The word "blog" is a shortened version of the word "weblog" which makes sense because blogs are simply articles or other text and media documents that get logged onto the web. But it all started with one person, Peter Merholz's curious fascination with words and word play. Here's the story.
"For What It's Worth, I've decided to pronounce the word "weblog" as wee'- blog. Or "blog" for short."
I didn't think much of it. I was just being silly, shifting the syllabic break one letter to the left. I started using the word in my posts, and some folks, when emailing me, would use it, too. I enjoyed it's crudeness, it's dissonance... As I wrote Keith Dawson after he added "blog" to Jargon Scout.
'Blog' would have likely died a forgotten death had it not been for one thing: In August of 1999, Pyra Labs released Blogger. And with that, the use of "blog" grew with the tool's success.
And it's been 20 years since the word was coined. It has invited many other word play to describe various types of blogs like the word "vlog" for videos. Only time will tell how things will evolve and what other terms we can coin to describe the stuff we do online.
-via Kottke
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Kids today....
But what was the question?
This is one of those ideas that makes you think "neat!" at first (even I did), but after considering it, I can't come up with a problem this solves.
And to answer ChuckBlack's question, I don't believe the ring above spirals all the way around like most keyrings; it's just split at the top and overlaps partway.
The ring in keyrings is made from steel and the key is made from brass, the join between the two will be a weakpoint that will hold up for a comparably short time compared to a regular key. Even if it was all made from brass it would become a weak point which would significantly lower the lifespan of the key.
Sure, if you like standing there with a snapped of key in your front door then go ahead and invest in this.
You couldn't torque the key in a bad lock.
Neat idea - but fails to solve a real problem.
Stupid concept.
Assume that this idea gains traction, and eventually all keys used by human kind sport this feature.
So then what happens when all your keys have that built-in keyring?
What do you put the keys on then?
Each other?
Or does the universe just implode into a giant singularity extinguishing all life as we know it?
Some things shouldn't be trifled with in the Natural Order of Things.