Tahitians do not have a word directly equivalent to sadness. Instead, they treat sadness as something like a physical illness. This difference has an impact on how the emotion is experienced by Tahitians. For example, the sadness we feel over the departure of a close friend would be experienced by a Tahitian as exhaustion.
Into the Void
Back off, man, I'm co-creating my reality.
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Intro to the Blogosphere
Bloggers have been described with syllogisms such as
blogger : journalist :: tick : sheep
and
bloggers : journalists :: dung beetles : elephants
TikiWiki under Windows
I recently decided to migrate the main web page to a Wiki. I’ve messed around with a couple of CMSs – Mambo and subDreamer – and decided that the format and size of the site really don’t require that kind of power. A quick look at the features of some popular wiki software led me […]
Journey to Wild Divine
Playing the game was like being in one of those dreams where I’m sure that I can fly, if only I can let go and allow it to happen. The feeling was absolutely delightful. I’m looking forward to setting aside time to start playing the full game.
Trademark Infringement
This is Despair.com‘s response to my warning about Cingular’s attempt to trademark emoticons in direct violation of Despair’s trademark on the frownie. I am not licensed to reprint the frownie here. From: Despair Customer Disservice Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:59:18 -0600 Hello Leslie, Thank you for sharing this information with us. Our legal department […]
Share your Information on the Web
In a previous article I was babbling about subscribing to RSS feeds in order to reduce information overload. But let’s look at it from the other side now. Webmasters use RSS feeds to keep customers up-to-date. Customers use a feed reader to grab the raw XML from their favorite sites, and the feed reader formats […]
Belief-O-Matic
Warning: Belief-O-Maticâ„¢ assumes no legal liability for the ultimate fate of your soul.
TFTD – lack of patriotism?
“Why of course the people don’t want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?”
Links: Some days you eat the octopus…
Thanks to mememachinego for this creepy video. When keepers at the Seattle Aquarium moved an octopus into a tank with sharks and other large fish, they hoped the octopus would be ok. They should have worried about the sharks. As you can tell, I’ve been reading the feeds this morning and checking out some of […]
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