Algo aprendí hoy (para Twitter o SMS): q = que, xq = porque o por qué, y xf = por favor. También, “twittear” y “textear” son hilarantes. :)

Googling a bit produced some folks more concerned with the neologisms not being in the dictionary rather than the fact they are already being used in the wild. And not just with the kids — witness the social buttons on muyinteresante.es:

Coincidentally, muyinteresante.es had this story today, “¿Existe algún diccionario que incluya la palabra ‘tweet’?”, asking if there is some dictionary that includes the word “tweet”. In fact, the OED is adding “tweet” in the contemporary sense:

The noun and verb tweet (in the social-networking sense) has just been added to the OED. This breaks at least one OED rule, namely that a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion. But it seems to be catching on.

We’ll have to see if twittear and textear wind up in the DRAE at some point. Ya veremos.

@textfiles Let’s put The Beastlies: Ill Submarine on the Internet Archive and see what happens! http://archive.org/details/2013_The_Beastlies_Ill_Submarine

Happiness happens.

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• The Bugle — Leaving no political hot potato unbuttered.
• How Stuff Works: Stuff to Blow Your Mind (natural sciences) and Stuff You Missed in History Class (history).
• KCET SoCal Connected: In the Studio and UpFront Reports.
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• KSPC: The Interchange – Connecting campus to community on KSPC 88.7 FM Claremont.
• LA Foodie — Looking for the best eats in L.A. and usually finding them.
• News in Slow Spanish — Weekly News, Spanish grammar, and Spanish expressions at a slow pace.
• PRI’s The World: Global Hit and The World in Words.
• Project Moonbase — The Historic Sound of the Future!
• SpanishPod101.com: Learn Spanish I — Learn Spanish in the fastest, easiest and most fun way.
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Here’s the first verse, which is rarely sung. It sets the tone for the whole song:

The other night, dear,
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
When I awoke, dear,
I was mistaken
And I hung my head and cried.

So when the plaintive “You are my sunshine / My only sunshine” is sung next, there is sorrow being expressed.

You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You’ll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don’t take my sunshine away.

That last line always gets me. And she’ll never know how much you love her because she’s off loving another. Check out the complete lyrics.

Here’s the classic Jimmie Davis version:

Norman Blake did a rendition on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack in 2000:

And the 1980 French’s Mustard advert:

Raymond Chandler relished finding names for his quirky characters, including Philip Marlowe, the pipe-smoking, chess-playing private eye — a literary kinsman to Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett’s solitary sleuth — whom I first met in the pages of fiction as a teenager and whom I have known more than fifty years. Sometimes the names are dead giveaways about the morality or immorality of the character, sometimes they’re opaque, but I’ve always found them intriguing and an open invitation to try to solve the mystery myself.

Via MetaFilter.

Given that there has never in the history of the world been an authority not tainted by the evil side of human nature, we cannot trust any authority with that much power. The Founders knew.

@savagesband We’re playing a track on @latenightjimmy tonight @jimmyfallon @NBC 12:37am/11:37c #LNJF

@jimmyfallon Tonight: Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne & Bruce Jenner. Plus, music from @Savagesband & the Battle of the Instant Songwriters! #LateNight #LNJF

Thanks to my buddy Susan’s head’s up, I have the DVR ready to go. Savages’ new Silence Yourself is my best album of 2013 so far.

I will fast-forward through the Ethan Hawke portion. #umaforever

It’s time to ask yourself an uncomfortable question: how many of your passwords are so absurdly weak that they might as well provide no security at all? Those of you using “123456,” “abc123,” or even just “password” might already know it’s time to make some changes. And using pets’ names, birth dates, your favorite sports teams, or adding a number or capital letter to a weak password isn’t going to be enough.

Don’t worry, we’re here to help. We’re going to focus on how to use a password manager, software that can help you go from passwords like “111111″ to “6WKBTSkQq8Zn4PtAjmz7″ without making you want to pull out all your hair. For good measure, we’ll talk about how creating fictitious answers to password reset questions (e.g. mother’s maiden name) can make you even more resistant to hacking.

The Last Ice Merchant (El Último Hielero) from Sandy Patch on Vimeo.