Perhaps there is room for improvement in the suggestion generation algorithm, or there is something much more subtle going on here. I suspect that suggestions might be derived in large part from (phrases within) link anchor text, but I've not yet had a chance to try and verify this conjecture
An analysis of Google Suggest (via diversionz)
The Analysis includes Sample pages of lists which makes for good browsing.
This is a selection from Privacy
privacy please
privacy plus
privacy police
privacy polocy
privacy lost with the touch of a keystroke
privacy is a right
privacy is a thing of the past
privacy is important
privacy is not important
privacy in paradise lost
privacy google
privacy good
privacy god
privacy get over it
privacy guardian serial crack
privacy experts shun black boxes
privacy fence cost per foot
privacy drape
privacy dummy
privacy window cling
privacy act for dummies
Comments: Suggest Analysis
What the hell is:privacy preserving bayesian network structure computation on distributed heterogeneous data?
Posted by nb at December 29, 2004 12:14 AM
prive arsey
Posted by FXH at December 29, 2004 01:14 AM
"What the hell is:privacy preserving bayesian network structure computation on distributed heterogeneous data?"
For starters, it's not a good blog name.
For middlers, it's about trying not to come up with an answer for why yer searching for what yer searching for.
And for enders, it's basically "prive arsey" Or for the clean shaven amongst us, "privy asset".
*insert the bear and rabbit joke here*
Posted by Nabakov at December 29, 2004 04:05 AM
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Monday, December 27, 2004
Barista has a link to to the guardian's google-proof? quiz.
In the comments, Nabakov ups the ante with 21 really difficult questions...
The wheel of my aunt has become disengaged. May you be of assistance?
Comments: formidable
Sometimes i am awed by that Nabs.
Posted by David Tiley at December 27, 2004 11:04 PM
That was rather awesome.
(already a contender for GG's 2005 awards?)
btw - did not want to 'Top'(not) with a lame comment on your post David, but I think there is a link between blogging and trivia. Data-philia.
Posted by boynton at December 27, 2004 11:47 PM
Boynton, your lame posts are terrific. And when you provoke Nabakov and Sedgwick into punning, I am awed by the run.
Dazzling.
Posted by David Tiley at December 28, 2004 01:46 PM
Thanks awfully, Mr Barista.
Though I think that Sedgwick puns without provocation.
(and another notorious Trvia-phile and
Teetotallizer can give the punters a run for their money)
I think Team blogger would indeed form a rather formidable table at pub trivia, as long as all punning devices were turned off.
And Nabakov rarely stoops so low in the witticism stakes but I have a pun nonetheless in answer to the aunt one.
Q: "The wheel of my aunt has become disengaged. May you be of assistance?"
A: She might consider Limited Slip Differential at 3 am instead.
Posted by boynton at December 28, 2004 05:15 PM
At 3:00am aunts are known to suffer from slip deprivation.
Posted by Tony.T at December 28, 2004 08:08 PM
Aren't some aunts 'enjoying' such sliplessness in the smalls-less hours?
Posted by boynton at December 28, 2004 10:36 PM
"At 3:00am aunts are known to suffer from slip deprivation."
3:00am!? They should have met my Uncle Sieggie. Ex-RN with a little Ronald Colman pussy-tickler 'tache.
He'd have deprived 'em of their slips at sunset, halfway through their second pink gin...in the back squash court.
Posted by Nabakov at December 29, 2004 04:21 AM
Any touch of the Ronald Colman in looks or demeanour and Bob's your Uncle.
Posted by boynton at December 29, 2004 10:07 AM
In the comments, Nabakov ups the ante with 21 really difficult questions...
The wheel of my aunt has become disengaged. May you be of assistance?
Comments: formidable
Sometimes i am awed by that Nabs.
Posted by David Tiley at December 27, 2004 11:04 PM
That was rather awesome.
(already a contender for GG's 2005 awards?)
btw - did not want to 'Top'(not) with a lame comment on your post David, but I think there is a link between blogging and trivia. Data-philia.
Posted by boynton at December 27, 2004 11:47 PM
Boynton, your lame posts are terrific. And when you provoke Nabakov and Sedgwick into punning, I am awed by the run.
Dazzling.
Posted by David Tiley at December 28, 2004 01:46 PM
Thanks awfully, Mr Barista.
Though I think that Sedgwick puns without provocation.
(and another notorious Trvia-phile and
Teetotallizer can give the punters a run for their money)
I think Team blogger would indeed form a rather formidable table at pub trivia, as long as all punning devices were turned off.
And Nabakov rarely stoops so low in the witticism stakes but I have a pun nonetheless in answer to the aunt one.
Q: "The wheel of my aunt has become disengaged. May you be of assistance?"
A: She might consider Limited Slip Differential at 3 am instead.
Posted by boynton at December 28, 2004 05:15 PM
At 3:00am aunts are known to suffer from slip deprivation.
Posted by Tony.T at December 28, 2004 08:08 PM
Aren't some aunts 'enjoying' such sliplessness in the smalls-less hours?
Posted by boynton at December 28, 2004 10:36 PM
"At 3:00am aunts are known to suffer from slip deprivation."
3:00am!? They should have met my Uncle Sieggie. Ex-RN with a little Ronald Colman pussy-tickler 'tache.
He'd have deprived 'em of their slips at sunset, halfway through their second pink gin...in the back squash court.
Posted by Nabakov at December 29, 2004 04:21 AM
Any touch of the Ronald Colman in looks or demeanour and Bob's your Uncle.
Posted by boynton at December 29, 2004 10:07 AM
blueprints
Home of Wilbur & Carol Post, 1995
Mr Ed's stable
Blueprints of TV sitcoms (via grow a brain)
Since Wilbur was an architect it was assumed during the series that he designed the stable and also the Posts' nearby house. Inside Mr Ed's Stable
Projects of note:-circular house for sexpot actress Gloria Laverne -luxurious and innovative stable for Mae West's horses -The American History Museum
Television Architects
Mr Ed's stable
Blueprints of TV sitcoms (via grow a brain)
Since Wilbur was an architect it was assumed during the series that he designed the stable and also the Posts' nearby house. Inside Mr Ed's Stable
Projects of note:-circular house for sexpot actress Gloria Laverne -luxurious and innovative stable for Mae West's horses -The American History Museum
Television Architects
express lane
this guy in the express lane at Safeway on Boxing Day
who had graciously inisisted I jump the queue before him
said The last shall be first!
