Scott Lynch's Blog, page 14
April 21, 2007
Amsterdam
I should really install Photoshop on this laptop so I can web-size my digital photos in the field, but until I get home, here's a shot of the Herengracht, the canal on which I'm staying, from a few days ago in someone else's Flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/florian-alt/461256271/
They have a whole set on Amsterdam, actually, that's more or less exactly is it is now, a whopping six days later.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/florian-alt/461256271/
They have a whole set on Amsterdam, actually, that's more or less exactly is it is now, a whopping six days later.
Interesting Linguistic Discoveries
Density of information conveyed in Dutch appears to be inversely proportional to how much noise is actually generated. For example:
"Hooip het vingle dokk ploob gak ack bit ningle hop dock-dock ack vit mit nickle plooy-ya heps du ka ya dan pla shuvel zoop ach it yep donk mit plaz!"
= "The taxi is coming!"
"Grep geeble gak!"
= "Grab the foolish American author, steal his passport, take his Euros, and dump him in the nearest polder field! Let the sheep be the only witnesses!"
****
Man, it's cold at nigh
"Hooip het vingle dokk ploob gak ack bit ningle hop dock-dock ack vit mit nickle plooy-ya heps du ka ya dan pla shuvel zoop ach it yep donk mit plaz!"
= "The taxi is coming!"
"Grep geeble gak!"
= "Grab the foolish American author, steal his passport, take his Euros, and dump him in the nearest polder field! Let the sheep be the only witnesses!"
****
Man, it's cold at nigh
