Jason Kottke lists a few samples from the YouTube Pronunciation Manual. I’m not going to the main page; I don’t have a day to waste.
Swapping heads
I’ve certainly wasted too much time doing this sort of thing, but I justify it by saying that I’m brushing up on Photoshop skills. However, I don’t do it as well as Paul Ripke. He’s a real master. See more of his stuff here.
Posted in It's life.
– January 27, 2012
Tax guide
State Sen. Bruce Caswell would like Michigan residents to know that a tax guide is available here. Time to pay up.
Posted in It's life.
– January 27, 2012
Snowies in the neighborhood
David Patton/Albany Democrat-Herald, via Associated Press
A Fayette resident recently reported a snowy owl sighting and apparently he’s not alone. This is a good winter to see the birds around here:
The white, two-foot-tall birds, which live in the Arctic the rest of the year, are known to fly south in large numbers every few winters in what is known as an irruption. But this year, the numbers are unusually high, said Denver Holt, director of the Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Mont.
“There are so many across the country, everywhere, by the thousands,” Mr. Holt said. “It’s unbelievable. They are being seen from Boston, to the Great Lakes, the Ohio River Valley, Kansas, Vancouver and Seattle.”
Posted in Animal World.
– January 26, 2012
China grows up…just a little
A Reuters photo shows pedestrians in Beijing
In a rare move, government officials in Beijing admitted that the dirty air is hazardous:
The US embassy gauges the air quality from a monitor on its roof and posts the results hourly on a Twitter account, BeijingAir. Postings over the past several days repeatedly declared the air “Hazardous” to those exposed to it for 24 hours, with several measurements so high as to be deemed “Beyond Index”.
In a rare bow to public pressure, the Beijing local government has begun using a more stringent measure for air quality, and the first publicly announced readings showed the air was ”hazardous” in at least two areas of the polluted capital city.
Posted in Enviro.
– January 26, 2012
Lepidopterists have so much fun
From the book “Owlet Caterpillars of North America” comes this list of family members:
Sordid Snout
The Herald
Feeble Grass Moth
Dead-wood Borer
The Betrothed
The Little Wife
Serene Underwing
The Consort
Dejected Underwing
Inconsolable Underwing
Tearful Underwing
Sad Underwing
The Penitent
Sappho Underwing
Youthful Underwing
Darling Underwing
The Sweetheart
Joined Underwing
Semirelict Underwing
Once-Married Underwing
Girlfriend Underwing
Connubial Underwing
Delilah Underwing
Steely Underwing
Wonderful Underwing
Sweet Underwing
Indomitable Melipotis
Merry Melipotis
False Heather Drasteria
Confused Zale
Once-charred Punkie
Blurry-patched Nola
Beautiful Looper
Sandstorm Tumbler
Tricolored Angel
The Laugher
Fingered Dagger
Fragile Dagger
Splendid Dagger
Afflicted Dagger
Hesitant Dagger
Night-Wandering Dagger
The Hebrew
Cadbury’s Mystique
Cherry Agate
Overlooked Paint
Asteroid Paint
Scribbled Sallow
Turbulent Phosphila
Boreal Sprawler
Shivering Pinion
Sloping Sallow
Roadside Sallow
Straw-eyed Tentmaker
Tawny Tentmaker
Smoky Tentmaker
Adorable Sallow
Subdued Quaker
Cunning Woodling
Stormy Arches
Explicit Groundcat
Disparaged Groundcat
Cynical Groundcat
Posted in Animal World.
– January 26, 2012
Bring back the jobs?
Manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back to America, says Steve Klingaman, and admit it, it’s something you’ve suspected all along. No? I have. All we’re going to do is sell and consume the stuff made by someone else. Klingaman has an interesting analysis here:
Need 3,000 trained workers in two weeks? No problem. China has them living in dorms adjacent to the line. Thinking—merely thinking—of expanding your iPhone launch capacity? China went ahead and built the square footage on spec, courtesy of government supports and encouragements. These, as they say, are facts.
It’s not just about wages anymore. In fact, it may not be about wages at all, given the margins in certain cutting-edge consumer electronics. It’s about seamless sourcing and logistics in locations close to explosive consumer demand.
Posted in Econo.
– January 26, 2012
Take the quiz
Here’s a quick news quiz to see if you’re paying attention. I missed one and pretty much realized I made the wrong choice as soon as I hit the button.
Posted in It's life.
– January 25, 2012
Northern Lights alert
The sky might get colorful tonight:
The solar flare occurred at about 11:30 am EST (1600 GMT) and touched off a massive solar explosion — known as a coronal mass ejection — aimed at Earth, space weather experts and officials said. The charged particles from the sun explosion should reach Earth by Saturday night (Jan. 21), and could amp up northern lights displays when they hit the upper atmosphere.
Posted in It's life.
– January 21, 2012
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