That's what I'm hoping for on Judgement Day.
the way you scan the man in these situations...
I reckon that by the time that St Peter gets to me he'll be so tired it will work in my favour.
It seemed to check out as a joke so
I threw in a casual rejoinder like a christmas cracker
It could work the other way...
His patience could wear thin
This was a mistake.
Suddenly he had a basketful of rare evangelical items to share into the air
as we headed to the register
but not much time miraculously
the express lane was flowing too smoothly for conversion
Comments: express lane
Triff..
I once got caught hitching illegally on the side of a freeway in Canada with a million skeeters as well.
This van drew up with utterly no paint on it at all. Door flew open. Big voice said: "Jesus loves you. Get in the van."
I did. He was a wild prophet, who spoke of angels with brass trumpets as if he was William Blake alive and living as a missionary to the Inuit.
Posted by David Tiley at December 27, 2004 11:04 PM
Oh my lord...
Posted by Norabone at December 27, 2004 11:09 PM
who had graciously inisisted I jump the queue before him
said The last shall be first!
That's what I'm hoping for on Judgement Day.
the way you scan the man in these situations...
I reckon that by the time that St Peter gets to me he'll be so tired it will work in my favour.
It seemed to check out as a joke so
I threw in a casual rejoinder like a christmas cracker
It could work the other way...
His patience could wear thin
This was a mistake.
Suddenly he had a basketful of rare evangelical items to share into the air
as we headed to the register
but not much time miraculously
the express lane was flowing too smoothly for conversion
Comments: express lane
Triff..
I once got caught hitching illegally on the side of a freeway in Canada with a million skeeters as well.
This van drew up with utterly no paint on it at all. Door flew open. Big voice said: "Jesus loves you. Get in the van."
I did. He was a wild prophet, who spoke of angels with brass trumpets as if he was William Blake alive and living as a missionary to the Inuit.
Posted by David Tiley at December 27, 2004 11:04 PM
Oh my lord...
Posted by Norabone at December 27, 2004 11:09 PM
Friday, December 24, 2004
more gift ideas
Roger McGough The Dada Christmas Catalogue at Self Winding
(via eeksypeeksy)
Comments: more gift ideas
A couple of nice Roger McGough poems.
Goodbat Nightman
God bless all policemen
and fighters of crime,
May thieves go to jail
for a very long time.
They've had a hard day
helping clean up the town,
Now they hang from the mantlepiece
both upside down.
A glass of warm blood
then straight up the stairs,
Batman and Robin
are saying their prayers.
They've locked all the doors
and they've put out the bat,
Put on their Batjamas
(They like doing that)
They've filled their batwater-bottles
made their batbeds,
With two springy batresses
for sleepy batheads.
They're closing red eyes
and they're counting black sheep,
Batman and Robin
are falling asleep.
Happiness
lying in bed of a weekday morning
Autumn
and the trees
none the worse for it
You've just got up to make tea, toast and a bottle
leaving pastures warm
for me to stretch into
in his cot
the littlefella
outsings the birds
Plenty of honey in the cupboard.
Nice.
Posted by Nabakov at December 27, 2004 11:16 AM
...nice
Wish I had read Batmaner Robin a few years back.
Posted by boynton at December 27, 2004 05:40 PM
the littlefella
outsings the birds
.. funny to think he is all grown up now and probably in his forties...
I hope he lives like this:
Let Me Die a Youngman's Death
Let me die a youngman's death
not a clean and inbetween
the sheets holywater death
not a famous-last-words
peaceful out of breath death
When I'm 73
and in constant good tumour
may I be mown down at dawn
by a bright red sports car
on my way home
from an allnight party
Or when I'm 91
with silver hair
and sitting in a barber's chair
may rival gangsters
with hamfisted tommyguns burst in
and give me a short back and insides
Or when I'm 104
and banned from the Cavern
may my mistress
catching me in bed with her daughter
and fearing for her son
cut me up into little pieces
and throw away every piece but one
Let me die a youngman's death
not a free from sin tiptoe in
candle wax and waning death
not a curtains drawn by angels borne
'what a nice way to go' death
Posted by David Tiley at December 27, 2004 10:46 PM
that's great.
I took down my only McGough today for a re-read.
"Holiday on death row"
I remember reading it and the long 'holiday..." poem for the first time, the "rat a tat tat" lines in particular.
Always good to have a rat a tat quote up one's sleeve...
Your McG selections have made me want to read more.
Posted by boynton at December 27, 2004 11:43 PM
(via eeksypeeksy)
Comments: more gift ideas
A couple of nice Roger McGough poems.
Goodbat Nightman
God bless all policemen
and fighters of crime,
May thieves go to jail
for a very long time.
They've had a hard day
helping clean up the town,
Now they hang from the mantlepiece
both upside down.
A glass of warm blood
then straight up the stairs,
Batman and Robin
are saying their prayers.
They've locked all the doors
and they've put out the bat,
Put on their Batjamas
(They like doing that)
They've filled their batwater-bottles
made their batbeds,
With two springy batresses
for sleepy batheads.
They're closing red eyes
and they're counting black sheep,
Batman and Robin
are falling asleep.
Happiness
lying in bed of a weekday morning
Autumn
and the trees
none the worse for it
You've just got up to make tea, toast and a bottle
leaving pastures warm
for me to stretch into
in his cot
the littlefella
outsings the birds
Plenty of honey in the cupboard.
Nice.
Posted by Nabakov at December 27, 2004 11:16 AM
...nice
Wish I had read Batmaner Robin a few years back.
Posted by boynton at December 27, 2004 05:40 PM
the littlefella
outsings the birds
.. funny to think he is all grown up now and probably in his forties...
I hope he lives like this:
Let Me Die a Youngman's Death
Let me die a youngman's death
not a clean and inbetween
the sheets holywater death
not a famous-last-words
peaceful out of breath death
When I'm 73
and in constant good tumour
may I be mown down at dawn
by a bright red sports car
on my way home
from an allnight party
Or when I'm 91
with silver hair
and sitting in a barber's chair
may rival gangsters
with hamfisted tommyguns burst in
and give me a short back and insides
Or when I'm 104
and banned from the Cavern
may my mistress
catching me in bed with her daughter
and fearing for her son
cut me up into little pieces
and throw away every piece but one
Let me die a youngman's death
not a free from sin tiptoe in
candle wax and waning death
not a curtains drawn by angels borne
'what a nice way to go' death
Posted by David Tiley at December 27, 2004 10:46 PM
that's great.
