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This podcast offers a word or quote for the day. Just something to think about.


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A Derivative Podcast is Not a Financial Instrument
PlayThe 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 one of my favorite daily rituals. I am constantly impressed with the quality and diversity of the excerpts. I strongly recommend subscribing. It is free and now available as an poorly publicized but full text RSS feed. You can subscribe at DelanceyPlace.com. The word derivative can be found in many contex...

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[ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:18:56 -0500 ]


A Derivative Podcast is Not a Financial Instrument
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 [...]...

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[ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:18:56 +0000 ]


A Derivative Podcast is Not a Financial Instrument
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 [...]...

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[ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:18:56 +0000 ]


Happy Father’s Day From Mark Twain
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 [...]...

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[ Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:02:30 +0000 ]


Happy Father's Day From Mark Twain
Happy Father's Day! PlayToday 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 learned in seven years. I love this quote because it captures the feelings I think most sons have about their fathers. During adolescence we tend to think our father don't really know what they ar...

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[ Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:02:30 -0500 ]


Podcasting has a symbol but it is not as ubiquitous as the trefoil
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 a feral robot dog, to produce one cheaply and in their own home. The word is trefoil. Trefoil is a noun. A trefoil is any three leafed symbol. The best known trefoil is ...

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[ Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:32:57 -0500 ]


Great Poems on English Language Idiosyncrasies
PlayOver 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 lead if he would get the lead out. The farm was used to produce produce. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. The soldier decided to desert in the desert. This was a go...

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[ Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:38:48 -0500 ]


Dell's Inanity Is Not Insanity, Just Frustrating
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 article. Alas, inanity is a word. It is an noun meaning total lack of meaning, or or as Merriam-Webster puts it, "the quality or state of being inane." Something that is inane lacks a point or significance. Pogue's article ...

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[ Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:45:34 -0500 ]


No, I have not fallen into an oubliette
Oubliette, this word popped up on two sites in one day so I had to include it in a podcast. Oublette, 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 ground could be an oubliette. A trap door in the floor may lead to an oubliette.Of the two pages that brought oubliette to my attention, the first, at kinkless.com, used oubliette on its 404- page-not-found error page. I clicked on a br...

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[ Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:14:25 -0500 ]


Happy Millionth Wikipedia!
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 First ScotRail, lies on the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line. It is located near the Jordanhill Campus of the University of Strathclyde a...

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[ Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:36:11 -0500 ]


Happy Mardi Gras, Enjoy Ash Wednesday!
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 to Lent. The most famous Carnival is celebrated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I am sure you have seen the photos of revelers. The last day, the culmination of Carnival i...

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[ Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:35:43 -0500 ]


Equanimity in a Desperate Podcast
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 as it applies in the movie and in Desperate Housewives. Huffman uses equanimity to summarize one of the characteristics she observes in other mothers and aspires ...

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[ Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:50:03 -0500 ]


Serendipity on the radio, soon in a podcast
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 Choulnard on NPR'sDay to Day. No podcasts for Day to Day yet. But NPR does offer some podcasts.Only a few days before the interview I was in Boston for StartUpSchool. I stayed with some friends, one of whom is g...

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[ Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:30:03 -0500 ]


A copacetic podcast
Today's word, copacetic, is a favorite of mine. Although I too often forget to use it.Copacetic is an adjective meaning completely or entirely satisfactory. I think its connotation is much more positive then satisfactory. For example if a boss told me my work was satisfactory I would be concerned it wasn't very good, that it was barely above unsatisfactory. But if they described the situation or my projects as copacetic I would be much happier.The etymology of copacetic is murky at best. Ba...

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[ Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:00:52 -0500 ]


Mea Culpa- Adam Curry's favorite bit of latin for podcasting
Welcome back. Today we have a celebrity inspired term, Mea Culpa.Recently Bill Gates used it when describing MS's failure to dominate the online music industry."Mea culpa" is a latin phrase uttered to accept guilt. It translates to "my fault." I think people like using the phrase because it is psychologically easier to say than "my fault."Bill Gates use of mea culpa is interesting. While I am sure Bill thinks he can dominate anything he directs MS to tackle. Apologizing for not dominating ...

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[ Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:25:07 -0500 ]


Heliotropes- Plants and Zonker podcast
While putting together yesterday's podcast on zoetrope I came across today's word- heliotrope.Heliotrope is a noun with several definitions. One is a purple or violet color. Another heliotrope is a surveying tool for civil engineers and map makers. It allows them to focus a beam of sunlight and signal a fellow surveyor up to twenty miles away. Using the heliotrope's signaling the engineerscan triangulate locations. These heliotropes are not used anymore. A heliotrope is any member of the He...

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[ Tue, 09 Aug 2005 03:19:00 -0500 ]


The Zoetrope Becomes a Movie Podcast
Zoetrope in motionOriginally uploaded by tempo.On a recommendation from Michael Geohegan I watched the Francis Ford Coppola movie the Conversation. Great movie.Frequent listeners of this podcast know I enjoy reading the credits. Well the credits for the Conversation include the name of Coppola's production company Zoetrope. What a beautiful word. And a great name for a movie company.A Zoetrope is a primitive movie toy that spins to animate a series of images. It is hard to describe so I reco...

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[ Sun, 07 Aug 2005 22:33:39 -0500 ]


The next elections will include a potemkin podcast event
Today's word, Potemkin, is an entertaining political term. I have seen it on Boingboing.net many times. Recently it appeared in a post about the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin was an 18th century Russian military officer and politician. Who was rumored to have built fake villages along the banks of the Dnieper river in order to impress EmpressCatherine II. Potemkin, who had recently conquered the area, wanted to impress Catherine II by demonstra...

