January 2009
mabelmoments:
yonks noun
(Ireland, Australia) A longer time than expected.
This egg is taking to boil. Haven”t seen him in ! a long time; ages
I”ve been a teacher for - I should really try another career. Etymology: Unknown.One theory is that it comes from donkey’s years, another is that it’s an initialism from Years, Months, weeks.
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(there ya go isopod…)
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Zune 30GB brickification acknowledged, Microsoft... →
For all of you Zune 30 owners who woke up this morning to find your PMP frozen in despair at the thought of spending another year alone, Microsoft has finally acknowledged their boo-boo and explains it thusly: There is a bug in the internal clock driver causing the device to choke on the last day of a leap year. Rest assured, however — although they may not be releasing an update for the...
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“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”
– Lenin; Russian Communist politician & revolutionary (1870 - 1924)
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December 2008
Mind hack: turn down the TV volume | Boing Boing →
Lowering the TV volume a little more each day can help you improve focus. UC San Francisco neuroscientist Michael Merzenich told Prevention magazine that the technique trains your brain “to filter out background noise.” TV-Brain Workout