I took down my only McGough today for a re-read.
"Holiday on death row"
I remember reading it and the long 'holiday..." poem for the first time, the "rat a tat tat" lines in particular.
Always good to have a rat a tat quote up one's sleeve...
Your McG selections have made me want to read more.
Posted by boynton at December 27, 2004 11:43 PM
Thursday, December 23, 2004
j b
I was so thrown by the question at Trivia last night that I couldn't recover my wits in time to think of which writer had the given names John Boynton.
I couldn't recover my wits for two hours as it turned out.
I couldn't recover my wits for two hours as it turned out.
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Bad Giftgetting - from Good Housekeeping's Christmas cook book 1958.
Wattle I get? ....Gathering wattle for Christmas
I am a Losing Lottery Ticket! (Full of hope and promise. But in the end, a cheap letdown)
What crappy gift are you (via lexicon)
Comments: wattle
I think it's a damn shame that wattle is no longer gathered for Christmas. Slap on a tablespoonful or two of daub & pour yourself a glass of Chateau Marmont '98 to wash it down with & you've got yourself a toothsome seasonal supper dish.
Posted by Dick at December 22, 2004 11:49 AM
ditto boynton, losing lottery ticket!
Posted by Link at December 22, 2004 07:15 PM
Crap pictures though.
Now this is book illustration,...and where I want to be for Christmas.
http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~jsisson/john.htm
I think I had most of the books listed from '57 to '74, and still have the Eagle space and rockets one. Great bog reading.
Posted by Nabakov at December 22, 2004 09:51 PM
Have a very merry Christmas! :)
Posted by michelle at December 23, 2004 07:07 AM
I realise that reads rather ambiguously. To clarify - I meant the getting of gifts, not the receiving. I would only ever cast apsersions on my own gift selection of course. ;)
Sounds good, Dick - though maybe a wattlecino is in order with shopping still to be done:
http://www.cherikoff.net/cherikoff/recipes.htm#wattleccino
The Gumleaf smoked salmon and salmon pâté sounds pretty good, as do the Bunya nut slivers. I could avail myself of the Bunyas in parental garden.
I desperately wanted to be Socks, Link.
Great blog reading, thanks Nabakov.
Will have to save it up for the sleepy Boxing Boxing Boxing days.
Cheers Michelle. You too.
Posted by boynton at December 23, 2004 11:54 AM
progression
Animation of John Coltrane's Giant Steps.
(via bifurcated rivets)
Should brush up on my ditone progressions before playing the elves at carol maker (via diversionz)
(via bifurcated rivets)
Should brush up on my ditone progressions before playing the elves at carol maker (via diversionz)
Monday, December 20, 2004
bah humballoon
I've just noticed that one of the balloons at the terminal party of the previous post would seem to have a fairly poor party attitude.
Comments: bah humballoon
It's not happy because it just found out about the Hindenballoon.
Posted by Tony.T at December 21, 2004 05:07 PM
News travels fast in Adelaide.
Posted by boynton at December 21, 2004 09:47 PM
By hot-air mail?
Posted by Tony.T at December 22, 2004 11:29 AM
Maybe he just heard about the ballooning xmas credit card debt.
Posted by FXH at December 22, 2004 03:31 PM
I have it on good authority that he supports inflation, though.
Posted by Tony.T at December 22, 2004 06:32 PM
infaltion- bah - a lot of wind and rubbery figures
Posted by FXH at December 22, 2004 11:08 PM
Looks like that cheeky young Will from Accounts slipped a rubber johnny left in Shed 5 by one of those lascar seamen (you what they say about them) into the proceedings.
Posted by Nabakov at December 22, 2004 11:45 PM
Shed 5?
Big night.
btw I think the balloon is melancholic because he is the only poet amongst the bean counters.
Posted by boynton at December 23, 2004 11:36 AM
It shows. The poet is a metre above the bean counters.
Posted by Tony.T at December 24, 2004 09:32 PM
the sound of a thousand feet
counting the beat
Posted by boynton at December 25, 2004 07:34 AM
Well Tony, that's cos the rhymster is well versed in rising above such occasions.
Posted by Nabakov at December 27, 2004 11:20 AM
terminal party
Portrait of the South Australian staff ready for their Christmas Party
terminal party
Presenting the Terminal Superintendent with his ten year pin at the staff Christmas party, Birkenhead shipping terminal office, December, 1956
Comments: terminal party
Where do I start with that staff Christmas Party?
You've got a 'Snow' who isn't even blond, and he's patting one of the Misses on the shoulders despite the fact she's actually not a Pat.
Posted by Norabone at December 20, 2004 11:53 PM
Always nice to see Snow at Christmas.
Wonder if the Roneograph featured in the festivities?
Posted by boynton at December 21, 2004 10:04 AM
terminal party
Presenting the Terminal Superintendent with his ten year pin at the staff Christmas party, Birkenhead shipping terminal office, December, 1956
Comments: terminal party
Where do I start with that staff Christmas Party?
You've got a 'Snow' who isn't even blond, and he's patting one of the Misses on the shoulders despite the fact she's actually not a Pat.
Posted by Norabone at December 20, 2004 11:53 PM
Always nice to see Snow at Christmas.
Wonder if the Roneograph featured in the festivities?
Posted by boynton at December 21, 2004 10:04 AM
deceptively beige
Shameless lift from J walk who used this Band And Song Name Generator for generating blog names. I've been thinking of dropping the b if I move elsewhere, but I could always just add an adjective. The names in bold hold particular appeal.
