May 14, 2007
The Heaven Virus
In connection with the publication of Cliff Pickover’s 40th book, The Heaven Virus, here is a post co-blogged with the prolific author and famed scientist. The subject of this post is “Question Reality: Mind Uploading, Simulated Worlds, and Beyond”, and (more than a colaboration), it mostly contains some of the articles used as source material in the creation of the novel. Enjoy –
Flannery-Dailey, Frances, Robot Heavens and Robot Dreams: Ultimate Reality in A.I. and Other Recent Films. (Journal of Religion and Film, 7/2, October, 2003)
Hanson, Robin, If the Uploads Come First: The Crack of a Future Dawn. Article originally appeared in Extropy 6:2, 1994. More by Hanson - Fourteen Wild Ideas: Five Of Which Are True
Mind Uploading Home Page is dedicated to the putative future process of copying one's mind from the natural substrate of the brain into an artificial one, manufactured by humans
Are You Living In a Computer Simulation?. Also, Edge: In the Matrix by Martin Rees
Matrix Revelations: The Wachowski Brothers FAQ. (WIRED, 11(11), November 2003)
The Simulation Argument: Why the Probability that You Are Living in a Matrix is Quite High
Universal Limits on Computation
Chown, Marcus, "Random Reality"
Process Physics from wikipedia
The Singularity by Sandberg, Anders
Parallel Universes, the Matrix, and Superintelligence, published on KurzweilAI.net , June 26, 2003
Elsewhere: Esalen and the Religion of No Religion by Jeffrey J. Kripal. (Heard on Air Talk on may 8th 2007)
"Dear James Randi, I am writing to you in regard to your offer of $1 million to anyone who can demonstrate, under proper conditions of scientific trial, paranormal abilities"
More about Cliff Pickover: His collection of masks. His list of the "Top Ten" evil people of all time. Do Other Universes Exist? on APOD, March 1, 2006. Pickford on Literature map. His website and his blogs Reality Carnival and The Wikipedia Knowledge Dump. Thank you, Cliff.
All previous co-blogged posts archived here. If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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March 20, 2007
Walking on air
A parachuter is taking one giant step, on an invisible current of air
A glass floor is transparent section of a floor in a building or a boat. Usually made of a reinforced glass, the most common use is as a tourist attraction. The highest above ground level is in the CN Tower in Toronto. The highest glass floor in a building in Europe is in the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth. The highest in Oceania is in the observation deck of Sky Tower in Auckland
Design and construction of Spinnaker Tower (From Apothecary's Drawer)
Here's a snapshot of "Sarah and Debbie standing on glass plates in the Auckland Sky Tower about 700 feet up in the air. This was just a few moments before lightning struck the tower." I'd say this counts as "walking on air"
One attraction of the Macau Tower is the "skywalk," which can be quite scary in cases of strong winds
The making of the Grand Canyon glass bridge
These lone Converse shoes hanging on a power line are walking on air. These occupied shoes are walking even higher
Back in 1934, Popular Mechanics featured newfangled boots with built-in rubber bladders, promising the sensation of "walking on air"
These guys in the treetops may be secured by ropes, but they're certainly walking on air
Mohammad Asif walking on air
Is this Washington Post photo an optical illusion or a Photoshop job?
Of course, the masters of walking on air are caterpillars
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, and (for the 5th time!) doing it with eccentric scholar and "language fanatic" Craig Conley of strange and Unusual dictionaries. Craig blogs at Abecedarian, and he provided most all of today’s links. (All previous posts archived here.) Thank you again, Craig! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
April 14 Update: Glass Floor series on Knuttz
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March 15, 2007
Little red books
Chairman Mao riding beside Lin Biao in his Red Flag Limousine
Mao Beer tap created by Joel Colley for Jim Riswold's Mao Home and Garden opening. (From Alchemi)
New Year Prints (and chubby babies from Stefan Landsberger’s site of Chinese propaganda posters)
Mao on YouTube. Also there, I'm the Wife of Mao Zedong from “Nixon In China”
Satellite photo of the Mao Mausoleum. (Here are some other interesting images of Pudong)
Chairman Mao's locomotive at the China Railway Museum
Test if your website is censored with the Great Firewall of China
Snow and other poems & works by Mao Tse-Tung
Previously-blogged here: Miniature Long March and Chairman Mao tea set
Mao Ketchup Art. (More Speed Painting with Ketchup on YouTube)
Expensive Mao postal stamps
Wang’s Tiny Museum of Mao Memorabilia
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time Dwight D. McWethy from Beijing, webmaster of The East is Red, who provided most of today’s links. (All previous posts archived here.) Thank you, Dwight! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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February 20, 2007
While looking for invisible images, I came across…
A Dali-like painting of an invisible elephant by Nguyen Dinh Dang, and a cat who definitely thinks he's invisible
Beware of the invisible cows of Mauna Kea. Beware of the invisible snowmobiler
“One of the most astonishing sensations in the desert is to walk in the middle of nowhere. Hours, with no mark...
