Sip of the Day - June 28, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Filtering the Search Results
Titera's Tidbit: Flea Market
This unattractive English term, now largely replaced by "swap meet", derives from the French original Marche aux Puces, a market in Paris where inexpensive goods were bought and sold - the implication being that such goods were covered with fleas (puces in French).
Sippets:
Dear Janet—Best Break-Up Letter Ever
Warren Buffet Pledges His Wealth to Charities
10 Facts — Google is Not Your Ordinary Company
Video: Gary Faulkner, The Bin Laden Hunter, Tells All
Super Sip Site - Top 10 Clever Google Voice Tricks
Even Dogs Hate the Vuvuzela
Sip of the Day - June 14, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Using Saved Searches
Titera's Tidbit: Mock
The present word means to make fun or deride someone, but its Middle English ancestor mokken meant "to wipe one's nose", from the Latin muccere, related to our word "mucus". The transference comes from the snorting sound of a snuffly nose being blown, apparently a popular way to show scorn in days past.
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What Causes “Eye Floaters”
The Greatest Coke Machine Ever!
What is HTML5 and Why We Should Care
No Hands: Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect Revealed
Super Sip Streaming - Where to Watch the World Cup Online
2010-06-09 - SeRocks.com - Movie Night Promo from http://vimeo.com/serocks on Vimeo.
Star Wars vs. Star Trek
Sip of the Day - June 7, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Creating Custom Libraries
Titera's Tidbit: Adulterate
Someone who commits adultery is doing something very adult indeed, but an adulterator is doing something quite different by making something that is comparatively pure (an eighteen-year-old Scotch whisky, say) less so, in this instance by diluting it with water. The sense derives from the Latin adulterare, meaning "to make other".
Sippets:
Jobs & Gates Reminiscing About the Past
Photo Warning: Bull Fighting is Dangerous!
10 Things Android Does Better than iPhone OS
Steve Jobs Expected to Unveil New iPhone Today
Super Sip Software - Adobe ConnectNow: Free Conferencing
Pool Bombarded by Incredible Hail Storm - Watch more Funny Videos
Sip of the Day - June 2, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Libraries vs. Folders
Titera's Tidbit: Hobson's Choice
Travelers in 17th-century England often found themselves doing business with a man named Tobias Hobson, who rented horses throughout the southeast. His practice was to receive a customer's money, then lead out whichever horse happened to be standing closest to the door, regardless of what the customer might have asked for. Thus a "Hobson's choice", a term still used today, is no choice at all.
Sippets:
Mark Twain Will Finally Reveal All
Guatemala: Now, That Is A Big Hole!
What Your Email Address Says About You
Woman Sues Google After Following Walking Directions
Super Sip Sound Site - Soundation Studio Music Mixer
K-Strass Claims to be Yo-Yo Champion
Sip of the Day - May 24, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Libraries - Different than Folders
Titera's Tidbit: Croissant
The "croissant" owes its origins to the Ottoman Turks who invaded Central Europe, bearing their flag with its image of the crescent moon. When they besieged Vienna in 1683, the Turks expected quick victory buy were instead defeated by a force of allies, including France. Viennese cooks celebrated with a new kind of puffed pastry that they called "croissant", the French word meaning "crescent".
Sippets:
LifeLock CEO’s Identity Stolen 13 Times
Announcing Google TV: TV Meets The Web
33 Photos Caught at Exactly the Right Moment
Final Season Reveals Some Answers but Sparks More
Super Sip Security Site - Privacy Tweaks You Should Know
"George" - The Trailer
Sip of the Day - May 17, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Libraries
Titera's Tidbit: Intel
In 1968, electrical engineers Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore founded a semiconductor firm that would become central to the manufacture of PC's a decade later. They first called thier company after themselves, then changed the name to Integrated Electronics. When they discovered that another business had got to the name first, they used the abbreviation "Intel", by which the company has become world famous.
