futzing

• “Part of that futzing is pulling and loosening the Velcro and shifting parts of the halo.”

  Flights of electrons sing me to my sleep...

• “That is, if the futzing is abstracted from the point of sale in better maintenance, beautiful displays (like Harrod’s at the high end), then you see higher sales.”

  Mondrian Soda? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com

• “(such as a version of the World Wide Web and the idea of futzing with old movies using new computer graphics).”

  Neatorama

• “Millions of dollars hang on the question, since airlines lose money each time a flight is delayed by people futzing with carry-ons.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea

• “In the time I spent futzing with the gizmo, any animal down range would run away.”

  Shoot Better With Your iPhone?

• “Here, narrative games includes super linear games like CoD4 AND games with a malleable narrative like Deus Ex or Fallout, but not games where the main draw is futzing with a ruleset, such as the way most people play GTA outside of the missions or games like Noby Noby Boy.”

  The Authorship Conflict

• “*** On a recent night, Joe was futzing around on the computer as I sat at the kitchen table, cutting out construction paper hearts that our two young children will douse with glue and glitter and give to their friends.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Feb. 14? Maybe It's About Love After All.

• “Back at the condo, it's been maybe 15 minutes and I'm still futzing around with my tie.”

  Fictionaut: Things You Can Do, Some Can't Be Done

• “Writing: I'm futzing about in two worlds - Shayara and the world of "Cicatrix".”

  Friday!

• “Some are incensed that Brooklyn's most Brooklyny Jonathan is futzing around with other zip codes, but perhaps the greater betrayal is that Lethem left the city he so diligently canonized.”

  The Huffington Post: Jonathan Lethem And Other Notable Hometown Departures

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