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Del.icio.us-linkit 12.05.2009 – 13.05.2009

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Word 268: Crepuscular

Yet my father did possess a certain radiance –– perhaps due to his habit of excessive, even idolatrous, sunbathing –– and so his death had and inevitably dimming, crepuscular effect.

crepuscular (adj) : like twilight; dim – source: Alison Bechdel: Fun Home – A Family Tragicomic (p. 124)

Word 267: Lissome

But the pose he strikes is not mincing or silly at all. He’s lissome, elegant.

lissome (adj) : gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike] – source: Alison Bechdel: Fun Home – A Family Tragicomic (p. 120)

Word 266: Wale

Next time I see you without it, I’ll wale you.

wale (n) 1: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: welt, weal, wheal] – wale (v) To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale. – source: Alison Bechdel: Fun Home – A Family Tragicomic (p. 97)

Del.icio.us-linkit 8.05.2009

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Del.icio.us-linkit 5.05.2009 – 8.05.2009

  • Why can't we concentrate? (Salon) – In many cases, the thing we wish we would do is not only more interesting but ultimately more fun than the things we do instead, and yet it seems to require a Herculean effort to make ourselves do it.
  • Internet Memes – siisti skrollattava timeline
  • Katsaus The Onionin bisnesmeininkeihin (AdAge) – That's the odd part. If you were to look up our media audit — which you're probably not going to do — our readership grew even though we took circulation down. The pass-around factor for The Onion is pretty huge.

    The fact is that print, despite what we did this week in those two places, is a really good business for us. It's a very solid, nice chunk of cash. I personally think that there's room for us to grow the print business. Some of my younger colleagues don't agree with me.

  • The highs and lows of Auto-Tune – The most important piece of musical equipment of the last 10 years is not an instrument or a physical object. It’s called Auto-Tune and is used on roughly 90 per cent of all pop songs. It is what’s known as a ‘plug-in’, a specialized piece of software made to be inserted into other, bigger pieces of audio software. Auto-Tune bends off-key notes into pitch perfection.
  • Oliver Blank – We Were Walking In The Rain EP

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Word 265: Myrmidon

It is true that Cheney and his myrmidons did use torture (while carefully avoiding the term itself) as a campaign platform.

myrmidon (n) 1: a follower who carries out orders without question; 2: (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy – source: Alex Gibney: First Blog

Elinikäinen duuni Yhdysvalloissa

Jo joskus aiemminkin sattui silmään muotoilu lehdistön työsuhteen kestävyydestä Yhdysvalloissa:

A simple compromise on lifetime job guarantees is the right answer to breaking the impasse between the Boston Globe and its largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild. The compromise would be for the union to abandon the archaic concept of preserving lifetime jobs for its most senior members.

Voisiko joku paikallista työelämää paremmin tunteva valaista, miten laajalle levinnyt kyseinen käytäntö oikein on ja mikä sen historia on? Kuulostaa nimittäin aika hurjalta.