Word of the Day: Pompitous.

Only Wikipedia knows what it means, and it's not tellin'.

Word of the day: लोत्र

Sanskrit: लोत्र ("booty") Via the Wictionary entry for the Latin: Lucrum, via Merriam-Webster: Lucre.

Dung beetles guided by Milky Way

Who knew?

Word of the Day: Taffeta

The word is Persian in origin, and means "twisted woven."

That is all.

Neddie Jingo has returned!

That is all, for now.

Oh no, they've learned how to text!

Who knows what they'll do next!

Swiss Cows Send Texts to Announce They’re in Heat

ZOLLIKOFEN, Switzerland — When Christian Oesch was a boy on his family’s hog farm, cellphones were a thing of the future. Now, Mr. Oesch tends a herd of dairy cattle and carries a smartphone wherever he goes. Occasionally he gets an SMS from one of his cows.

That is because Mr. Oesch, 60, who cares for a herd of 44 Red Holstein and Jersey dairy cows, is helping to test a device that implants sensors in cows to let farmers know when they are in heat. When that is the case, the device sends an SMS to the farmer’s phone. The Swiss do not settle for half measures: the SMS can be in any one of Switzerland’s three main languages — German, French and Italian — plus English or Spanish.

If there is anything to be learned from this project, which will bring the devices to market early next year, it is that Heidi’s world of goats — or cows — placidly grazing in Alpine meadows is gradually becoming the stuff of storybooks.

So much for the new job!

The funding has been withdrawn, have a nice day!

Oh, and By The Way

RA starts his new gig in Chelmsford on Monday October 1st.

Congrats, RA, September has turned out swimingly for you, no?

RA has a new neice.

Violet Olivia was born on September 9th. That makes 9 nieces and nephews. Woo!

CDO