Sippets:
The Coke Bottle Cheat Sheet
Tips Every Windows 7 User Needs to Know
Plumber Doesn’t Understand Why People Stare
YouTube Turned Five Today: Vote for Your Favorite
Super Sip Speech - Say It Correctly With Inogolo.com
Greyson Chance - Paparazzi
Sip of the Day - May 10, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Understanding Libraries
Titera's Tidbit: Quintessential
As the movie starring Bruce Willis has it, The Fifth Element is the thing of which the heavens are made, ruling over the four elements of our world: earth, wind, fire, and water. In Latin, this fifth substance is the quinta essentia, the without-which-nothing quest of the early alchemists, who believed it could not only produce gold but also yield eternal life.
Sippets:
Dang! Google’s Chrome is Super Fast
Sniper Kills Qaeda From 1.5 Miles Away
Dilbert—The Lost 4G Phone: How it Happened
David Nixon Does It Again With “Letters to God”
Super Sip Site - Can't Find a Word? Use Word Finder
Cats Attack Babysitter
Sip of the Day - May 3, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Windows Touch
Titera's Tidbit: Bada-Bing
Made famous by movies such as Casino and the TV serial The Sopranos, the tough-talk slang term "bada-bing" is reckoned to be onomato- poectic, incorporating the sound of a pistol going off. The phrase first appears in crime fiction in the 1960s, and its orgins are obsure; some think that it comes from the Neapolitan pronunciation of the Italian phrase vada bene, which means, "Watch your step."
Sippets:
This is How Europeans See America
Crazy Octopus Steals Diver’s Video Camera
G Confirms Android Will Support Flash & Apple Sucks
Pakistani Identified in the Times Square Bomb Attempt
Super Sip Secrets - 10 Things You Didn’t Know About G Maps
Happy Feet Escapes!
Sip of the Day - April 22, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Sticky Notes
Titera's Tidbit: Lemon
A native of the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains, the "lemon" took its time reaching Europe through overland trade routes. Northern Europeans called it by its Latin name, some variant of citron, whereas southern Europeans, directly in contact with Arab traders, borrowed the Arabic limum, the Arab verstion of the Chinese name for the fruit, limung.
Sippets:
The Most Colorful Tree on Earth
Woman Bow Hunting Carp Gets Jaw Broken
Gmail Adds Drag & Drop Attachments to Messages
Now Muslims Want to Kill the Creators of 'South Park'
Super Sip Site - How to Backup & Play Wii Games from a HD
At Least They Had Parachutes - Watch more Funny Videos
Sip of the Day - April 12, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: The New Calculator
Titera's Tidbit: Cravat
This old-fashioned word for necktie comes from the French word cravate, meaning "of Croatia". When French soldiers entered the region during the Napoleonic Wars, they were greeted by enthusiastic Croatians glad to be rid of Austrain rule. The Croatian men wore red kerchiefs tucked into their collars, and they gave these kerchiefs to the newcomers as a token of their esteem.
Sippets:
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Unveiled
22 Most Unusual Google Earth Photos
Earthquake Lifts Layer of Dust Off a Mountain
The Greatest Golfer in the World is Phil Mickelson
Super Sip Scenery - Mosquito Range, San Isabel Forest, Colorado
Mosquito Range, San Isabel National Forest
Wildflowers blossom in the Mosquito Range of theSan Isabel National Forest.
Sip of the Day - April 5, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Navigation/Preview/Detail Pane
Titera's Tidbit: Tulip
When it was introduced to Europe from its Central Asian homeland, this bulb carried the name dulband, the Turkish pronounciation of the Persian word that gives us "turban", so called for its shape. Several European languages render the word as "tulipan", which shows the etymology more clearly.
Sippets:
10 Things That Turn Men Off
This is Way Better Than a Drive-In Movie!
Things You Didn’t Know About Shawshank Redemption
Tiger Says He is Sorry and That He is Gonna Win Masters
Super Sip Software - The 5 Best Windows 7 Tweaking Apps
Arab Prank While Praying
Sip of the Day - March 29, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Customize the Notification Area
Titera's Tidbit: Shrewd
A "shrewd" person, in modern parlance, knows his or her way around a problem and can think things through; the sense combines wisdom with cunning, with a hint of sneakiness. The Middle English original had decidedly negative connotations; a person who was schrewed was twisted, the schrew in question being the origin of both the modern words shrew and screw.
