shiny Category

Oh jeez. It’s ok if you laugh at me for this, I promise.
I just found another something for which I just have to apply. It’s nothing as huge as EL 08, but is really cool and important to me. So yeah, I will once again be frantically cranking out letters and applications. This is for [...]

Less a real entry than a list of updates…

I finally got around to putting content on shinylib.com. As ever there’s “more to come”. We’ll see.
I am not sure where I was for the past several months, but I have only just become aware of the Jena Six controversy, in which several escalating racially-focused incidents at [...]

Visual Thesaurus

In: shiny, techstuff

 
Wow. Today’s shiny contraption is unfortunately not free, but still…
“The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. You’ll understand language in a powerful new way.” –product website
 
 
 
 
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shiny?

shin·y (shī'nē) adj.
shin·i·er, shin·i·est

  1. Radiating light; bright.
  2. To be good, in a state of being good, to be having a good time.
  3. Something interesting or distracting.
  4. A term used to describe things of an attractive nature, especially people.


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