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alef commented on the word shuckling
I had a self defining experience which illustrated this word "shokeling" or "shuckling." As I labored in prayer for all that was important and dear to me in life I spontaneously adopted this posture swaying back and forth in prayer. It wasn't until months later that I discovered this gesturing was common among devout Jews. Here's a link to its definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuckling
February 9, 2012
alef commented on the word atelier
“You have captured her, to the life,” he cried, and Abdus Samad relaxed and stopped feeling as if his head were too loosely attached to his neck; and, after this visionary work by the master of the Emperor’s atelier had been exhibited, the whole court knew Jodha to be real, and the greatest courtiers, the Navratna, or Nine Jewels, all acknowledged not only her existence but also her beauty, her wisdom, the grace of her movements, and the softness of her voice. Taken from "Shelter of the World" by Salman Rushdie, New Yorker, Feb. 2008. http://bit.ly/v7Z4Z0'>http://bit.ly/v7Z4Z0
January 3, 2012
alef commented on the word fragmentation
This word fragmentation when used in the context of Android phones apparently has to do with the OS platform. The consistency of which is or is not maintained across hardware upgrades. Charlie Kindel had this to say in a recent blog: "The fact that Windows Phone has, thus far, avoided fragmentation (almost every WP7 device from every manufacture r & carrier automatically got updated to WP7.5 “Mango” this fall) "
January 1, 2012
alef commented on the user alef
apt words are an anodyne to a broken heart.
January 1, 2012