Wednesday, June 22, 2005

As Promised


As Promised, originally uploaded by knledford.

Definitions of Blog on the Web:

An online Journal.
matra.sourceforge.net/misc/glossary.php

Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.
www.feedforall.com/rss-glossary.htm

An online journal, published frequently (often daily). Readers can post comments on each journal entry. Some blogs gain a wide readership, such as this one: blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/. The term blog is a shortening of weblog.

Definitions of slack on the Web:

avoid responsibilities and work, be idle be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
release tension on; "slack the rope"
dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
slump: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"
slow: become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
loose: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
slake: make less active or intense
flaccid: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in slack water"
the condition of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"
abate: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"
a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack"
cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"

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