The expression “Once in a Blue Moon” is true this month. It is used to indicate that something is a very rare event. A blue moon refers to the second full moon that occurs in any calendar month. June 2007 has two full moons, on June 1 and on June 30. Two full moons within [...]
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The Phrase Finder
While searching for some phrases I found The Phrase Finder. There presentation says:
Whether you want to resolve a friendly argument over how a saying or phrase originated or whether you just enjoy words, you’ll probably find something here to interest you.
There are also Well-known misquotations and Popular Fallacies.
A time travel with the history of backups
I came across a post titled A Time Travel with the Backup’s History. There is a graphic with a time line showing the changes in backup media. I started in the IT business in 1971, I have seen most of these changes happen.
Punched cards were not used for backups when I started but they were [...]
VideoJug – Life Explained. On Film
VideoJug uses the tag line “Life Explained. On Film”. There are films in categories such as Food, Drinks, Pets, Sport, Work and more. You can for instance learn How To Eat Sushi, How To Play Omaha Hi-Lo or How To Open A Bottle Of Champagne With A Sword.
Acronyms and abbreviations
Have you ever wondered what the … an acronym or abbreviation stands for? Go to Acronym Finder which contains more than 3 million acronyms and abbreviations.
Sniglets
Sniglets are defined as words that don’t appear in the dictionary, but should. I have a book with Sniglets and I found a website with Sniglets. Have fun
Movie awards
At Oscar is information about the academy awards. Razzie is home of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation which means awards for worst performances.
Shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL
Are you tired of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? TinyURL can solve that for you. Just enter the URL in the text field, they will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and [...]
A search enginge for the 50-plus community
cRANKy™ is a new kid (?) on the block. It is a search engine targeted at the 50-plus community. The idea is that Cranky does not search the entire internet, only selected sites.
A cool thing is that the front page shows the ten most searched phrases, updated regularly. At this moment they are as follows:
1. [...]
Idioms and phrases
Idioms and phrases is a great place. It is compiled from the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. The Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms explains over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English.
The Idioms-dictionary is part of TheFreeDictionary.com.
