Word combinations
March 12, 2007
Combinations of seemingly unrelated words can make for very interesting results…
• Bored anus
• Reptile corner
• HTML bike
• Crime bag
• Pen whack
• Candle back
Rotating cubes
March 11, 2007
After a debate about “rotating cubes” at work I felt compelled to bring the plight of the origins of the cube to this blog… enjoy…
The rotating cube was infact invented by Che Wo Cun in 1789 after the Dutch had introduced the cube (a stationary version) to China – also at this time the cube was in a flat and “drawn” state – which is where the word “drawn” originates… the only other know person know to ’spin’ a cube in a non 3D environment was Karsten Schmidt at Moving Brands in 2006. Obviously, the common dice (or die) was in existence much before 1789 with reports of it existing as far back as 1780 – but these were not thought of as cubes and were more likely referred to as ‘devil droppings’ (hence the origins of the word ‘die’) or ‘kruds’ which is where the slang word of “crud” comes from when referring to mud or shit.
Yes I said stuff…
March 9, 2007
Hi Im james and this blog will have stuff I like on it as well as stuff I dont like. Stuff that interests me, and made up stuff… cheers
James