Joe Bagley’s photo of two men in lounge chairs and a self-portrait of an invisible photographer taking a tea break
“Woody Allen's mockumentary 'Zelig' re-edited to star me, Gert, as the human chameleon. Woody still has a cameo in the movie, by the way”
This invisible globe is a hollow glass sphere with a spinning LED light ring to create different projections. (Other unique globes by the same globe makers)
An optical illusion with six invisible triangles. Can you spot them?
Vanishing Point puzzles
Invisible Suits are interactive suits made from special blue screen fabric (material used for work with video blue screen technique). The intended effect is the virtual "disappearance" of the persons wearing the suits: their bodies merge with the visual environment they inhabit. Previously-blogged: Russian professor Oleg Gadomsky patents invisibility cloak
The artist Willem Oorebeek prints black ink on black surfaces, and his invisible "Blackout" images can be seen only from a particular angle
The Do's and Don't's of Attending a Mime's Birthday Party
The lost secret of invisibility by artist Howard Kistler
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, and the fourth time (!) that I’m doing it with eccentric scholar and "language fanatic" Craig Conley of strange and Unusual dictionaries who blogs at Abecedarian, and who provided most all of today’s links. (All previous posts archived here.) Thank you again, Craig! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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February 01, 2007
Photo of the Year
Photo of the Year in the 2006 Photobloggies
Time lapse movie of a parking lot, shot by Sam Javanrouh with a Canon Rebel DSLR
Miami Blues: Naomi Harris's 'Haddon'
The many flickr photo sets of LeoL30, including squared circles, numbers, letters, photomosaics, signs and plaques, much more. (From Swiss Miss)
All symbols contains on Imallfake are carefully selected to provoke thought through association. (From Surfez Avec Moi)
'Little Bits of Spring' by Chris Glass
'Stranded' - The isolation of Amy Stein
Vintage camera manuals. (Warning - it is one 650mb file)
Philip Greenspun’s Guide to Digital SLR cameras: what to look for, what you want and what they are
Start the day with a year of mornings
An old Kodak commercial with Bill Cosby
Bill Sullivan's photos of people going through a subway turnstile in New York
The portfolio of Nick Koudis
A gallery of stuff with things written on them
Trish CupcakeMomma's archive of cupcake pictures
The Narrative - Mark O'Sullivan's Toronto photography
Shannon Richardson’s Black & White “Electrolite”
13 Photographs That Changed the World
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time Marty Finestone who blogs at ActivityBook, 'Best New Weblog' finalist in the 2007 bloggies, who provided most of today’s links. Vote for Marty! (All previous posts archived here.) Thank you again, Marty! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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January 30, 2007
Co-blog post about People with Disabilities
An overview of the T-4 program, the Nazi initiative to exterminate people with disabilities
How Stephen Hawking’s computerized voice synthesizer works. He is now using his blinking to communicate via IST switch. Stephen Hawking in space
The Unification of Stephen Hawking, by Mark O'Brien, disability activist and writer
Extreme Wheelchair Racing and Jumping
A list of 2,500 feature films which involve disabilities. It is directed towards anyone who has an interest in how disability is represented in films. Also, Picture Books about Disabilities for Young Readers
A gallery of photographs exploring disability and sexuality (NSFW)
Hospice helped dying man lose his virginity
In My Language, a woman with autism explains her usage of language. Her blog. The creator of the video showed up on the Metafilter thread discussing it, with many illuminating comments
Dr. Temple Grandin, a respected animal behaviorist who has autism
The Seeing Tongue
List of people with disabilities
A blog by the parents of Ashley X, an adolescent girl with severe disabilities. Ashley's parents chose to chemically and surgically freeze her physical development, a decision that has sparked controversy in the disability community
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time with Mark Siegel, a Minneapolis attorney & frustrated fiction writer who blogs at The 19th Floor, and who provided most of today’s links. Thank you, Mark! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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October 16, 2006
Lunch with Miss Cellania
The Onion Face Paint Project, a Flickr gallery of photos of onions with faces painted on them
Instructions for baking a giant fractal pecan pie
When you're cooking in your workshop, it’s essential to have the proper tools. Egg Scrambling Drill Attachment. Click the picture to start the video
The Story of Oats
The Attack of the Sprouts, a game
Should this page be called Woodlice Recipes or Woodlouse Recipes? They don't seem to know themselves. One thing I know for sure, I'm NOT gonna eat any of this. (Thanks, Bill!)