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[ Mon, 01 Aug 2005 03:00:21 -0500 ]


Getting to work proving podcasting is right
Today we have a quote sent in by a listener. It is a quote I really appreciate because I am guilty of the behavior described. The words are from John Kenneth Galbraith a Canadian economist just like me.Here is the quote:Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.-John Kenneth GalbraithI doubt I am the only soul guilty of this tendency. Hopefully this quote will make us more aware of our stubbornnessand mo...

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[ Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:44:41 -0500 ]


When will B.J. Fogg start a captology podcast?
Another neologism for today. The word is captology. Captology is an emerging field of study related to the design, theory, and analysis of persuasive, not pervasive, technologies. It is the study of technologies that change attitudes and encourage behaviors instead of forcing behaviors. Captology lies at the intersection of computers and the art and science of persuasion. It is a sub-discipline of human factors or (HCI) human computer interaction. It is the study of technologies that chang...

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[ Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:29:55 -0500 ]


Dave&Adam are podcast wonks
Today's word, wonk, was spotted at boingboing.net.The dictionary describes the noun wonk as an excessively studious student, a nerd or a geek. The modern connotation is more nuanced. Today wonk usually connotes a someone well versed or at least very interested in the details and rules.The BoingBoing post describes Ben Hammersley as an RSS wonk- someone who know a great deal about the inner working and details of RSS. I suspect Dave Winer is the ultimate RSS wonk. Dave wrote the specs for RSS ...

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[ Fri, 22 Jul 2005 01:16:32 -0500 ]


Podcasting a Screencast about an Umlaut
Today we have a great new word that is both a neologism because you won't find it in a dictionary and it is a portmanteau because it is a combination of two other words. It is screencast.A screencast is a recording of a computer screen. It is usually narrated. Screencasts are often used to explain or demonstrate a software feature. For example if you want to see how I recordmy podcast I there is a link to a screencast of me recording this podcast.If you want to see a more interesting screenc...

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[ Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:37:23 -0500 ]


A fathomless, fortnight long podcast about furlongs
Today we have three f-words. Don't worry, this is a family friendly podcast. The three words are:FathomFurlongFortnightThese are all units of measurement.Fathom is a sailor's term for describing the depth of water. A fathom is six feet deep or 1.8 meters. Not living near an ocean I never hear anyone use the term, but I do hear a variation fathomless. Fathomless means too deep to be measures or understood. For example the fathomless world of Search Engine Optimization Fathom comes from the ...

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[ Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:31:01 -0500 ]


There is no antipode for this podcaster's home
Today's we have a rather obscure technical term from the world of geography. Antipodal is a word I came across in a BBC article. The article is about a replica of the U.K.'s famous stonehenge. This new henge is antipodal to the original. Which is to say it is on the opposite side of the Earth.Antipodal points also called antipodes are points on the surface of a sphere that are diametrically opposed. So if you could tunnel straight through the center of the earth you would emerge at the anti...

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[ Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:21:42 -0500 ]


Who will be the podcasting ombudsman?
Today's word was suggested by Brian over at the Mostly Trivial podcast. The word is ombudsman, and Brian found it in recent post at Slashdot.org.An ombudsman is person who acts as an mediator between an organization and its public or constituency. They are often charged with investigating complaints.The ombudsman in the Slashdot post is a blogger who writes on video games. You can read his posts at vgombud.blogspot.com.You can subscribe to the Mostly Trivial podcast at MostlyTrival.comTechn...

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[ Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:19:28 -0500 ]


This is a redundant audio podcast
Today's word is redundant. It is an adjective with several related definitions. It means extra, profuse, superfluous, no longer needed or duplicate. For example describing Adam Curry as a married husband is redundant. If he is married we know he is a husband.The term redundant is also used to describe backup systems that take over when the primary system fails. Redundant servers is one way major internet companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft ensure you can always reach their sites.Tech...

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[ Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:11:47 -0500 ]


An acronym from last weeks podcast, not quite
Today we have a word that describes words- acronym. An acronym, like most words that end in -nym or -onym, describes a word or a name. An acronym is a word formed by the initial letters of a longer term. My favorite example is laser. Laser stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.It is important to contrast an acronym with an abbreviation. An abbreviation, like IBM or ADR is not pronounced as a word. Each individual letter is pronounced.Some good acronyms include ...

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[ Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:22:06 -0500 ]


An beautiful photo podcast becomes a horse
Today I have a word that was inspired by a photo taken by Will Simpson of PalousePhotography.com. When you are back at your computer be sure to take a look at the beautiful photo titled "Palouse Morning on Linville Road."Today's word is Palouse. It is a proper noun. It both the name of a river that flwos through north westernIdaho and south eastern Washington state. It flows west into the Snake River. Palouse is also the name of the fertile hilly region in the same region.I have never heard...

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[ Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:16:32 -0500 ]


Happy Independence Day Podcast
Happy Independence Day!A few word from the founding fathers of the United States.When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for onepeople to dissolve the political bands which have connected them withanother, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate andequal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitlethem, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that theyshould declare the causes which impel them to the separation.We hold these trut...

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[ Mon, 04 Jul 2005 22:46:22 -0500 ]


I bet there aren't to many podcasters familiar with marching in lockstep
Today's word is a request from a long time ago and country far away- Germany. Lockstep was requested by Nicole from Useful Sounds. Lockstep is a noun. It can be a way of acting in complete uniformity with someone or something else. A boy who follows his older brother around and imitates everything the brother does could be describe as being in lockstep with his brother. It can also be an specific inflexible process. Such as the rules for arming a nuclear weapon. I don't know the rules but...

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[ Fri, 01 Jul 2005 01:12:32 -0500 ]

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