Velocipede, not Velociraptor
Whenever I write about velociraptors, my spellchecker always suggests “velocipede” as the word I’m most likely trying to spell. Curiosity eventually got the better of me, so I looked up the meaning of this rather odd word:
The velocipede was a series of human-powered vehicles created in the late Georgian era. There were designs with two, three and four wheels. Some two-wheeled designs had pedals mounted on the front wheel, while three- and four-wheeled designs used treadles and levers to drive the rear wheels. Later two-wheel versions had increasingly large front wheels, directly driven by bicycle pedals, and a smaller back wheel—these leading to the penny-farthing.
Now you know…
xkcd » Blog Archive » Tools for dream typing
While I’m not a huge fan of posting “Hey guys! Look at xkcd!” I’m going to give in this time. You may not know this, but the author of xkcd also runs a blag. It’s pretty low-traffic, but usually a sidenote about the cartoon.
For example, tonight he posted a picture of a sleep keyboard meant for typing from your dreams. What does it look like? You’ll just have to click through . . .
Dude dreamt phone number and subsequently married owner
In an article oddly remniscient of a recent xkcd, a British man dreamt a phone number, and upon waking, called it. The man and woman courted and ended up married.
Pointers
My last C program made valgrind cry.