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- A Derivative Podcast is Not a Financial Instrument
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Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:18:56 +0000
The word “derivative” sprung up on Delancey Place last week. Delancey Place is a brief daily email with an interesting excerpt or quote from a book or magazine article. Reading it is a favorite daily ritual. I am constantly impressed with the quality and diversity of the excerpts. I strongly recommend [...] - Happy Father?s Day From Mark Twain (0mb)
Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:02:30 +0000
Today I would like to honor fathers and especially my father, Keith, with a quote from Mark Twain: When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had [...] - Podcasting has a symbol but it is not as ubiquitous as the trefoil (1mb)
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:32:57 +0000
I cannot apologize enough for the dearth of recent posts. Today I came across an interesting word in an editorial by Cory Doctorow at the New York Times. Cory’s editorial draws our attention to cheap programmable microchips that allow nearly anybody with an idea for a simple electronic device, say a whimsical watch or [...] - Great Poems on English Language Idiosyncrasies (1mb)
Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:38:48 +0000
Play Over at Boing Boing, I came across a link to some great poems on the idiosyncracies of spelling and pronounciation in the English language. They don’t make for a great podcast. The joy is in reading them. Here is my favorite: WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD TO LEARN We must polish the Polish furniture. He could [...] - Dell?s Inanity Is Not Insanity, Just Frustrating (1mb)
Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:45:34 +0000
PlayI came across today’s word in David Pogue’s New York Times Circuits email newsletter. The word is inanity. When I first read it I suspected it was a typo; that Pogue meant insanity. As the author of many typos I was quite excited to find a typo in a New York Times [...] - No, I Have not Fallen into an Oubliette (1mb)
Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:14:25 +0000
Oubliette, this word popped up on two sites in one day so I had to include it in a podcast. Oubliette, as you can probably tell from the sound of oubliette is a French noun. An oubliette is a dungeon or cave with only an opening at the top. A hole in the [...] - Happy Millionth Wikipedia! (1mb)
Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:36:11 +0000
Today, March 1st, 2006, the one millionth English article was published at Wikipedia by Ewan Macdonald. From the Jordanhill Railway Station article: The Jordanhill Railway Station is a suburban railway station in the Jordanhill area on the west side of Glasgow, Scotland. The station (code “JOR”), which is governed by Transport Scotland and managed by [...] - Happy Mardi Gras, Enjoy Ash Wednesday! (1mb)
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:35:43 +0000
Happy Mardi Gras! Today I would take a little time to discuss Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Carnival and Lent. Lent is the forty day Christian fasting season leading up to Easter. Christians, particularly Catholics, mark the period by giving up meat or some pleasure or comfort. Carnival is the two week celebration leading up [...] - Equanimity in a Desperate Podcast (1mb)
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:50:03 +0000
I heard Felicity Huffman use the word equanimity on NPR’s All Things Considered. Felicity Huffman plays Lynette on Desperate Housewives and recently received an Oscar nomination for her staring role in Transamerica- the story of a man who becomes a woman then discovers she has a teenage son. The interview focuses on motherhood [...] - Serendipity on the radio, soon in a podcast (1mb)
Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:30:03 +0000
Welcome to the 131st Today’s Podcast. November 1st marked the one year anniversary of Today’s Podcast. This year my goal is to produce over 200 shows. Much closer to my promise of a daily show. Today’s word is serendipity. I was reminded of this word by a recent interview with Yvon Chouinard [...]