Pathetic Boynton
Boynton of the Third
Boynton Tsunami
Boynton Nose
Deficient Boynton
Rapid Boynton and the Officer
Deceptive Work
Boynton of the Flushing Sound
Boynton Elephant
Boynton CreepCrest and the Sun
Eleventh Boynton
Reduced Boynton and the Rutabaga
Eyebrow of the Habitual Leaf
Slipping Particle and the Boynton Fear
Septic Psycho
Boynton Fashion
Boynton Toad
Groovy Filth
Gothic Grave and the Boynton
Rewetting Boynton
Boynton of the Lone
Wasted Fiction
Boynton Widow
Boynton Saturn and the Asking Ice
Boynton Beige
Comments: deceptively beige
dropping the b?
oynton?
boyntonian
boyntoniac
boyntonite
boy tonite
Posted by FXH at December 20, 2004 02:53 PM
One of those sounds ok.
(Boyntonian of course - a bit of class?)
Oynton also delivered some possibilities :
Uncertain Oynton
Quivering Duck
Posted by boynton at December 20, 2004 10:03 PM
I tried this. One of the names I got, I thought particularly appropriate:
Jumping Ramage of the Stressful Habitat
Bit unwieldy for a blog monicker, but apt, all too apt...
Posted by dave at December 21, 2004 09:12 AM
Less wieldy for a blog 'Description' though?
This just in:
Ramage Nape and the Deceiving Cheese
and I put in Cabbage on your behalf:
Cabbage Custodian
Cabbage Slate
Shapely Coconut.
Posted by boynton at December 21, 2004 10:11 AM
Dirty Beloved of the Conductive Sadness
Koala Anxiety (!)
Dirty Beloved Nibble of the Loony Nostril
Miserable Dirty Beloved and the Bagel
Dirty Beloved Bamboo and the Dirty Policeman
Major Reindeer of the Low Dirty Beloved
Dirty Beloved Tsunami of the Seventh Brain
Dirty Dirty Beloved
Posted by vernaculo at December 21, 2004 08:56 PM
"How much can a Koala Bear?"
Maybe the anxiety is brought on by the Habitual Leaf...
Although I do like Conductive Sadness - I think your last is best best.
Posted by boynton at December 21, 2004 09:50 PM
Pathetic Boynton
Boynton of the Third
Boynton Tsunami
Boynton Nose
Deficient Boynton
Rapid Boynton and the Officer
Deceptive Work
Boynton of the Flushing Sound
Boynton Elephant
Boynton CreepCrest and the Sun
Eleventh Boynton
Reduced Boynton and the Rutabaga
Eyebrow of the Habitual Leaf
Slipping Particle and the Boynton Fear
Septic Psycho
Boynton Fashion
Boynton Toad
Groovy Filth
Gothic Grave and the Boynton
Rewetting Boynton
Boynton of the Lone
Wasted Fiction
Boynton Widow
Boynton Saturn and the Asking Ice
Boynton Beige
Comments: deceptively beige
dropping the b?
oynton?
boyntonian
boyntoniac
boyntonite
boy tonite
Posted by FXH at December 20, 2004 02:53 PM
One of those sounds ok.
(Boyntonian of course - a bit of class?)
Oynton also delivered some possibilities :
Uncertain Oynton
Quivering Duck
Posted by boynton at December 20, 2004 10:03 PM
I tried this. One of the names I got, I thought particularly appropriate:
Jumping Ramage of the Stressful Habitat
Bit unwieldy for a blog monicker, but apt, all too apt...
Posted by dave at December 21, 2004 09:12 AM
Less wieldy for a blog 'Description' though?
This just in:
Ramage Nape and the Deceiving Cheese
and I put in Cabbage on your behalf:
Cabbage Custodian
Cabbage Slate
Shapely Coconut.
Posted by boynton at December 21, 2004 10:11 AM
Dirty Beloved of the Conductive Sadness
Koala Anxiety (!)
Dirty Beloved Nibble of the Loony Nostril
Miserable Dirty Beloved and the Bagel
Dirty Beloved Bamboo and the Dirty Policeman
Major Reindeer of the Low Dirty Beloved
Dirty Beloved Tsunami of the Seventh Brain
Dirty Dirty Beloved
Posted by vernaculo at December 21, 2004 08:56 PM
"How much can a Koala Bear?"
Maybe the anxiety is brought on by the Habitual Leaf...
Although I do like Conductive Sadness - I think your last is best best.
Posted by boynton at December 21, 2004 09:50 PM
Saturday, December 18, 2004
lights
May try to see the electrical display. Aiming for The Boulevard but will settle for Box Hill North.
Comments: lights
There’s a good one in Canterbury parallel to Burke road and about a block in. In between Canterbury Road and Mont Albert Road. The main guy there has a very sophisticated computerised system that syncs music and lights and “beats”. You need to get out of the car to appreciate it properly.
Posted by FXH at December 18, 2004 10:33 PM
Coincidentally - I went there, FX.
Gave the Boulevard a miss because half of Melbourne was there in the balminess, so did the mini-Ivanhoe at Camberwell instead.
In the words of a nearby toddler "Incredible".
(I had been last year - but preferred this year's silent show, the music had been switched off)
Posted by boynton at December 19, 2004 11:21 AM
Coincidentally Kelly Street.
Posted by Tony.T at December 19, 2004 11:44 AM
Ridgey Didge
Posted by boynton at December 19, 2004 11:47 AM
"on Riversdale Road" (sung to the tune of "Telegraph Road")
Posted by Scott Wickstein at December 19, 2004 03:44 PM
The Long And Straighting Road.
Posted by Tony.T at December 19, 2004 04:57 PM
I heard something on radio or somewhere (maybe I made it up) that the The Boulevard was slipping because new people buying in to the area were "more tasteful" and less community minded and therefore there were gaps in the display and a few miserly party poopers who only put up the odd token light and don't get into the spirit.
Time for a Preservation Order.
Posted by FXH at December 19, 2004 10:07 PM
That's highly disturbing news you may have heard, FX.
On the other hand it was almost predictable, given the trajectory, boom and bust. I seem to recall that the Boulevard has been through this once before - and was 'dark' for a decade?
Once the mini-buses get involved, you know the writing is on the wall.
If a Heritage order can help prevent the inevitable I'm all for it. But would it be NIMBY -or NOT IMBY?
Posted by boynton at December 20, 2004 11:18 AM
I heard the traffic was terrible.
Posted by Tony.T at December 20, 2004 03:31 PM
It looked prety bad from a distance.
I should try walking next time.
