Check out this bike scene: I walked by this little disaster the other day. What I can gather is that a car hopped a curb, smashed into a “No Stopping” sign, and managed to crush a bike with said “No Stopping” sign. What a terrible coincidence that a thin little pole could fall in exactly the right… Continue reading Tough Luck
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Rhymes with Orange
Aside from being an idea for a possible indie band or the name of an improv troupe, the idea of something that “rhymes with orange,” is that it doesn’t exist. Well come on people, poetic license! Artistic license (the broader family that poetic license belongs to) just begs for reality to be distorted. It’s unfathomable… Continue reading Rhymes with Orange
May the Fourth
Today is, what I would guess, the nerdiest holiday of the year, “May the Fourth.” As in, May the Fourth be with you, a Star Wars related pun. I have a love/hate relationship with puns. They can be cheap humor, but if executed right they’re amazing. Luke-aly, I’m pro-May the Fourth, it’s a clever one.… Continue reading May the Fourth
Genericized!
I think we’ve all heard of this concept, a brand name that becomes the common term for something—like Band-Aid™, Hula hoop™, Tupperware™, Aspirin, etc. All of those are former or current brand names of things. They’re called genericized trademarks and I think the idea of them is common knowledge. I find that a lot of people… Continue reading Genericized!
Keep on trolling, baby
I was talking to someone the other day about how people (read: nerds) on the internet love to complain about things and attack bloggers who hate on their favorite stuff. I realized I don’t openly invite these swarms of people here and that’s my bad. Imagine if I had cool (cool?) nerd arguments in the… Continue reading Keep on trolling, baby
Adding consonants and so forth
“Eck cetera” is not a thing. People who say that are probably thinking of “et cetera,” which is a real thing (shortened as “etc.”) This bothers me in a way that pronouncing the “t” in “often” never could. At least most dictionaries say it’s okay to pronounce “often” that way (it still bugs me). Though I’m… Continue reading Adding consonants and so forth
Something about Instagram and Facebook
The big internet shock from the other day is that Instagram was purchased by Facebook. I have mixed feelings about this. My immediate reaction is that this is bad for innovation. A large, well established company buys a small but energetic company and probably ruins what’s great about it. Then I think about examples like… Continue reading Something about Instagram and Facebook