Showing posts with label StumbleUpon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label StumbleUpon. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

All words exist.

So, while I was on StumbleUpon (my usual opening phrase of a sentence nowadays), I came across the wonderful page http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/33Bm2f/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions/.
Read through it, if you're interested in learning random stuff and seeing what little lies you've been fed over the years.

One of the sections that interested me the most was this one:
"Non-standard, slang or colloquial terms used by English speakers are sometimes alleged to not be real words. For instance, despite appearing as a word in numerous dictionaries,[102] "irregardless" is dismissed as "not a word" in some style guides.[103] All words in English originated by becoming commonly used during a certain time period, thus there are many informal words currently regarded as "incorrect" in formal speech or writing. But the idea that they are somehow not words is a misconception.[104][105][106] Examples of words that are sometimes alleged to be "not a word" include "conversate", "funnest", "mentee", "impactful", and "thusly".[107][108][109] All of these appear in numerous dictionaries as English words.[110]"

Just a random one.
(I know Verushka, Cavie, Byron, Adrian, Jes and a few others will love reading through this page.)

Monday, 24 December 2012

Stumbling

I recently started using a really cool website called StumbleUpon (Cavie mentioned it to me).

Anyway, so it's basically a site dedicated solely to recommending other sites to you.
You sign up, tell it what you like, and then browse through what it shows you.
I found some really random and interesting stuff.

You can find interactive stuff like this:
new.weavesilk.com/
(Open the site on a PC, click, hold the mouse button and draw.)
this:
scarypersimmon.com/ld21/MazeEscape.swf/
or this:
www.flaminglunchbox.net/curvy/

...or just random reading like this:
mixthatdrink.com/jolly-ranchers-vodka/
or this:
thesavoia.com/2012/11/05/oh-theyre-so-surprised/

Depends on your preferences.
I like a mix of interactive and non-interactive.

I know people like myself and Trishanta get bored at work all the time so I hope this helps.

Enjoy!