Posted by boynton at December 20, 2004 10:38 PM
Comments: lights
There’s a good one in Canterbury parallel to Burke road and about a block in. In between Canterbury Road and Mont Albert Road. The main guy there has a very sophisticated computerised system that syncs music and lights and “beats”. You need to get out of the car to appreciate it properly.
Posted by FXH at December 18, 2004 10:33 PM
Coincidentally - I went there, FX.
Gave the Boulevard a miss because half of Melbourne was there in the balminess, so did the mini-Ivanhoe at Camberwell instead.
In the words of a nearby toddler "Incredible".
(I had been last year - but preferred this year's silent show, the music had been switched off)
Posted by boynton at December 19, 2004 11:21 AM
Coincidentally Kelly Street.
Posted by Tony.T at December 19, 2004 11:44 AM
Ridgey Didge
Posted by boynton at December 19, 2004 11:47 AM
"on Riversdale Road" (sung to the tune of "Telegraph Road")
Posted by Scott Wickstein at December 19, 2004 03:44 PM
The Long And Straighting Road.
Posted by Tony.T at December 19, 2004 04:57 PM
I heard something on radio or somewhere (maybe I made it up) that the The Boulevard was slipping because new people buying in to the area were "more tasteful" and less community minded and therefore there were gaps in the display and a few miserly party poopers who only put up the odd token light and don't get into the spirit.
Time for a Preservation Order.
Posted by FXH at December 19, 2004 10:07 PM
That's highly disturbing news you may have heard, FX.
On the other hand it was almost predictable, given the trajectory, boom and bust. I seem to recall that the Boulevard has been through this once before - and was 'dark' for a decade?
Once the mini-buses get involved, you know the writing is on the wall.
If a Heritage order can help prevent the inevitable I'm all for it. But would it be NIMBY -or NOT IMBY?
Posted by boynton at December 20, 2004 11:18 AM
I heard the traffic was terrible.
Posted by Tony.T at December 20, 2004 03:31 PM
It looked prety bad from a distance.
I should try walking next time.
Posted by boynton at December 20, 2004 10:38 PM
"quote"
The Gallery Of "Misused" Quotation Marks
(via Daily Jive)
Comments: "quote"
The proof is in the reading.
Posted by Tony.T at December 18, 2004 04:51 PM
The "Proof" or the "Reading"?
Posted by boynton at December 18, 2004 09:33 PM
Thank you for linking that! Wow. The gallery is superb. It's nice to know I'm not alone in my hatred of misused quotation marks.
Posted by jason at December 19, 2004 09:27 AM
One that used to irritate me immoderately was outside a local barber shop. It read: "Hair!!! Cut!!! Sir!!!"
Posted by Dick at December 19, 2004 11:26 AM
Yes - the "Gallery" is good, isn't it.
(These are the easiest "replies" to comments I've ever typed)
btw - there was a good quote on quotation marks here:
"I am irony ironized. My new life is surrounded by so many quotation marks that they cancel each other out."
http://boynton.ubersportingpundit.com/archives/003531.html
Posted by boynton at December 19, 2004 11:28 AM
!
You'd think the exclamation marks are the prerogative of the customer.
(A number 2 on the sides and number 3 on the top with no exclamation marks, thanks)
Posted by boynton at December 19, 2004 11:37 AM
A sign at a restaurant in Novi, MI:
Have Breakfast with "Santa."
Geez, way to tip off the kiddies about the whole Santa thing
(via Daily Jive)
Comments: "quote"
The proof is in the reading.
Posted by Tony.T at December 18, 2004 04:51 PM
The "Proof" or the "Reading"?
Posted by boynton at December 18, 2004 09:33 PM
Thank you for linking that! Wow. The gallery is superb. It's nice to know I'm not alone in my hatred of misused quotation marks.
Posted by jason at December 19, 2004 09:27 AM
One that used to irritate me immoderately was outside a local barber shop. It read: "Hair!!! Cut!!! Sir!!!"
Posted by Dick at December 19, 2004 11:26 AM
Yes - the "Gallery" is good, isn't it.
(These are the easiest "replies" to comments I've ever typed)
btw - there was a good quote on quotation marks here:
"I am irony ironized. My new life is surrounded by so many quotation marks that they cancel each other out."
http://boynton.ubersportingpundit.com/archives/003531.html
Posted by boynton at December 19, 2004 11:28 AM
!
You'd think the exclamation marks are the prerogative of the customer.
(A number 2 on the sides and number 3 on the top with no exclamation marks, thanks)
Posted by boynton at December 19, 2004 11:37 AM
Friday, December 17, 2004
snow in summer
Australia's sentimental attachment to snow-themed Xmas cards despite the Summer heat can be seen in this 1950's example from the wine nostalgia site:
This is the Barossa Valley au naturel in late December (source)
You know - sans snow sans sleigh sans ho ho ho
Comments: snow in summer
our Clare Valley wines could send out snowy christmas pamphlets, with tenuous justification:
http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1084/search/dclare+snow/dclare+snow/1,1,3,B/l856&FF=dclare+snow+south+australia&3,,3,1,0
Posted by kent at December 18, 2004 01:58 AM
(and I won't have any cynics telling me that photo wasn't taken in december 1901.)
Posted by kent at December 18, 2004 02:00 AM
Touche.
That's a find!
(I went down the wrong track looking for christmas parties but my evidence was inconclusive anyway. This could well have been taken in July)
http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1084/search/.b1067251/.b1067251/1,1,1,B/l856~1067251&FF=&1,0,,1,0
Posted by boynton at December 18, 2004 10:58 AM
This is the Barossa Valley au naturel in late December (source)
You know - sans snow sans sleigh sans ho ho ho
Comments: snow in summer
our Clare Valley wines could send out snowy christmas pamphlets, with tenuous justification:
http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1084/search/dclare+snow/dclare+snow/1,1,3,B/l856&FF=dclare+snow+south+australia&3,,3,1,0
Posted by kent at December 18, 2004 01:58 AM
(and I won't have any cynics telling me that photo wasn't taken in december 1901.)
Posted by kent at December 18, 2004 02:00 AM
Touche.
That's a find!
(I went down the wrong track looking for christmas parties but my evidence was inconclusive anyway. This could well have been taken in July)
http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1084/search/.b1067251/.b1067251/1,1,1,B/l856~1067251&FF=&1,0,,1,0
Posted by boynton at December 18, 2004 10:58 AM
notes
pi10k - Converting the first 10,000 digits of pi into a musical sequence.