How to have lunch, courtesy of Pee Wee Herman
Midwinter Dinner in Antarctica, McMurdo Station 2006
A collection of Pringles cans
Susan’s daily blog about every bite she eats. In a related story, Opera singer Christopher Gillett took a photograph of every meal he ate in 2005
The Fast Food Song. (Via Neatorama). Also, Extreme Drive Thru at McDonalds. Three stupid McDonalds customers
Dirty Secrets of the Food-Processing Industry. When I saw this, I expected something that would make me sick, but NO, there are no pictures, and no exposes on filthy conditions. This is a straightforward look at how modern processing destroys nutrition. Reading it will not disgust you, but may educate you
2 From "Spluch": Chinese scientists invent first cooking robot and New way to boil an egg
Cheap Eats blog
One Click Butter Cutter for those too tired or lazy to cut their butter in the morning
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time with Kentucky radio announcer and blogger Miss Cellania, who provided most of today’s links. (All previous posts archived here.) Thank you again, Miss Cellania! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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October 06, 2006
Robots on fire
= (Anagrams: "son of orbiter," "strobe of iron," "reborn if soot," "borne of riots," "orbit for eons," "sin for reboot," "best iron roof")
A flaming robot device that is lit at night - BurningMan 2000
Why not light a robot candle with robot safety matches?
Sandman is an 850-lb fire shooting performance robot. Also, re-post: The airplane-tossing fire-breathing Robosaurus
Fire-breathing retro-robot comic figure, by Mr. Hooper of Nashville, TN
A robot using himself as a cigarette lighter
Christian Ristow's robots destroy each other with fire on a regular basis
A two-headed fire-breathing robot bird
The robotic fire art of Heather Gallagher
Christian Bale as a fiery, melting cyborg. (Worth 1000)
Flaming inferno
Eliot K Daughtry’s Humanoid robot art
Moral of this story: when testing the shaving cream, take all the expensive electronics off the robot first. (With pictures!)
A new Japanese wine-tasting robot fires a beam of light into the wine, and then uses an infrared spectrometer to analyze the reflection. It studies the chemical composition of the wine and delivers an instant verdict about how good it is. (From Robots.net)
A robotic camera is taking a fish bowl for a swim
Murata Boy, the Robot that can Ride Bicycles, demonstrating gyro sensor technology
Crabfu miniature live steam engines
Also, How To Make Foil
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, and the third time that I’m doing it with eccentric scholar and "language fanatic" Craig Conley of strange and Unusual dictionaries who blogs at Abecedarian, and who provided most of today’s links. (All previous posts archived here.) Thank you again, Craig! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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October 02, 2006
Doorway to nowhere
This doorway was just carved into the face of the cliff at the monastery
One well-used door and another
A Doorway to nowhere and another
Doorway to The Universe, located within the Hayu Marca mountain region of southern Peru and about 35 Km from Puno, has long been revered by local Indians as the "Place of the Gods"
A dappled sunset shades this almost invisible doorway
Death’s Door, as depicted by William Blake
The Lizard King on Rotten
Door Knockers in Florence, in Pau, France
A single stalk of bamboo framed by a highly unusual Chinese doorway
Combo Kennel and Concealed Pet Door
The Traditional House Under Threat?
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, and the second time that I’m doing it with eccentric scholar and "language fanatic" Craig Conley of strange and Unusual dictionaries. Craig, who blogs at Abecedarian, provided most of today’s links. (All previous co-blogging posts archived here.) Thank you again, Craig! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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September 28, 2006
A co-blog post with Larry Carlson!
