Archive for November, 2004

RoboDump 1.0

Kevin Kelm —   “   RoboDump is a robot. Sort of. And it poops. Sort of. Forever. A horrible, never-ending bowel movement complete with straining grunts, horrific gas, splashes, and pee sounds. Here’s the soundtrack. I snuck RoboDump into the men’s room at the office. It still went over well; the office was abuzz [...]

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Ad*Access

Digital Scriptorium —   The Ad*Access Project presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. This site includes historical materials that may contain negative stereotypes or language reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place. These items are presented [...]

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A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia

Jeff Miller — Miscellany, Palindromes, Uncommon double letters; triple letters; quadruple letters, Typewriter words; consecutive consonants, Misspelled words; pangrams, Beautiful words; most frequent appearance of each letter …

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