Comments on: Today

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:29:48 +0000

Thanks to both of you for stopping by.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:13:03 +0000

sounds like a lovely day! enjoyed it so much i’ve read it again a few times.

By: pound foolish

pound foolish — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:09:45 +0000

really enjoyed this, thanks

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:59:10 +0000

Harry – Oh nuts. Seems you’re as good at sounding like you know something as I am!

MB – The ways of typoG are indeed many and mysterious.

Brenda – No apology needed. As for where the image came from: could be just about any site with “dave” or “bonta” in it. If the latter, he could be a relative — and/or a descendent of slaves once owned by my patronymic ancestors in Kentucky.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:04:45 +0000

Yeah, I had fun with the typoG. today too (admits)… it threw up some of my own images, which was jarring and intriguing, so I searched google’s images, sure enough they were there…

And on closer inspection, that’s not you, you were right. Not sure if I should apologize because I’d have liked it to be you with an image of your mountain through your forehead. You could always make something similar to it, or do a ‘magnetic marque’ of your photo in the right shape, copy it and paste it on, haze it out a bit, make it a little transparent, and…

Oh, it sounds like too much work.

Wonder where the program got that image anyway? All the images in mine came from my blog or website… hmnn.

By: MB

MB — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:33:40 +0000

Dave, I really enjoyed this post. Your variety was refreshing and interesting.

I tried the typoGenerator, however, with perplexing results. Supposedly randomly generated, and with “destroy” marked inbetween times, four out of five iterations based upon my name contained the word “please” splayed across in large letters. Go figure! Subliminal messages from….?!

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:25:05 +0000

“Say, do you have a spare couple hours? Someone really needs to expand that Wikipedia page on nightjarsâ€¦”

I pretty much exhausted my knowledge in the previous comment, sadly.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:59:02 +0000

marja-leena – Thanks! But contrary to the website’s premise, I’m afraid I will never “know my place.” :(

Harry – Yeah! I forgot about the potoo. And I never heard the original nightjar before – that was awesome.

Say, do you have a spare couple hours? Someone really needs to expand that Wikipedia page on nightjars…

Hi, SB – Glad you liked.

By: SB

SB — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:44:52 +0000

Nice riff.

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:39:00 +0000

The caprimulgiformes get all the best names: nightjar, nighthawk, whip-poor-will, goatsucker, oilbird, potoo, frogmouth.

Such fabulous birds, as well. I remember seeing a nightjar species sitting on the ground in Venezuela; as I got closer it edged away from me, but the legs were so short it looked like it was gliding on little wheels.

I expect you’ve heard the jarring of the original nightjar.