6 Jan 2005
Today’s word was heard on Dawn and Drew’s Monday podcast. The word is shiftless. Shiftless is an adjective that means lazy, lacking drive and motivation or just incompetent. I will withhold judgment on Dawn an Drew’s listeners but sloths are notoriously shiftless.Dawn’s last name is spelled Miceli.
5 Jan 2005
Today’s word can be found in a post on BoingBoing.net. The post is about Wikipedia.organd the recent discussions about it’s future. The word is inimical. It is an adjective that describes something harmful or hostile. It comes from the latin inimcus which is also the root of the word enemy. Clay Shirky used the word [...]
4 Jan 2005
30 Dec 2004
Sorry for the late post. Time is no man’s friend. Today’s word, aether, comes from a great article about Albert Einstein in the Economist. It is a short, 2500 word, article summarizing the Einstein’s theories of relativity and quantum physics as well their impact on modern physics and cosmology. I strongly recommend reading it. The [...]
29 Dec 2004
Another request. Abracadabra was suggested by Will Simpson of WillSimpson.org. Will is a fellow podcaster and claims not to be a professional photographer but he is clearly talented. Check out his website for some beautiful photos of the western United Sates along with commentary via podcast. Hopefully one day we will be able to have [...]