The sound of an ephemeral podcast
24 Jun 2005
10 Feb 2005
Today’s word is one we are all familiar with or at least a recent variation on it. The word is googol. Not the G-O-O-G-L-E of Google.com but the original googol that inspired Larry & Sergey to name their search tool Google. A googol is the number one followed by 100 zeros. It is very big [...]
7 Feb 2005
I came across todays word in a post over at BoingBoing.net. The word is venal. It is adjective used to describe a person or process that is corrupt. Especially one that is open to bribery or purchase. The Boing boing post is about the Cloud Gate statue at the Chicago Millennium Park. Apparently the $11 [...]