Monthly Archives: October 2007

pluck

Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit. The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal.

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winnow

To separate grain from chaff. To separate the good from the bad.

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Trying hard not to be wasteful

I am trying to save the world, but they sure do not make my life easy. The kitchen scales batteries had gone. It cost nine pounds to replace them. New scales, batteries included, cost as little as nine pound 99.

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haptic

Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile.

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My week on the web

Here are the websites I bookmarked into my del.icio.us account last week: The Inevitable March of Recorded Music Towards Free Perhaps music will never be totally free as Techcrunch’s founder argues. However, people will have to realise sooner than later

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ditsy

Eccentric or scatterbrained.

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raze

To level to the ground; demolish. See synonyms at ruin. To scrape or shave off.

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What are the odds?

A post from Overyourhead into my Google Reader, about delays in a Spanish airport, with the word ‘delay’ in Spanish. And, right below it, that day’s Spanish ‘word of the day’, which was… ‘Delay’. Either a very odd coincidence, or

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7 things I did not know last week

With Oyster cards, you do not need a photocard any more If you simply type ‘time’ into the search box, Google will tell you your local time. Type ‘time’ and a city, and it will tell you what time it

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smithereens

Fragments or splintered pieces; bits.

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Google is so clever it scares me sometimes

At some point this afternoon, searching for ‘ditsy’ on Answers.com made Google return Jessica Simpson merchandise as sponsored links. It does not any more now, but I took a screenshot to prove it. Click on ‘all sizes’ for the original

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hoary

Gray or white with or as if with age. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence: hoary leaves. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.

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My week on the web

Here are the websites I bookmarked into my del.icio.us account last week: WP-DBManager ‘control your complete WordPress database in your WP admin panel. Backup, restore, repair and optimize your database, without any knowledge requirement. You can even run SQL commands

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camber

A slightly arched surface, as of a road, a ship’s deck, an airfoil, or a snow ski.

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Mother’s ground beef pasta sauce

It was not without apprehension that last Saturday I set off to go visit my mother in Italy. She had been ill for a while, was taken to hospital for six weeks of tests last spring, but they could not

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wilful

Said or done on purpose; deliberate. See synonyms at voluntary. Obstinately bent on having one’s own way.

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sagacious

Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.

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galley

The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.

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