Note from the author: I have corrected, reorganized, and updated the material in this post and integrated it with additional information in an essay about Professor Giles Brindley and the very personal presentation of his research on chemical induction of penile erections at the 1983 Las Vegas meeting of the American Urological Association. I recommend [...]
Entries from October 31st, 2006
Giving Orders To Ms. Dewey; Behind The Scenes At Microsoft
October 30th, 2006 · Comments Off · Aha! Items
You may remember the redoubtable Ms. Dewey, the insult-slinging search assistant pictured here and mentioned previously in DrHGuy’s Cyber-Bookmarks: October 20, 2006 I’ve been informed by a reliable source, Mike Elgan of Mike’s List, that 1. Ms. Dewey is played by actress Janina Gavankar (which probably isn’t worth even an update post) 2. By turning [...]
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A Sketch Of Sketches Of Frank Gehry
October 30th, 2006 · Comments Off · Fascinations, Media
Netflix Edutainment, Frank Gehry’s Edifices, & DrHGuy’s Edification One of the benefits of Netflix,1 is the opportunity to view video titles, often but not always documentaries, that would never make an appearance here in the boondocks and that I wouldn’t attend if they did make such an appearance because the likelihood of garnering enough enjoyment [...]
Tags: architecture·Movies-Videos
Fall Colors At Heck Of A House
October 29th, 2006 · Comments Off · Fascinations
These photos were taken by Lord Of Leisure1 last week during his Heck Of A House stay occasioned by his son’s wedding. Admittedly, what passes for Fall colors in northern Illinois is notably less spectacular than the views found in, say, New England or where I grew up in the Ozarks, but we are, nonetheless, [...]
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Marti Guixe + Renaissance + Richard Drew = Do-Frame
October 29th, 2006 · Comments Off · Aha! Items
I think this clever frame-tape, designed by Marti Guixe, appeals to me because of the contrast between the Do-Frame’s baroque pattern that evokes the ornamental style of the Renaissance and the austere practicality of the adhesive tape that is an integral piece of 20th century industrialism.1 While it is promoted for creating an “instant gallery” [...]
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Music Understood, Ads Graded, Scrabble Scored, Flight Stats, and Comics Explicated
October 28th, 2006 · Comments Off · Aha! Items, Media
DrHGuy Cyber-Bookmarks: October 28, 2006 Cyber-Bookmarks From DrHGuy are annotated links to arguably worthwhile, recently published online reading, new or revised websites of potential utility or ostensible interest, and other internet-accessible experiences that, were it not for the casually collected, cavalierly collated, & capriciously collocated components comprising these posts, could easily be overlooked – which [...]
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Earning The Movie Industry Protection Boy Scout Patch
October 27th, 2006 · Comments Off · Fascinations
Yesterday’s Good Deed: Helping Old Lady Cross The Street Today’s Good Deed: Stopping Movie Downloads The 52,000 Los Angeles Boy Scouts now have the opportunity to earn the um, … distinctive Respect Copyrights Activity Patch (pictured above) by completing a curriculum developed by The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The program includes didactic sessions [...]
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Video Game Fights Cancer In Real Life
October 26th, 2006 · Comments Off · Fascinations
Some of you may be interested in Re-Mission, the subject of my AlignMap Blog1 post today. Re-Mission is a video game for children and adolescents with cancer, and there is now a study indicating that kids who play the game show improved quality of life measures and enhanced treatment adherence. The link to that post [...]
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Reviews Of Paul Simon, Stephen King, And Dwell
October 26th, 2006 · Comments Off · Media
DrHGuy Cyber-Bookmarks: October 26, 2006 Cyber-Bookmarks From DrHGuy are annotated links to arguably worthwhile, recently published online reading, new or revised websites of potential utility or ostensible interest, and other internet-accessible experiences that, were it not for the casually collected, cavalierly collated, & capriciously collocated components comprising these posts, could easily be overlooked – which [...]
Tags: paul simon
A Case Study: Elmer Fudd & The Swedish Chef
October 25th, 2006 · Comments Off · Fascinations
Preferential Idiolectic Perseverance Of Specific Fictitious Characters In Internet Textual Transformation Settings The Text Conversion Websites One of the first wordplay sites on the internet to catch my attention was the Dialectizer, which transforms user chosen text or web pages from what passes for English on the net into dialects such as “Redneck” and “Cockney.” [...]
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