...as your computer cycles through the digits of pi, the corresponding notes will play (via J walk)
1923 [?]: Notes, X-ray diffraction data - (NH4)3FeF6 [LP and Ava Helen Pauling
1923 [?]: Annotation by Ava Helen Pauling - "I love you"
Selected Highlights Linus Pauling Research Notebooks (via Plep)
...as your computer cycles through the digits of pi, the corresponding notes will play (via J walk)
1923 [?]: Notes, X-ray diffraction data - (NH4)3FeF6 [LP and Ava Helen Pauling
1923 [?]: Annotation by Ava Helen Pauling - "I love you"
Selected Highlights Linus Pauling Research Notebooks (via Plep)
Thursday, December 16, 2004
gaspard
Mais quand elle s’en retourna
Le pauvre chien fumait la pipe
Le chien de la mere gaspard
From a Gallery of Little Golden Books (via exclamation mark)
Comments: gaspard
Sadly I didn't see my favorite french nursery rhyme character there - "Un petit d'un petit". The one that was given to sitting on l'oeuf threatening walls
Posted by Sedgwick at December 16, 2004 09:07 PM
Un petit d'un petit d'un petite livre d’or?
Be astonished with the Markets.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.creativepuzzels.nl/spel/speel1/petit-3.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DUn%2Bpetit%2Bd%2527un%2Bpetit%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
Posted by boynton at December 16, 2004 11:21 PM
Le pauvre chien fumait la pipe
Le chien de la mere gaspard
From a Gallery of Little Golden Books (via exclamation mark)
Comments: gaspard
Sadly I didn't see my favorite french nursery rhyme character there - "Un petit d'un petit". The one that was given to sitting on l'oeuf threatening walls
Posted by Sedgwick at December 16, 2004 09:07 PM
Un petit d'un petit d'un petite livre d’or?
Be astonished with the Markets.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.creativepuzzels.nl/spel/speel1/petit-3.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DUn%2Bpetit%2Bd%2527un%2Bpetit%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
Posted by boynton at December 16, 2004 11:21 PM
old wine
A search for Barossa Pearl led to this site:
In this section, The Way We Were, we take a look at Australian wine society through the medium of advertising and wine posters
Just off to chill the McWilliams...
Comments: old wine
Lady Livia spent her school holidays earning pocket money gluing labels on bottles for Bests' Baby Cham party packs.
The downside was that they gave samples of the merchandise to the workers at the end of each week.
With the taste of Baby Cham still ringing in her ears after all these years, she's never ever been known to mock Barossa Pearl.
Posted by Sedgwick at December 16, 2004 09:19 PM
Actually Pearl sounds top of the range to me:
" a light, delicate, fruity sparkling wine with a clean, lingering finish which was not cloying..?"
Posted by boynton at December 16, 2004 11:36 PM
Elke Brooks (one of my top 10 girlie vocalists) contends "Pearl's a zinger".
(Trivia question of the week who was Elkie's brother? Clue, also in the same biz.)
Posted by Sedgwick at December 17, 2004 07:20 AM
... and fancy Elkie changing her name. (Trivia q2 implied.)
Posted by Sedgwick at December 17, 2004 07:25 AM
Bookbinder brooks no swing?
Elaine's bro was Tony Mansfield.
(Google brooks no Trivia shame)
btw - Penfolds were right.
Zing goes the things of my larder.
Posted by boynton at December 17, 2004 10:42 AM
Coupla pints of chilled sherry at the beach and there will be fun in the Morris Major tonight.
In those long lost days before booze buses.
Posted by David Tiley at December 18, 2004 03:00 AM
Waves of nostalgia, for a past I never had.
(The Sherry/Morris combo I mean)
But what about a decanter?
"Nothing makes a braver display on a barbecue table than a Decanter of Penfolds red and one of white. Each decanter holds a full four pints."
Truth in advertising?
Posted by boynton at December 18, 2004 10:52 AM
I used to be a mulled swine.
Posted by Tony.T at December 18, 2004 04:54 PM
Sure you weren't a wine boar?
Posted by boynton at December 18, 2004 09:39 PM
No, just a hog's head.
Posted by Tony.T at December 18, 2004 11:46 PM
To knock the Pearl is to fall for the cultural cringe. Barossa Pearl was the first alcohol I ever tasted and much of the ensuing thirty-six years may be seen as an heroic odyssey in vain search of that moment's rapture.
And cold sherry works a treat, too.
Mums drank well in those days.
Posted by Rob at December 22, 2004 12:58 PM
"Unlike Barossa Rhine Riesling, suffer from early disdain. That came later. Among people who fancied themselves as connoisseurs it became fashionable to be disparaging about Pearl as old hat, although the critics had probably first encountered wine via a string of Pearls.
"http://www.nicks.com.au/winenostalgia/page7.html
Actually Rob, I'm quite liking the retro chilled sherry...shilled cherry...especially on a day like today of 35 degress.
Posted by boynton at December 23, 2004 11:29 AM
Can you please let me know who the brother of Elke Brooks is, we have been trying to find out for a couple of weeks and have hit a dead end. Found this when I put "Elke Brooks Brother" into the Google search. The only person I can seem to get is Tony Bookbinder who played for the Dakotas but I thought she had a brother who was better known than that!!!! Appreciate any help you can give thanks. By the way, many is the time (many years ago) that Barossa Pearl was imbibed, was one of the favourites at the time.
Posted by Ann at January 12, 2005 09:22 PM
Ann, I'm certainly no Bookbinder expert, but did a bit of googling.
The other brother would seem to be Ray?
"... Elkie Brooks was born Elaine Bookbinder in 1946. ... Her brother Tony was the drummer
with the then well known group The Dakotas whilst her other brother Ray had a quartet..."
Though whether Ray's fame surpasses Tony's is hard to say.
see also:
"Elkie Brooks, who was born Elaine Bookbinder, on 26 February 1946, a bakery owner's daughter from Cavendish Road, Salford, was almost certain to follow many of her family members into show business - Tony Mansfield, her brother, was leader of the then well-known group, "The Dakotas"; another brother had a quartet; her uncle, Nat Bookbinder was a bandleader in Manchester, and uncles Brian and Alan were in the pop music business as a group called "The Chapters""
http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/popmusic6.html
Hope this helps. Mr Sedgwick may know more.
