Category: Musicology

  • Etymology of monk dimin'?

    First of all, let me just say that I completely love Achewood. The comic is funny, clever, well written, hip, profane, and sometimes astonishing. In a recent strip, Beef commiserates with Ray because Ray is going bald (or is it mange?), and he uses an expression to describe going bald: monk dimin’. I did a…

  • Question about OpenID data policies

    Just when I was really starting to enjoy not blogging, I find myself compelled to ramp up the post-o-matic for the new year. I was just writing a comment on a recent blog entry from Chris Messina and decided to use my OpenID identity attached to this blog (although actually brokered by MyOpenID.com, which presented…

  • The twelve-month review

    Levi Asher tagged me with a meme, according to which I am to list the first sentence of the first post of each month for the past year. I’m game: * January: “The talented Lisa Williams has launched Placeblogger” (Local blogging gets a site) * February: “Grab your preferred username at Useless Account before someone…

  • Calendar made of people

    The big version of the human calendar is amazing! The portable version is kind of cool too. From Craig Griffen, who also brought you the human clock.

  • I am not Spock

    I trust these people but why lodge that information with Spock.com?

  • Voice over iPod?

    Remember when I said that an iPod touch with wifi and Skype (or similar) would obviate the need for an iPhone? Well, according to the unofficial Apple weblog, that day may be closer than ever: > [iPod] touch hacker eok has ported Samuel’s SvSIP to the iPod. SvSIP uses the SIP protocol to connect to…