LineTo experimental by ~Volcanic-Penguin
Namey Name - Michael Jackson/Saddam Hussein fan-site
Architect Paul Laffoley’s Lucid dreams
Medical Animations from Xvivo
Suspension of disbelief from Volume One
The art of Abdul Mati Klarwein
Everything is soft in the magic brains of Virgina Beach art collective, Dearraindrop’s fantastic world
Zeloot- freaky postermakers
Digital art by Jimmy Joe Roche
Re-posts: Peter Stanick and Spores by Image Savant
This dude went to Japan and had pictures made in photobooths. The results? - Trippy FX
Collagemania master Harry Smith's Early Abstractions part 1, 2, 3 and 4
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time with visionary multi media artist Larry Carlson. (Newer psychedelic blog at Sky Has Eyes), who provided most of today’s links. (Previous posts here.) Thank you, Larry! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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September 11, 2006
Nothing but the best for my dog
Zappa beers - Get Your Freak Out Ale from Lagunitas Brewing. The lyrics. Also, Joe's Garage 12-pack
Plastic Ono Mothers (John & Yoko+ Mothers) perform “Scumbag” – The lyrics consist of only two words
From "Drunk Men work here", A Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch and the origin of the doodle in a Lucky Strike $25 contest
Absolut Zappa and many other fake ads
Antelope Valley High School '57/'58 yearbooks
A wholesome snack of milk and cookies
The poodles chews it (Little curly tail!) Poodle Fitness with Mariko Takahashi. Frank would be proud. What is is with Zappa and Poodles? More from The International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology - Phenomenology of One Size Fits All: Zappa and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Interviewer: "So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?"
FZ: "You have a wooden leg. Does that make you a table?"
And many other True Zen Sayings
Zappa VS. The PMRC Original letters. Also, Yellow Shark press conference pictures, 1992
Sign the "We Want Roxy!" petition
Peaches En Regalia, live on SNL December 11, 1976. (Nice pants!)
1988 Phone interviews (MP3) by Bill Camarata of Box of Sound
The only known public statue of Frank Zappa, in Vilnius, Kalinausko 1, Lithuania . Created by sculptor Konstantinas Bogdanas, well known for his massive sculptures of Communist figures
Zappa with Jean-Luc Ponty, live at festival de Valbonne, France (07/25/70)
Cal Schenkel's July Specials. (Cal was Zappa's resident album art artist, responsible for such gems as "We're Only In It For The Money", "Lumpy Gravy", "Ruben & The Jets" and "One Size Fits All" and more)
2006 Zappa Plays Zappa European tour revieweds by readers of “Kill Ugly Radio”
Zappa covers arranged by Ensemble Ambrosius
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time with Zappa fan Jurgen AKA Barry's Imaginary Publisher who runs Kill ugly Radio, the best blog dedicated to Frank Zappa music & news, and who provided most of today’s links. (Previous posts here.) Thank you, Jurgen! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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July 18, 2006
Urban Exploration in the UK
Subterranea Britannica is a society devoted the study and investigation of man-made and man-used underground places with 70 categories
A series of photos of Gosford Castle in Northern Ireland. One of the largest castles ever built in Ireland in the unique style of Normandic revival, which sadly has lain empty for nearly ten years now. It is slowly but surely turning into a ruin. Also, a visit to the abandoned Psych Ward in Morris plains, Greystone
Explorations of abandoned building by Kendall Anderson
Abandoned Airfield from WW2 and Other structures throughout the British countryside
The Thames Estuary Army Forts are not an imaginary post from the game Myst. They are part of Underground Kent. More about the Sea Forts of the North Sea
Cane Hill, London. Built in 1882, it was once the largest building of its type, but it now lies derelict - a magnet for explorers, vandals, even filmmakers and artists.