Posted by boynton at January 13, 2005 03:42 PM
In this section, The Way We Were, we take a look at Australian wine society through the medium of advertising and wine posters
Just off to chill the McWilliams...
"Discover how chilling makes the sherry flavour zing. Parties swing...
Then pop it in the fridge till its chilled. Pour.
Ummmmmmmmmmmm!
You’re hot….it’s cool….and suddenly,
you’re enjoying Sherry as never before!”
Comments: old wine
Lady Livia spent her school holidays earning pocket money gluing labels on bottles for Bests' Baby Cham party packs.
The downside was that they gave samples of the merchandise to the workers at the end of each week.
With the taste of Baby Cham still ringing in her ears after all these years, she's never ever been known to mock Barossa Pearl.
Posted by Sedgwick at December 16, 2004 09:19 PM
Actually Pearl sounds top of the range to me:
" a light, delicate, fruity sparkling wine with a clean, lingering finish which was not cloying..?"
Posted by boynton at December 16, 2004 11:36 PM
Elke Brooks (one of my top 10 girlie vocalists) contends "Pearl's a zinger".
(Trivia question of the week who was Elkie's brother? Clue, also in the same biz.)
Posted by Sedgwick at December 17, 2004 07:20 AM
... and fancy Elkie changing her name. (Trivia q2 implied.)
Posted by Sedgwick at December 17, 2004 07:25 AM
Bookbinder brooks no swing?
Elaine's bro was Tony Mansfield.
(Google brooks no Trivia shame)
btw - Penfolds were right.
Zing goes the things of my larder.
Posted by boynton at December 17, 2004 10:42 AM
Coupla pints of chilled sherry at the beach and there will be fun in the Morris Major tonight.
In those long lost days before booze buses.
Posted by David Tiley at December 18, 2004 03:00 AM
Waves of nostalgia, for a past I never had.
(The Sherry/Morris combo I mean)
But what about a decanter?
"Nothing makes a braver display on a barbecue table than a Decanter of Penfolds red and one of white. Each decanter holds a full four pints."
Truth in advertising?
Posted by boynton at December 18, 2004 10:52 AM
I used to be a mulled swine.
Posted by Tony.T at December 18, 2004 04:54 PM
Sure you weren't a wine boar?
Posted by boynton at December 18, 2004 09:39 PM
No, just a hog's head.
Posted by Tony.T at December 18, 2004 11:46 PM
To knock the Pearl is to fall for the cultural cringe. Barossa Pearl was the first alcohol I ever tasted and much of the ensuing thirty-six years may be seen as an heroic odyssey in vain search of that moment's rapture.
And cold sherry works a treat, too.
Mums drank well in those days.
Posted by Rob at December 22, 2004 12:58 PM
"Unlike Barossa Rhine Riesling, suffer from early disdain. That came later. Among people who fancied themselves as connoisseurs it became fashionable to be disparaging about Pearl as old hat, although the critics had probably first encountered wine via a string of Pearls.
"http://www.nicks.com.au/winenostalgia/page7.html
Actually Rob, I'm quite liking the retro chilled sherry...shilled cherry...especially on a day like today of 35 degress.
Posted by boynton at December 23, 2004 11:29 AM
Can you please let me know who the brother of Elke Brooks is, we have been trying to find out for a couple of weeks and have hit a dead end. Found this when I put "Elke Brooks Brother" into the Google search. The only person I can seem to get is Tony Bookbinder who played for the Dakotas but I thought she had a brother who was better known than that!!!! Appreciate any help you can give thanks. By the way, many is the time (many years ago) that Barossa Pearl was imbibed, was one of the favourites at the time.
Posted by Ann at January 12, 2005 09:22 PM
Ann, I'm certainly no Bookbinder expert, but did a bit of googling.
The other brother would seem to be Ray?
"... Elkie Brooks was born Elaine Bookbinder in 1946. ... Her brother Tony was the drummer
with the then well known group The Dakotas whilst her other brother Ray had a quartet..."
Though whether Ray's fame surpasses Tony's is hard to say.
see also:
"Elkie Brooks, who was born Elaine Bookbinder, on 26 February 1946, a bakery owner's daughter from Cavendish Road, Salford, was almost certain to follow many of her family members into show business - Tony Mansfield, her brother, was leader of the then well-known group, "The Dakotas"; another brother had a quartet; her uncle, Nat Bookbinder was a bandleader in Manchester, and uncles Brian and Alan were in the pop music business as a group called "The Chapters""
http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/popmusic6.html
Hope this helps. Mr Sedgwick may know more.
Posted by boynton at January 13, 2005 03:42 PM
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
teas
Another one of those Nickolas Muray Pabst ads took my fancy, possibly because of the presence of the Great Dane.
Or because something reminded me of this image, which I had meant to post on a NLA Saturday. Apart from the morning tea conviviality, I like the mysterious shadow of a figure with tea cup.
The symbolism of tea leaves could be mysterious, according to this 1922 Guide by Cicley Kent - another choice find by Ramage.
It would seem that bad omens far outnumber the good, and I'll never look at a beetroot in my tea leaves in quite the same way again :
Beetroot.—This symbol indicates that someone will try to do you a bad turn, but it will fail in its object and rather turn out as a benefit
Oddly some symbols are metaphoric:
Telephone.—You will be put to considerable inconvenience through forgetfulness
Whereas others are WYSIWYG
Fire-Escape.—An urgent warning to take all precautions against fire
Dogs do not bode well: "... in a general way this sign indicates adverse conditions, the thwarting of life's chances, unfortunate love affairs, family misfortune and money troubles"
And Cicely may have had issues with concertinas, but is possibly right about the bagpipes:
This symbol gives warning of coming sorrow or much agitation and disturbance.
Finally one of these Tea Games is this Top Dog involving biplanes. I was hopeless at even flying my plane let alone firing at another. (via the ultimate insult)
Comments: teas
Woof.
Posted by Hamlet, another great Dane at December 15, 2004 02:55 PM
To tea, or not to tea
or not,
Two tee - or not two tee?
