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Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 45

11/27/2014

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This week's post is super short (I was in the un- section). Despite being short, however, these have got to be some of my favorite words of the year.

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Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 44

11/21/2014

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Every now and then there is a week of reading that is especially interesting. This was one of them. There is a peculiar kind of joy in finding new words that make complete sense—but that make me realize I have never considered that thing, space, action, description, person, or period of time as an entity unto itself, worthy of its own name. For example:   

    Treelawn: the strip of lawn between the street and the sidewalk
(although sadly, I think fewer and fewer treelawns actually have trees on them)

    Tummler: an entertainer who encourages audience participation (as we saw Cirque du Soleil over the summer, this one was especially on my mind, as they did a very funny piece by choosing a woman to come up and interact with the tummler) 

    Tumulus: a mound over a grave
(at least old graves? I don't see any mounds when we visit cemeteries, which, I admit, is one of my favorite places to walk around)

    Ullage: the amount that a container lacks of being full (I'm sure if I were in shipping I would have known this)

    Umbo: the rounded elevation at the center of a shield (useless, but interesting!)

I think I'm going to miss this.

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Gigaom Article Published

11/19/2014

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Click here to read the article on Gigaom. I met astrophysicist Xavier Luri when I worked with him on an article for Atomium Culture. Nice guy. His work on the ESA Gaia mission shows how complex Big Data can get.
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Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 43

11/12/2014

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I will never be the same again after learning what a tragopan is. Watch:

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Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 42

11/5/2014

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Goats, carriages, flogging . . . ta! Welcome to the T section.

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