April 2010


Google closes the book on the etymology of “digitized.” Beautiful.

Digitize

Yesterday, the New York Times published “Why Do Educated People Use Bad Words?” on the Opinion page as part of its series Room For Debate: A Running Commentary on the News. The Times piece was dull, but it gave me an excuse to visit and play at the never-dull Google News archives.


Search:

Google News Archives Timeline for "Fuck OR Shit" 


Selected results:

Quebec's Latest Fuck

Fuck Distinctions

College Fuck Season William Fuckstink  Justice Fuck Spuing Fuck  Fuck Favors  Fuck Again Shit Abandoned at SeaHospitals Shit, Open Emergency Rooms Owner Must Shit Shit! See It! See It!Shit1932 Shit Deposit Boxes Will be OpenedFree Shit

Today’s earthquake is about 150 miles from the much larger 2004 earthquake.

Sumatra

[This would be a real interactive map if Google Maps embedding weren’t broken.]

The USGS page on today’s earthquake is here.

Terri2010

Classic lens (c. 1965), new camera (2009), and best sister (pre-1965), not necessarily in that order.

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