Comments on: Of Double Dactyls, Electric Velocipedes, and Hedgehogs http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/07/of-double-dactyls-electric-velocipedes-and-hedgehogs/ Ridiculous Pursuits, Solemn Matters Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:10:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/07/of-double-dactyls-electric-velocipedes-and-hedgehogs/comment-page-1/#comment-7604 John Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:41:57 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5076#comment-7604 marta, brudder: One of my favorite things to do there -- this is really a stupid, stupid, vain party game, so prepare yourself for disillusion -- involves the statistic on the right-hand side of the page, showing how many people have already looked up that word. The game's objective is just to come up with a word (a real one, of course) about which you are the first inquirer. The reward: satisfaction that you are indeed smart as a whip. (Unfortunately, this lasts only until I look away from the computer screen and see all the evidence to the contrary.) The only word I think I've "won" with so far: abraxas. Aside from the title of the Santana album, I thought I remembered that it was some sort of jewelry or badge. Not quite, but close. My own reCaptcha: <em>Ave menage</em>: a Christmas carol sung almost exclusively in churches favoring polygamy.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7604','John'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7604','John','marta, brudder: One of my favorite things to do there -- this is really a stupid, stupid, vain party game, so prepare yourself for disillusion -- involves the statistic on the right-hand side of the page, showing how many people have already looked up that word. The game\'s objective is just to come up with a word (a real one, of course) about which you are the first inquirer. The reward: satisfaction that you are indeed smart as a whip. (Unfortunately, this lasts only until I look away from the computer screen and see all the evidence to the contrary.)\r\n\r\nThe only word I think I\'ve \"won\" with so far: abraxas. Aside from the title of the Santana album, I thought I remembered that it was some sort of jewelry or badge. Not quite, but close.\r\n\r\nMy own reCaptcha: <em>Ave menage<\/em>: a Christmas carol sung almost exclusively in churches favoring polygamy.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> marta, brudder: One of my favorite things to do there — this is really a stupid, stupid, vain party game, so prepare yourself for disillusion — involves the statistic on the right-hand side of the page, showing how many people have already looked up that word. The game’s objective is just to come up with a word (a real one, of course) about which you are the first inquirer. The reward: satisfaction that you are indeed smart as a whip. (Unfortunately, this lasts only until I look away from the computer screen and see all the evidence to the contrary.)

The only word I think I’ve “won” with so far: abraxas. Aside from the title of the Santana album, I thought I remembered that it was some sort of jewelry or badge. Not quite, but close.

My own reCaptcha: Ave menage: a Christmas carol sung almost exclusively in churches favoring polygamy.

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]]> By: s.o.m.e.one's brudder http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/07/of-double-dactyls-electric-velocipedes-and-hedgehogs/comment-page-1/#comment-7587 s.o.m.e.one's brudder Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:17:06 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5076#comment-7587 apparently not many architecture nerds are yet attending to Wordnik. I've tried a few random samples and they're woefully short on identity at the site. Might just have to join and begin to fluff it up a bit. Very interesting video w/Ms. McKean I must say, though. reCaptchas could put a challenge on WordNik, too - "rheostat Houthhakker". Say what?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7587','s.o.m.e.one\'s brudder'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7587','s.o.m.e.one\'s brudder','apparently not many architecture nerds are yet attending to Wordnik. I\'ve tried a few random samples and they\'re woefully short on identity at the site. Might just have to join and begin to fluff it up a bit. Very interesting video w\/Ms. McKean I must say, though. reCaptchas could put a challenge on WordNik, too - \"rheostat Houthhakker\". Say what?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> apparently not many architecture nerds are yet attending to Wordnik. I’ve tried a few random samples and they’re woefully short on identity at the site. Might just have to join and begin to fluff it up a bit. Very interesting video w/Ms. McKean I must say, though. reCaptchas could put a challenge on WordNik, too – “rheostat Houthhakker”. Say what?
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]]> By: marta http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/07/of-double-dactyls-electric-velocipedes-and-hedgehogs/comment-page-1/#comment-7551 marta Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:01:04 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5076#comment-7551 I went to wordnik for the first time and typed in the word neurotic. You know, just to start somewhere. The site is very cool.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7551','marta'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7551','marta','I went to wordnik for the first time and typed in the word neurotic. You know, just to start somewhere. The site is very cool.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I went to wordnik for the first time and typed in the word neurotic. You know, just to start somewhere. The site is very cool.
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