Posted by boynton at December 15, 2004 03:10 PM
Tee Hee
Posted by Tee Tee at December 15, 2004 03:28 PM
Cool! More ways to fritter away a work afternoon.
I even fingered out to do an Immelmann roll in between the Arnotts, and felt quite Albert Ball-ish there for a while (must keep an eye on the clock).
(Google 'Albert Ball' (images too). If he didn't exist, someone would have invented him as the Sir Galahad of the RFC.)
Posted by Nabakov at December 15, 2004 11:36 PM
Did the Immelmann Roll come before the Fosbury Flop?
Posted by Tony.T at December 16, 2004 10:25 AM
It must still be possible to buy those ties somewhere. They can't all have disappeared. A brace for Christmas, please, anybody who's got connections...
Posted by Dick at December 16, 2004 10:33 AM
First Googlehit:
"Won't it be nice when all this beastly killing is over, and we can enjoy ourselves and not hurt anyone? I hate this game . . ." Albert Ball in letters to his father and fiancée, 6 May 1917
...or after the Heimlich manoeuvre?
or The Windsor Knot?
"By the late 'forties, about seventy percent of ties were being bought by women. Advertisers focused on this Freudian reversal with such slogans as "Whatever your dish, Van Heusen has three sizes: small, medium and WOW!""
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jimes/necktie/spatHistory.html
Posted by boynton at December 16, 2004 12:13 PM
Or because something reminded me of this image, which I had meant to post on a NLA Saturday. Apart from the morning tea conviviality, I like the mysterious shadow of a figure with tea cup.
The symbolism of tea leaves could be mysterious, according to this 1922 Guide by Cicley Kent - another choice find by Ramage.
It would seem that bad omens far outnumber the good, and I'll never look at a beetroot in my tea leaves in quite the same way again :
Beetroot.—This symbol indicates that someone will try to do you a bad turn, but it will fail in its object and rather turn out as a benefit
Oddly some symbols are metaphoric:
Telephone.—You will be put to considerable inconvenience through forgetfulness
Whereas others are WYSIWYG
Fire-Escape.—An urgent warning to take all precautions against fire
Dogs do not bode well: "... in a general way this sign indicates adverse conditions, the thwarting of life's chances, unfortunate love affairs, family misfortune and money troubles"
And Cicely may have had issues with concertinas, but is possibly right about the bagpipes:
This symbol gives warning of coming sorrow or much agitation and disturbance.
Finally one of these Tea Games is this Top Dog involving biplanes. I was hopeless at even flying my plane let alone firing at another. (via the ultimate insult)
Comments: teas
Woof.
Posted by Hamlet, another great Dane at December 15, 2004 02:55 PM
To tea, or not to tea
or not,
Two tee - or not two tee?
Posted by boynton at December 15, 2004 03:10 PM
Tee Hee
Posted by Tee Tee at December 15, 2004 03:28 PM
Cool! More ways to fritter away a work afternoon.
I even fingered out to do an Immelmann roll in between the Arnotts, and felt quite Albert Ball-ish there for a while (must keep an eye on the clock).
(Google 'Albert Ball' (images too). If he didn't exist, someone would have invented him as the Sir Galahad of the RFC.)
Posted by Nabakov at December 15, 2004 11:36 PM
Did the Immelmann Roll come before the Fosbury Flop?
Posted by Tony.T at December 16, 2004 10:25 AM
It must still be possible to buy those ties somewhere. They can't all have disappeared. A brace for Christmas, please, anybody who's got connections...
Posted by Dick at December 16, 2004 10:33 AM
First Googlehit:
"Won't it be nice when all this beastly killing is over, and we can enjoy ourselves and not hurt anyone? I hate this game . . ." Albert Ball in letters to his father and fiancée, 6 May 1917
...or after the Heimlich manoeuvre?
or The Windsor Knot?
"By the late 'forties, about seventy percent of ties were being bought by women. Advertisers focused on this Freudian reversal with such slogans as "Whatever your dish, Van Heusen has three sizes: small, medium and WOW!""
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jimes/necktie/spatHistory.html
Posted by boynton at December 16, 2004 12:13 PM
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
googlesee
I put See's concern about this site (like so many others) impeding the search for info to Google images
Where is your info?
I like the combo of parrots and lecterns.
I also asked: What does my info look like? and (inspired by a comment)
Information is not objective?
Ask Google Questions via Idle Type
Then I tried Where is my info? at those crazy choristers at Google Suggest... (like a stroll through a spruiking strip) taking note of some of the suggestions along the hapless way from W to info ...
Weather
Weapons of mass destruction
Where is the love lyrics
Where is the love?
Where is my polling place?
Where is my mind
Where is Singapore?
Where is my ipod
Google Suggest via Barista
Where is your info?
I like the combo of parrots and lecterns.
I also asked: What does my info look like? and (inspired by a comment)
Information is not objective?
Ask Google Questions via Idle Type
Then I tried Where is my info? at those crazy choristers at Google Suggest... (like a stroll through a spruiking strip) taking note of some of the suggestions along the hapless way from W to info ...
Weather
Weapons of mass destruction
Where is the love lyrics
Where is the love?
Where is my polling place?
Where is my mind
Where is Singapore?
Where is my ipod
Google Suggest via Barista
operatic
...You can get it relaxing in your sunlit music room after a strenuous operatic role, or at leisure in your favourite easy chair...
Nickolas Muray - Color Prints George Eastman House (via I Like)
Text from - Pabst Beer magazine Ads 1948 49
Comments: operatic
love the penguins...
Posted by David Tiley at December 14, 2004 12:51 AM
As a matter of fact, I've got ... errr ... creme de cacao.
Posted by Tony.T at December 14, 2004 12:43 PM
I was quite drawn to the Penguins too.
Or Menthe?
Barossa Pearl Fishers...
Posted by boynton at December 15, 2004 01:41 PM
Nickolas Muray - Color Prints George Eastman House (via I Like)
Text from - Pabst Beer magazine Ads 1948 49
Comments: operatic
love the penguins...
Posted by David Tiley at December 14, 2004 12:51 AM
As a matter of fact, I've got ... errr ... creme de cacao.
Posted by Tony.T at December 14, 2004 12:43 PM
I was quite drawn to the Penguins too.
Or Menthe?
Barossa Pearl Fishers...
Posted by boynton at December 15, 2004 01:41 PM
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