“and when she passes, he smiles / but she doesn’t see / she just doesn’t see”

[larryhammer]

Links to share, two joyful and one annoying. You get to guess:

Any Rubic’s cube can be solved in 20 moves or less. You can use this fact to create a computer algorithm to solve it more efficiently, which can then be used for other problems such as decryption. NB: Starts with footage of a kid solving a cube in 4.73 seconds.

Examples of every letter in English being silent, except V. If you need more ammunition to help prove English orthography sucks. (via)

The video for ”Oração” (“pray”) by A Banda Mais Bonita da Cidade (“the most beautiful band in town”) is a 6-minute single-take tracking shot. Translated lyrics. (via)

---L.

Subject quote from The Girl From Ipanema, Stan Getz feat. Astrud Gilberto.

Comments

[sartorias]

I guessed a lot of the silent letters.

BTW I never got that novel, in case you sent it!

[larryhammer]

Huh! It's in my outbox. Resent it, and also check your spam folder (maybe the attachment tripped it up).

[sartorias]

yup! It went to the spam folder. THANK YOU!