Journal

8 entries for Sunday, February 4, 2024

17 Foreign Words English Desperately Needs

[Abbiocco: Italian for ‘food coma’.]

[Schnapsidee: German for stupid ideas, like arranging furniture late at night while drunk.]

[Ubuntu: Zulu for “I am because we are.”]

[Sommer: Afrikaans for “just because”.]

[Tartle: Scottish for not remembering the name of someone you just met.]

[Mamilhapinatapai: Yámana for everyone wanting the same but noone acting on it.]

[Treppenwitz (staircase wit): German for thinking of a comeback too late.]

Jacob Collier Answers Instrument & Music Theory Questions From Twitter

I aspire to talk this deeply, fast, and fun.

DRIVER feat Juma Tutu (LASTA’s Afro Disco Remix) | PYRAMID PROJECT feat Contours

Single-bar bass loop probably never changes or stops; contrasted with sections featuring a kind of flute, chorus vocal hook (no idea what language it is), abstract saxophone solo and interjections; bass on each beat, booty-shaking, makes you dance and feel good.

“I have no opinions, just concerns.”

The largest social network where I actually look forward to participate is the blogosphere.

Hire Me

Seriously, I won’t take your money unless you say, “I’m super jazzed with these results, and there’s nothing I would change.”

Paying Netflix $0.53/h, etc.

[Divide the monthly price by average usage to get the hourly cost. Per hour, people might be paying about fifty cents for online streaming, a dollar or few for games and movies, five to fifteen for their creator subscriptions.]

Send your users this welcome email

[Ask: “What’s happening in your world that brought you to this project?”]