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Sneak Peak at the New Photoshop
Amazing Paintings....Umm, Wait, What?
Million Dollar NASA Photos Beaten by Balloon
Finally. The Apple iPhone Will Be Coming to Verizon
Super Sip Service - OpenDNS: Faster, More Secure, & Free
Awesome Guy Makes Awesome Entrance
Sip of the Day - March 22, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Customizing the Taskbar
Titera's Tidbit: Speculate
An ancient Roman soldier might have been assigned to a specula, "a watchtower", to keep an eye on things. A Roman woman might have fixed her hair with the aid of a speculum, "a mirror". Our word "speculate" originally meant "to watch over", the sense of which transferred to mean something like "theorize", which event- ually gave rise to the sense of "take a calculated risk, one that you've thought through".
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Amazing Photograph: Sky of Fire
Not Familiar with ChatRoulette? Careful!
Captured: Troops Storm Marjah, Afghanistan
The House of Representatives Passes Health Care Bill
Super Sip Software - Dial Zero: Connects You to a Human
Sip of the Day - March 15, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: The New Taskbar
Titera's Tidbit: Hurricane
A "hurricane" is not so named because it hurries, although this kind of massive tripical storm can attain deadly speeds. Instead, the word, borrowed from the language of the Carib Indians, is originally the name of their storm god, Aracan, sometimes spelled Huirancan.
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The 12 Biggest Rip-Offs in America
So Do You Know Why I Pulled You Over?
Listen Up: Dating Guide for Single Woman
‘Faster’, ‘Instant’ Digg 2.0 Unveiled at SXSW
Super Sip Site - GigaPan.com—Enormous Panoramic Photos
Large or Small, Investors Rule from Michael J Titera on Vimeo.
Sip of the Day - March 8, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Finding New Gadgets
Titera's Tidbit: Nome
The faraway point in Alaska owes its origin to a note on a British admiralty chart reading "? name", as in, "What is this place called?" When the chart was converted to a printed map, the draftsman rendered this as Cape Name, which the engraver mistakenly read as Cape Nome. "Nome" it has been ever since.
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In One Word: Appreciation
137 Years of Popular Science Mags
Shot Between the Eyes, But Pilot Saves 20
Muslims Slaughter Hundreds in Nigeria Violence
Super Sip Site - Puniz.com Indexes Free Tunes from the Web
OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine
Sip of the Day - March 1, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Configuring Gadgets
Titera's Tidbit: Buffet
A medieval household of any means contained a sideboard with a top that could be opened to store dishes and linens. This useful piece of furniture took its name from the Old French word bufet, which means "a slap", because of the slapping sound the top made when it was closed. The meal served atop the sideboard came to be called "buffet" too.
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What’s Conan Up To? Find Out on Twitter
Kulula-Air Tries Not to Take Itself Too Seriously
Video & Photos of Georgian Luger’s Horrifying Crash
Final: U.S. 37, Germany 30, Canada 26, and Norway 23
Super Sip Scenery - San Isabel National Forest, Colorado
Idiot Cuts Cord with Scissors
San Isabel National Forest, Colorado
Columbines bloom at the foot of an aspen grovein the San Isabel National Forest.
Sip of the Day - February 22, 2010
Sip of the Day - Windows 7: Desktop Gadgets
Titera's Tidbit: Brinkmanship
Someone who stands on the edge of a cliff, a brink, is either very brave or very foolish. In 1956, American politician Adlai Stevenson coined the term to describe Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's discomforting habit of constantly threatening war with the Soviet Union.
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Mike Rowe Posts About Captain Phil
Mosquito Getting Killed by the Death Star Laser
Roger Ebert Lost His Jaw to Cancer, But Not His Words
So Far: U. S. 24, Germany 21, Norway 14, and Russia 10
Super Sip Software - Happy 20th Birthday, Adobe Photoshop
Awesome "Buckle Up" PSA Commercial
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