Interesting Links for 02-12-2011

[andrewducker]

• Apple: Siri isn't anti-abortion. Glad to hear it!
  (tags: apple iphone siri abortion )
• Ministers announce U-turn on mobility benefit cut - Yaaaay!
  (tags: benefits disabilities uk )
• A Londoner’s Guide to Living in New York: Part 1.1: Language (I laughed at the translations)
  (tags: language newyork london usa )
• Having problems motivating yourself to

Comments

Writing Motivation

[zornhau]

Hanko Dobringer wrote (in 1389): People who are afraid of swords should stay away from swordfighting.

In the same way, people who need a digital kitten to motivate them to write, should probably stick to WoW. If it's not more fun than other activities, then it is honestly not worth it.

Re: Writing Motivation

[andrewducker]

I think you might be taking it a bit more seriously than it was intended...

I agree though - writing is something you do because you love it, or because you have to do it for work. If you don't enjoy it then don't do it unless you have to!

Re: Writing Motivation

[undeadbydawn]

my biggest block to writing is my conviction that I'm a terrible writer.

by contrast, people who've read my work have near universally loved it. Figure.

nothing would motivate me less than a digital cat. and I love cats
Gods I'm a miserable bugger

Re: Writing Motivation

[zornhau]

Just do it.

[bart_calendar]

I'm pretty sure the Suri thing is just a result of the anti-abortion people coming up with better ways to skew iPhone search results than abortion providers have. Quite honestly, the anti-abortion people are much more well funded than a typical local abortion provider so it would only make sense that they would be able to hire better people for Siri SEO. Hell, it's quite possible that in many cities abortion providers haven't even considered hiring someone to optimize their search results for Siri.

[andrewducker]

Siri apparently gets its results from Google, which shows results for abortion providers in some of the areas that they're searching.

[bart_calendar]

Getting them from google doesn't mean that they provide the same results as Google does. Remember, Google results are easily skewed by many factors including, but not limited to previous searches by the person doing the search. For example, if you and I searched the exact same search term we'd get different results

[zornhau]

I love your resume!

[bart_calendar]

Given how multicultural the UK is I'm surprised that "hero" does not mean "sandwich" there as well.

It's essentially a European word. It comes from the common greek term "Gyro" (which I see on signs at greek sandwich shops all the time.

"Gyro" when pronounced in a New York accent sounds like "Hero."

[innerbrat]

I knew I forgot something!

"Gyro," when heard by a Londoner, would mean something like "state issued welfare cheque."

[bart_calendar]

Really?

Why?

[innerbrat]

Because it sounds reads a bit like "girocheque"

[strawberryfrog]

People have been worrying about Katla for over a year now.

Less so than they did about Eyjafjallajökull. It's a lot easier to pronounce. Sounds almost like a big, playful kitten. Awww.

[tysolna]

*writewritewriteKITTEN!*
I write for the love of writing, but I don't mind a kitten now and again. :)