Timo @timo@soundcafe.nl

Word 25:

"""
pro bono

In law and medicine, to offer a service free of charge.
"""

From the Latin "pro bono publico" meaning for the people, or for the public good.
In Dutch we call this "pro deo" from the Latin "for God".

It fits with the culture.. Netherlands were very catholic, whereas pro bono came in the 1700s from the US, which freed itself from catholic Britain, of course they'd refer to it as for the people!

https://law.rwu.edu/library/blog/history-lawyer-pro-bono-services
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_bono

#english #word #linguistics

Ah it's "technically a major city".

So, basically, its a small town and this obscure fact is (relatively speaking) the most interesting thing you have to say about the town, for the lead paragraph.

I love Wikipedia, the composition and phrasing says as much, if not more, than the facts. ♥️ #wikipedia

"We Finally Have Jetpacks and No One Cares", by Dave Eggers.

https://kottke.org/22/01/dave-eggers-we-finally-have-jetpacks-and-no-one-cares

#kottke #jetpack

How to make an AC/DC song in 30 seconds.

"What's that? Look out! Dog on the road!"

via kottke.org, from https://www.tiktok.com/@weareseaforth/video/6896162743179611397. #acdc #kottke

Are you sure, Google?

Machine learning at its best! 😄

#humor #translate #AI #bigdata #google

An overqualified drummer at a kid's fair festival, showing off while wearing a donut-shaped full-body Disney-character costume. It must be hot in there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnkTUKtxRic

#music #drumming #drums

(mac)OStalgia by Michael Feeney.

A delightful dive into classic macOS 9, with reimagined versions of modern day applications, showing how they might look and feel if they met the expectations and interface conventions from back then.

https://swallowmygraphicdesign.com/project/macostalgia

Direct link (4min video, 30MB):
https://secureservercdn.net/160.153.138.219/3a0.1d1.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/macOS-9-Low-Quality.mp4

#macOS #nostalgia

"Empty Space", by Tyler Walker.

https://tylerwalker.bandcamp.com/track/empty-space

#bandcamp #music #TylerWalker #SynthWave #electronic

I like that the configuration path for cowsay(1) is COWPATH. #word

https://linux.die.net/man/1/cowsay
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pave_the_cowpath

Word 24:

"""
round tuit

(noun, US humorous)

Circular object supposedly enabling its owner to do everything that has been put off until 'when they get around to it'.
"""

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/round_tuit
https://github.com/TestAnything/Specification/pull/25#discussion_r817371411

#english #word #linguistics

"""
You can't cry, 'cause you'll look broke down.
But you're crying anyway, 'cause you are all broke down.
"""

-- Sly and the Family Stone #quote #quotes

"How Noiseless Props Are Made For Movies" by Insider.

I'm familiar with foley art, and how we often add or replace sound, when it wasn't or couldn't be recorded, or differs from an expected sound.

What I didn't know is the inverse; replacing materials with fake ones to avoid real sounds that would make sense to hear but may distract.

I imagine it's not uncommon to mask by default just in case, and then add back via foley... 😆

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6btmJSRueE
#props #MoviesInsider #Insider

Machu Picchu, Peru. 1915 and 2020.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu

H/T @robert via https://old.reddit.com/r/OldPhotosInRealLife/comments/mvuid6/machu_picchu_peru_1915_2020/

"14-Hour Search for the End of TGI Friday's Endless Appetizers" by Caity Weaver.

An epic journey in which a Gawker reporter investigates TGI Friday's bottomless mozzarella sticks — in exchange for a week's vacation. A fun read, loved every moment of it.

https://www.gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-for-the-end-of-tgi-fridays-endless-ap-1606122925