The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital Shrine in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Abandoned Britain. This site documents the urban decay of industrial sites, hospitals and asylums
Disused Stations on London's Underground and London's Abandoned Tube Stations
Friends of Williamson's Tunnels. A strange underground kingdom which has lain beneath the city of Liverpool in north-west England since the early 1800s
Re-post: Derelict London
Urbex and Tim Edensor's British Industrial Ruins
A visit to The Byker Cully. The Cully is where I played as a kid and I'm constantly recalling the stories for people who want to know more about it
Tons of additional links about Ruins and Urban Exploration
Elsewhere: Heatherwick Studio's Rolling Bridge
Eichlers for Sale and Eichler Homes of Southern California. (From Sciatica)
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time with blogger “ILuvNUFC” (=ILuvN(ewcastle)U(nited)F(ootball)C(lub)) who links daily at Look At This, and who provided most of today’s links. (Previous posts here.) Thank you, “ILuvNUFC”! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
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July 17, 2006
Music notation over the ages
The Oldest Song In The World recreated in MIDI, from notes that dates to 1400 B.C. Also, a MIDI of the Oldest Christian Hymn
Listen to Ancient Greek Music on Papyrus
How to read Gregorian Chant Notation
Guido D'Arezzo was the creator of modern music notation
Scanned images of JS Bach’s Die Katechismus-Gesänge musical scores (From the Loeb Music Library - Harvard College Library – Framed.) Also, for your reading and study, here are facsimile copies of the Six Bach Cello Suites believed to have been made by Bach's second wife Anna Magdalena. And, Bach's Ornament Table
Photographs of some Beethoven Skull Fragments
Dolmetsch Online's excellent Notation Guide
Elsewhere: Air Tap and 3 other Acoustic pieces played by Canadian guitarist Erik Mongrain. (Thank you, Kim). Also, Justin King
Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls (Non profit organization. From Feminist blogs)
Gay Musicals and Queer Music Heritage
Matchstick ukulele by Jack Hall, "The Matchstick Man"
Extreme Cello Playing was born after three cellists from Sheffield read about the sport of "Extreme Ironing", in which contestants iron clothes in locations such as up mountains, up trees and under water. The progression of this idea to playing the cello seemed like a natural step…
12 delightfully odd concept albums
In the song Steely Dan song ‘Your Gold Teeth’ the lines Even Cathy Berberian knows There's one roulade she can't sing are followed by a single flat note on the keyboard. I am familiar with CB and a roulade but that flat note is driving me to distraction. Why is it there?! (A MeFi thread)
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time with musician Patrick Crosley of Ottawa, Canada, who blogs at White Man Stew, and who provided most of today’s links. (Previous posts here.) Thank you, Patrick! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details.
Musical score above is by John Cage: Sixty-two Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham No.51. Many More Unusual Musicians and their Music Here /// Digg this post /// Add it to your del.icio.us
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June 04, 2006
Co-blogging with other creative people
The collection of posts that I’ve composed with other bloggers, artists & writers is becoming substantial, and I like it. Here is a recap of all posts, starting with the latest. If you wish to contribute a post on any of the topics, please email me with suggestions.
Enjoy.
A day of an American in India - by Dave Prager, a New Yorker who lives Delhi with Jenny and who blogs at Our Delhi Struggle
Jane Austen's World - local Irvine writer Suzanne Broughton, who blogs at Emphasis Mine, and at the Orange County Register's Mommy's Mind is Not a Toy and Alive in Wonderland
How to Stay Married & Love It - By Nancy Landrum, author of a book by the same name
Ten Classically "Neato" Things - By contributor Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', who blogs at Abecedarian
Ten Little Known Facts - By contributor Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', who blogs at Abecedarian
Food photography - with jo jo, a New York foodie who blogs at eat2love
A-OK - By contributor Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', who blogs at Abecedarian
Music of The Beatles - with Avi Abrams, of the popular Dark Roasted Blend blog
Gifs and pix - with the anonymous webmaster of the original photo blog Biggest Part Of My Life Is Me
World’s Smallest Things - Again with Alex S., webmaster of the popular blog Neatorama
The Blues - with madamjujujive who blogs at Everlasting Blort (and MetaFilter)
Travels in New Zealand - Again with on-going contributor Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', who blogs at Abecedarian
Politics with Madeleine Begun Kane, political humorist & song parodist, who blogs at Mad Kane’s Political Madness and at Mad Kane's Humor Blog
Chasing unicorns - Again with on-going contributor Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', who blogs at Abecedarian
