{"id":112461,"date":"2020-12-15T11:16:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T17:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=112461"},"modified":"2020-12-28T17:42:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T23:42:46","slug":"odds-and-ends-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/odds-and-ends-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Odds and ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u307f\u3063\u3061\u308a\u30db\u30ed\u30de\u30fc\u30c1\/Hololive March\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2MYQjRfNyGs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>While the point of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.hololive.tv\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hololive<\/a> phenomenon eludes me, I do like the video of marching VTubers that <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.mee.nu\/daily_news_stuff_12_december_2020\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixy found<\/a>. In particular, I enjoy the tune, &#8220;\u307f\u3063\u3061\u308a\u306d\u3053\u30de\u30fc\u30c1,&#8221; or &#8220;MitchiriNeko March,&#8221;<span id='easy-footnote-1-112461' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/odds-and-ends-11\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-112461' title='The Giggle translation of the Japanese name is &amp;#8220;Very hard cat march.&amp;#8221;'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> by one Chiemi Takano (Joedown). It reminds me of the <a href=\"http:\/\/kuricorder.com\/e-profile.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kuricorder Quartet<\/a> in a playful mood. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s hard to find a recording of it in the USA. The video is based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lAIGb1lfpBw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an earlier one featuring cartoon cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s useful phrase: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/the-fires-foretold-willmoore-kendall-and-the-burning-of-america\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">platitudinal capacity<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Though he hailed from the dusty plains of Oklahoma, Kendall himself was certainly no rube. He worked his way onto the faculty of Yale, where he profoundly influenced Bill Buckley among others. But while he had the intellect to work at the highest academic levels, he had neither the temperament nor the platitudinal capacity. Yale eventually paid him to forfeit his tenure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Years ago, when I finally had a computer at home with Photoshop, I thought that I would at last be able to make color prints of the pictures I take. Ha. Thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2020\/11\/ink-stained-wretches-battle-soul-digital-freedom-taking-place-inside-your-printer\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">machinations of printer manufacturers<\/a>, the final destination for all my photography is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tancos\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">digital files<\/a>. The article focuses on HP, but I can state that Epson and Canon are no better. I print maybe a dozen pages a year, and those are rarely pictures.<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/americandigest.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Digest<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Odder ends:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cardinal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cardinal-640x479.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cardinal-640x479.png 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cardinal-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cardinal-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cardinal.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dictionary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dictionary.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"449\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/latin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/latin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"528\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Meme-Japan-Christmas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Meme-Japan-Christmas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"507\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Meme-Ralphie-Viking-axe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Meme-Ralphie-Viking-axe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Meme-to-boldly-Gogh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Meme-to-boldly-Gogh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"571\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112469\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poinsettia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poinsettia-640x480.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poinsettia-640x480.png 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poinsettia-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poinsettia-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poinsettia.png 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Times-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Times-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"378\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112473\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/punch2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/punch2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"610\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112471\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/reaper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/reaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-112472\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the point of the Hololive phenomenon eludes me, I do like the video of marching VTubers that Pixy found. In particular, I enjoy the tune, &#8220;\u307f\u3063\u3061\u308a\u306d\u3053\u30de\u30fc\u30c1,&#8221; or &#8220;MitchiriNeko March,&#8221; by one Chiemi Takano (Joedown). It reminds me of the Kuricorder Quartet in a playful mood. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s hard to find a recording of it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/odds-and-ends-11\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Odds and ends&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,16,31,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decline-and-fall","category-humor-and-horror","category-music","category-videos","category-weird-world-web"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-tfT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112461"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114395,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112461\/revisions\/114395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}