John Lamansky

I found a webpage with some nice-looking animated GIF free public domain progress bars and activity indicators. (Wow, how many adjectives is that?) If you’re into AJAX development (or dabbling in it, like me), these little images will probably come in handy at some point.

• What comes after once, twice, thrice?
• Does bimonthly mean ‘twice a month’ or ‘every two months’?
• Why is ‘w’ pronounced ‘double u’ rather than ‘double v’?
• In the sentence ‘It is raining’ what is ‘it’?
• Is ‘data’ singular or plural?

If you’ve ever wondered the answers to these or other questions related to words, grammar, and language, check out AskOxford.com’s Ask the Experts. It’s quite an interesting website!

It’s finally done! Version 4 of the Disciples with Microphones website has been released. This update to the website of the world’s first Catholic podcast network includes:

• A new layout.
• A categorized Catholic podcast directory.
• The Catholic Podcast Voteomatic, which lets you vote for Catholic podcasts on Podcast Alley, iTunes, and Digg Podcasts. (You can also sign up for monthly Podcast Alley voting reminder emails.)
• The Catholic Podcast Banner Network, which lets you add a rotating banner (at the top of this post) to your blog or website.
• The Start a Podcast Wizard, which takes you step-by-step through, well, starting a podcast.
• Revamped episodes section.
• And a lot more!

There are a still some things to iron out, such as rendering issues under Internet Explorer 6. But for the most part it’s operational.

Please check it out!

This has to be the funniest Google April Fool’s Day joke yet:

Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access [...] via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.

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With professional installation service, you can also have your Google Checkout purchases delivered directly through the sewage network into your bathroom.

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We’re actively developing a higher-performance version of TiSP specifically tailored to small and medium-sized businesses, including 24-hour, on-site technical support in the event of backup problems, brownouts and data wipes.

Hilarious!

They even, uh, use the location of this WiFi access to provide uncanny monitoring:

Your FREE TiSP service includes a Google Toolbar-based analysis of your dietary habits and genetic predispositions, along with recommendations for healthier living.

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To offset the cost of providing the TiSP service, we use information gathered by discreet DNA sequencing of your personal bodily output to display online ads that are contextually relevant to your culinary preferences, current health status and likelihood of developing particular medical conditions going forward.

Read more at Google TiSP (haven’t figured out what it stands for yet…).

Update: it appears that TiSP stands for “Toilet Internet Service Provider.” Makes sense.