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Tag Archives: phlyarology
Lord of the Dance
I have no post prepared for this week (too much to do, too little time). Esme posted this gem a short while ago; I’d noted it for a ‘reblog’ for an occasion such as this, but her post doesn’t have … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Just for laughs, Music, Phlyarology, art, Reblogs
Tagged Kraken Wanker, phlyarology
5 Comments
How to celebrate being 42 every fourth year
A long time after Deep Thought reveals The Answer to Loonquawl and Phouchg, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect try to figure out what The Question might be. Marvin (the Paranoid Android) had told them that The Question was imprinted in … Continue reading
Confirmation that two-thirds of headline analyzers spout utter nonsense
An examination of three headline analyzer tools (and whether it’s worth using them), together with a Veritasium video on the effectiveness of clickbait (with transcription). Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Critiques, Phlyarology, Strategy, Tech tips
Tagged clickbait, headline analyzers, Jabberwocky, phlyarology, SEO, transcription, Veritasium
29 Comments
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures
It may (or may not) have been Carl Linnaeus who classified our species as ‘homo sapiens sapiens‘ in the late 18th Century. As you probably know, that label derives from Latin: ‘homo’ means ‘man’, while ‘sapiens’ can be translated as … Continue reading
One has to acknowledge that a box exists before being able to think outside it
Paul Handover of ‘Learning from Dogs’ pointed me to this important interview the other day. It stumbles and rambles a bit, but some interesting points are made, especially towards the end where the idea is raised that academia has been … Continue reading
Everything has its place
The late Duke of Edinburgh, His Royal Highness Prince Philip, has now been laid to rest, and I trust that I’ve left it long enough that I won’t offend anyone by this post. A recent entry in ‘The Weekly Learn’ … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, History, illusion, memetics, News and politics, People, Phlyarology
Tagged pendantry, phlyarology
27 Comments
The Multiphasic Phlyarological University
Here’s a question I’ve never been asked: What exactly is The Multiphasic Phlyarological University? Well, in a nutshell, it’s a virtual school for studying nonsense. Why ‘nonsense’? Because nonsense is such fun! Think of Jabberwocky, for example: … or Vogon … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Education, Just for laughs, Phlyarology
Tagged fun, humour, laughter, nonsense, phlyarology, silliness
25 Comments
‘Social’ media doesn’t recognise death
When I go on ‘Linked In’, I’m often reminded to congratulate an old friend of mine for having been in business for x years. The problem is, this old friend passed on some time ago… Today I was reminded by … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Computers and Internet, People, Phlyarology
Tagged death, facebook, phlyarology
7 Comments
A call for immediate discussion
With another Remembrance Sunday looming, my thoughts turn to those who have given their lives in many wars, for the freedoms those of us in the ‘civilised’ West enjoy: the freedom to vote for ‘any of the above’ in the … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?
Tagged cognition, Monty Python, phlyarology, politics, Remembrance Sunday, stupid
8 Comments
Phlyarologist (a definition)
I’m a phlyarologist, and proud of it. I originally found this word via the marvelous site savethewords.org. Or, more correctly, I’d have to say that the word found me. I had been looking for a word to adopt (preferably a … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Core thought, Culture, History, Just for laughs, memetics, Phlyarology
Tagged Change, nonsense, phlyarologist, phlyarology, savethewords
58 Comments