Archive for May, 2006
Wheaton’s Future Shock
Oh, man, I’d love to write stuff like Wil Wheaton’s gonzo article on E3 in the Onion’s A.V. Club.
Last week, though, it was net neutrality, and my second actual interview for the Tech section. It’s not exactly playing tennis with Shigeru Miyamoto, but I hope I explained the idea clearly enough.
Filling ant colonies with plaster. Not just for fun anymore
If you’ve ever wondered where the ants go when they scurry down their holes, check out these plaster casts of ant colonies. Incredible stuff, from the flat, round chambers to the vertical helical shafts connecting them.
(Found on Boing Boing)
So Dark the reaction of the critics
It’s early yet, and there are only seven reviews listed but The Da Vinci Code has a rating of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ouch.
Baladeeeee baladooooo
I was listening to the Radio-Canada Toronto stream at work today to see how far gone my French is, and I wondered if RC does podcasts. And what’s a “podcast” in French anyway?
Here’s the answer: Baladodiffusion.
A wonderful, Quebec government-approved word if I ever heard one. “Diffusion” is the word for broadcasting and “balado-” comes from “balladeur,” litterally, “wanderer,” the OQLF-approved word for Walkman and, now, iPod.
Of course, in reality, most French people call them “podcasting,” “Walkman” and “iPod.”
In Swiss French, by the by, it’s “podiffusion,” which cuts the number of syllables by a third.
Mos Eisley bookends
Han shoots first, right?
Well, you can play the scene however you like with your very own Mos Eisley Cantina bookends.
— “Ches ko po kuta x’esta klenko ya ooska.”
— “Yeah, I’ll bet you have.” [Piew, piew! ]
(via Boing Boing)