush

Mon Jan 7

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“Yo” is the new “Hir”

Language experts in the US say since at least 2004 students have been saying “yo” as a substitute for gender specific pronouns and the trend is growing.

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Playboy

Hot Chip

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“ I have a prediction for 2008: you fail. ”

uncov

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Settlers of Catan

Sat Jan 5

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“ This is the DANCING bone! ”

A 3 year old holding up a model pelvis at the Providence Children’s Museum