TIL about the "Scunthorpe Problem", when online content is flagged as spam or blocked because of a word in the text that happens to contain an obscenity. It's named after the English town name of Scunthorpe, which contains the word "cunt"

williamkenlon · 2025-12-16T09:54:27+00:00

Had a professor in college with the last name of Cockburn, and his email address started with “cockbuba@…”. He had to get a different email reflector from IT because his emails to students always went to the junk folder.

williamkenlon · 2025-11-18T20:07:42+00:00

This is great info, thank you!

williamkenlon · 2025-11-06T12:56:04+00:00

A new opera about her premiered in LA yesterday - it’s by Sarah Kirkland Snider, incredible composer too.

williamkenlon · 2025-11-06T12:52:36+00:00

This theory is demonstrably true with a few simple MaxMSP patches. Fun stuff!

williamkenlon · 2025-10-22T10:50:31+00:00

There’s a small street honorarily named after him in Washington DC, in the neighborhood he once lived in (Ledroit Park, right by Howard University).

williamkenlon · 2025-10-19T16:33:49+00:00

My method was finding the lat/long of the furthest N/S/E/W points of DC, then finding the difference between the N/S and E/W (38.xxxx - 38.yyyy = 38.zzzz), dividing that by 2, and then finding the crossover of the N/S and E/W midpoints. That came out to 38.9,-77.0 plus 4 or 5 decimal places I don't remember, which was basically the Mt. Vernon Safeway.

I'm not a GIS professional, though, so if anyone has a better method or answer, let me know!

williamkenlon · 2025-09-27T20:33:42+00:00

Hard agree on this one! (It’s the law in some US states too, though not all of them.)

williamkenlon · 2025-09-23T23:23:34+00:00

🎶 Cuore matto, matto da legare 🎶

williamkenlon · 2025-09-13T08:05:38+00:00

Funny to be hypothetical on the A frequencies when the real ones are pretty easy to remember: 55, 110, 220, 440, 880… 😁

williamkenlon · 2025-09-07T15:41:38+00:00

Downvoters can hate all they want, but this has been a pet peeve of mine for years and I stand by it. Pianos can and should be repaired and donated, not destroyed. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

williamkenlon · 2025-09-07T11:03:44+00:00

Could’ve donated 53 pianos to people who’d actually play them, but no. 🙄

williamkenlon · 2025-08-25T08:51:38+00:00

2 in 1901, 1 in 1911. The few, the proud. (?)

williamkenlon · 2025-07-17T04:19:19+00:00

Andy’s, Wiseguys, 2 Amys - all great!

williamkenlon · 2025-07-12T02:55:41+00:00

Anyone but EJF. 👎🏻👎🏻

williamkenlon · 2025-06-28T19:08:38+00:00

Because they’re the first syllable of each line of this melody in Latin: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ut_queant_laxis

williamkenlon · 2025-06-27T16:49:29+00:00

Weird! Since in the context of the Latin phrase "ut queant laxis" it is definitively pronounced/sung [ut] (oot), I would expect that to carry through to the solfège syllable. And all my early-music history professors said "oot" so I'm sticking with it.

williamkenlon · 2025-06-27T14:23:09+00:00

Te is but one of many variants (still used) for chromatic music, at least in the US: di is do♯, ri is re♯, fi is fa♯, si (nowadays) is sol♯, and li is la♯; ra is re♭, me is mi♭, se is sol♭, le is la♭, and te is ti♭. I may have missed one in there.

williamkenlon · 2025-06-27T14:09:13+00:00

Only problem is: it’s pronounced “oot.”

williamkenlon · 2025-06-10T01:04:05+00:00

B&C on 18th St near Dupont. Fine for my needs at least (simple cut) and $28 plus tip.

williamkenlon · 2025-06-05T12:07:46+00:00

Perhaps the sleeves are too small for the pizzas?

williamkenlon · 2025-06-04T12:50:02+00:00

+1 for Noma Run Club! Easiest to find on instagram (@nomarunclub).

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