http://pseudosemantics.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:51:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the cruelest ironies in my life is that when I am sick I can't sleep.  The "universal cure" skillfully eludes me and I lie awake at night miserable, exhausted and angry. I  have also noticed that the more I do, the more I can do.  Busy weekends seem longer, ... http://pseudosemantics.com/89/vicous-cycles/ Written on mobile phone So I love music, but lately I have been disillusioned with the radio, so I usually listen to NPR in my car. I wouldn't really say that I necessarily agree with their politics, but I like hearing the news, and I appreciate the minimalist commercials. Today however ... http://pseudosemantics.com/88/jumping-the-shark/ I had a job where I got to use the Macromedia MX suit and I absolutely loved it.  Flash has to be indisputably one of the coolest things to happen to the internet.  Thank you Youtube, Homestar, telecrapper2000, and a myriad of crappy flashy band websites etc.  Dreamweaver was a ... http://pseudosemantics.com/86/i-miss-macromedia/ So a lot of our language is lazy.  Contractions abbreviations, slang and don't get me started on that silly chat acronym stuff. (LOL, BRB, ROFL, etcetera)  I was thinking the other day,  why do we say "underneath"?  What's a neath?  When is it ever better to add the "neath," when "under" wouldn't be ... http://pseudosemantics.com/84/i-thought-we-were-lazy/ Posted by mobile phone:Notice the date. It snowed on me today! Yesterday was shorts weather. Whats going on? http://pseudosemantics.com/83/the-sky-is-falling/ Posted by mobile phone: One of the problems with the internet is that it isn't time sensative--It is just as interesting no matter what time it is. I need a little unwind time occasionally after studying. Late night TV would tranquelize an elephant (not that elephants watch much tv). Instantly boring. ... http://pseudosemantics.com/82/internet-induced-insomnia/ "Taking the fun out of fundraiser" Posted by mobile phone http://pseudosemantics.com/81/npr-pledge-week/ How do your arm hairs know how long to grow? It kind of makes sense that they are only so long, so if one falls out, it grows back the same length. But if you cut, trim or singe off the hairs, they grow back to the same length... then ... http://pseudosemantics.com/80/question/ my cousin recently did a post of 100 things about herself. I think it is an interesting idea... To quote a friend , I do this for me, not for you--I think it will be enlightening. Probably much more for me than for anyone who reads it. So 1. working for ... http://pseudosemantics.com/79/100/ I've always felt a little vindicated by entropy, and have always enjoyed when it comes up in science classes. We are talking about it again today.  So the second law of thermodynamics says that all irreversible processes result in an increase of entropy, constantly adding to the overall entropy of the ... http://pseudosemantics.com/78/entropy/