Mind Uploading & Simulated Worlds with famed scientist and prolific author Cliff Pickover, who blogs at Reality Carnival and at Wikipedia Knowledge Dump
Walking on air - 5th (!) time with language fanatic Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', who blogs at Abecedarian
Chairman Mao with Dwight D. McWethy from Beijing, webmaster of The East is Red
Invisible Things - 4th time with language fanatic Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', who blogs at Abecedarian
Photography with Marty Finestone who blogs at ActivityBook, 'Best New Weblog' finalist in the 2007 bloggies
People with Disabilities with Minneapolis attorney & frustrated fiction writer Mark Siegel, who blogs at The 19th Floor
Food with Kentucky radio announcer Miss Cellania, who blogs at (Where else?) Miss Cellania
Science & Inventions 3rd time with language fanatic Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', who blogs at Abecedarian
Doors 2nd time with language fanatic Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', who blogs at Abecedarian
Digital Art with visionary multi media artist Larry Carlson
Frank Zappa’s Music with Zappa fan Jurgen AKA Barry's Imaginary Publisher who runs Kill ugly Radio
Architecture with blogger “ILuvNUFC” from Newcastle, who blogs at Look At This
Music with Canadian musician Patrick Crosley, who blogs at White Man Stew
Language with magician Craig Conley of 'Strange & Unusual Dictionaries', whose new blog is Abecedarian
Crime & Punishment with Alex S. who blogs at Neatorama
Architecture with Marlow Harris, a Real estate agent from Seattle who blogs at ”360 Digest”
Books & Literature with the eight year old writer Adora Svitak
Bob Dylan with Dylanologist AJ Weberman, the webmaster of Acid Trip
The Holocaust with Anne Mathewson, who blogs at Ample Sanity
Comics & Cartoons with cartoonist Revilo
Restaurants & Bars with Shawn Zehnder Lea of Jackson, MS, who blogs at Everything And Nothing
Cars with “Doddery”, a New Zealand Road Worker who blogs at Rest Area 300M
Flight with Nick of blanketfort
Crime & Punishment with writer Tom Kealey, author of Creative Writing MFA Handbook
Games with Myst-creator Robyn Miller who blogs at Tinselman
Animals with Michael, a reader from “rainy Portland, Oregon”
Boating with blogger Charlie ‘Vruba’ Loyd of The Scenic Rheme
Nature with blogger Gerard Vlemmings of Presurfer
Music from the Middle East with Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah of Sabbah's Blog
By the way, of the 100+ different subjects, which is your favorite collection?
Previous Site News Here
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May 12, 2006
La kato estas en la sako *
ดีเยี่ยมและน่าประทับใจ = Tiger Woods is awesome, and other helpful phrases from the Yindii Guide to American Slang
"down with the 'hood’. Ebonics-Japanese phrasebook for sale
Parlari, American Circus Lingo
Pioneering West African composer Julien Jacob sings in his own mysterious, imaginary language, allowing his listeners to interpret his songs in their own way
What’s the new word for "cool"? Wicked? Slammin’? Shiny? Wack? Fetch?
More from AskMefi: I'm 6'8". People are always asking me how tall I am. Instead of telling the truth, what are some witty, non-confrontational responses I might use? "Depends on where you start measuring"
Vesona is a universal language proposed by Dr. Alesha Sivartha, in which the first two or three letters of any word give the general meaning and the added letters specialize these meanings. An elaborate circular diagram shows how Vesona encapsulates all of human knowledge
Verdurian is a language spoken by 55 million imaginary people. The fruitful creativity of Mark Rosenfelder offers background on the history, grammar, and literature of Verdurian, as well as a Language Kit for constructing your own artificial languages
How to say How many flowers are in Pia Zadora's vase? in Esperanto? From Prolific Lo-Fi recording artist Ken Clinger, who records songs in both English & Esperanto
Could a computer language be designed today that would last one hundred years?
The politically incorrect alphabet
Why English is a Silly Language
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. Jorge Luis Borges dreamed of a language called Ursprache with absolutely no nouns. For example, there's no word for "moon," but there's a verb meaning "to moon" or "to moonate." The sentence "The moon rose above the water" in Ursprache would translate as "Upward behind the onstreaming it mooned."
The hypothetical lost continent of Mu (also known as Lemuria) is said to have been destroyed in a global upheaval tens of thousands of years ago. Unorthodox researcher Col. James Churchward believed he rediscovered Mu's alphabet, comprised of beautiful and intricate glyphs
This is another post that I am “co-blogging”, this time with magician Craig Conley of Strange & Unusual Dictionaries, whose new blog is Abecedarian, and who provided most of today’s links. (Previous posts here.) Thank you, Alex! If other bloggers are interested to share the forum here on any other topic, please contact me for details. . The cat above belongs to Daniel & Rachael Hutchings
Many More Unusual Language Links Here
* The cat is in the bag (In Esperanto)
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