3.04.2007
links: not just for zeldas anymore
When you sit at a computer all day long like I do, you find interesting things every once and a while. Here are a few:
- Awesome high-five contest. Are you awesome? Do you like high-fives? (P.S. Listen to the Sound of Young America on the radio or podcast. It is good.)
- A list of good things to do in Chicago. (P.S. Listen to Sweet Thighs. She is good.)
- I like the idea in the comments for this article about the gender of pronouns. There's no good non-gender-specific word for him or her, so when you need one of those words, you always have to guess, or hedge: "So, did you give the book back to ... your friend?" or you can resort to the plural: "Did you give their book back to them?" even when you know there's only one person being discussed. This Wired article talks about meeting people virtually, when sometimes the gender of the person you're meeting is even more unclear than in real life. For example, if the person's screenname is AHRW28 or the avatar used to represent him-or-her is a flying sofa, what do you use? It would be neat if some other third person singular pronouns would evolve online and become common in the real world.
- Here is a picture of my (getting-so-old!) niece Isabella. My dad is visiting Seattle this weekend and sent it to me. So skeptical! And so much a combination of John and Candace. I can't wait to see them all again.
