An idiolect is a variety of a language unique to an individual. It is manifested by patterns of word selection and grammar, or words, phrases, idioms, or pronunciations that are unique to that individual. Every individual has an idiolect; the grouping of words and phrases is unique, rather than an individual using specific words that nobody else uses. An idiolect can easily evolve into an ecolect—a dialect variant specific to a household.

If you want to argue about it, go here. Personally, I’m off the Stanford Sauce.

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Line
Definition: A geometrical object that is straight, infinitely long and infinitely thin.

The line goes off in both directions forever, and is perfectly straight. A line, strictly speaking, has no ends and zero width.

If you draw a line with a pencil, examination with a microscope would show that it has a measurable width. In geometry however, a line has no width. The pencil line is just a way to illustrate the idea on paper.

Men from Francisco de Orellana’s expedition building a small brigantine, the “San Pedro”, to be used for searching for food.

The white oak keel is steam bent onto the mold.

For the few things I still use batteries for, this would save me time, money and waste. Chargeable in any USB port, flip the USBCELL lid down and use as a standard AA battery over and over.

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The history of origata, the art of carefully folding gifts in decorative paper, will take you to Japan, 1336. Originally developed to wrap decorative fans or kelp in handmade paper, correctly folded origata can tell you about the relationship between the sender and receiver or the event the gift forecasts.

The Origata Design Institute honors the legacy of origata by resurrecting and reinventing traditional folding techniques.

It’s just that I want this so bad. The software automatically adjusts to screen orientation.


I could treat you so right.

One of the great American visionaries of the twentieth century, R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) endeavored to see what he, a single individual, might do to benefit the largest segment of humanity while consuming the minimum of the earth’s resources. Doing “more with less” was Fuller’s credo. He described himself as a “comprehensive anticipatory design scientist,” setting forth to solve the escalating challenges that faced humanity before they became insurmountable…”

Read more about Buckminster Fuller on display at the Whitney exhibit.

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This website functions as a canvas for you to create a Pollock-esque painting. Move the mouse to draw, click to change colors and hit spacebar to start over. Smooth, interesting and quick loading. A nice example of interactive web design.

Sunlight over Earth Feb 29 2008 23:00 UTC

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