Comments on: wired tailor http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/21/wired-tailor/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:18:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Nancy http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/21/wired-tailor/comment-page-1/#comment-3887 Nancy Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:06:58 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1203#comment-3887 Interesting to note that the the first hit I got on google when I tried to look that up again brought me to Microsoft Natual Langauge Processing. <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/nlp/" rel="nofollow">http://research.microsoft.com/nlp/</a> ... keep working on that tricorder. Interesting to note that the the first hit I got on google when I tried to look that up again brought me to
Microsoft Natual Langauge Processing.
http://research.microsoft.com/nlp/
… keep working on that tricorder.

]]> By: Nancy http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/21/wired-tailor/comment-page-1/#comment-3886 Nancy Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:00:17 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1203#comment-3886 Years ago I looked this up, Tom. I wrote something somewhere on a newsgroup about the German usage of the prefix "be-" as compared with the English use of the prefix. Many times similar, sometimes not. You might start searching a little further back if interested in the language. sprechen=speak besprechen=discuss or agree upon something. (past tense=besprochen) Years ago I looked this up, Tom. I wrote something somewhere on a newsgroup about the German usage of the prefix “be-” as compared with the English use of the prefix. Many times similar, sometimes not. You might start searching a little further back if interested in the language.
sprechen=speak
besprechen=discuss or agree upon something.
(past tense=besprochen)

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/21/wired-tailor/comment-page-1/#comment-3885 hugh macleod Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:29:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1203#comment-3885 Tom, an definition/explanation of "bespoke" is here: <a href="http://www.englishcut.com/archives/000004.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.englishcut.com/archives/000004.html</a> I'll also update this entry with the same info... Tom, an definition/explanation of “bespoke” is here:
http://www.englishcut.com/archives/000004.html
I’ll also update this entry with the same info…

]]> By: Tom Maszerowski http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/21/wired-tailor/comment-page-1/#comment-3884 Tom Maszerowski Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:14:49 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1203#comment-3884 Hugh, forgive my Yank ignorance, but what is the origin of the term "bespoke"? Google and wikipedia don't have much and dictionary.com tells me what I already knew. Hugh, forgive my Yank ignorance, but what is the origin of the term “bespoke”? Google and wikipedia don’t have much and dictionary.com tells me what I already knew.

]]> By: tonygoodson http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/21/wired-tailor/comment-page-1/#comment-3888 tonygoodson Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:42:30 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1203#comment-3888 <strong>Taylor's Weblog</strong> Right that does it, I'm off to be a plumber (but without the pooey bits). Don't you ever think, stuff it, I'd much rather be doing a physical trade thing. Creating something that you can look at and say, Taylor’s Weblog

Right that does it, I’m off to be a plumber (but without the pooey bits). Don’t you ever think, stuff it, I’d much rather be doing a physical trade thing. Creating something that you can look at and say,

]]> By: John http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/21/wired-tailor/comment-page-1/#comment-3883 John Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:41:26 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1203#comment-3883 I saw the mention on Tom Peters weblog and remembered that you were working with an upscale tailor; I figured it had to be your client. The idea of a "Wired" Savile Row a no-brainer? Exactly! Just like the idea of a Wired GC!! I saw the mention on Tom Peters weblog and remembered that you were working with an upscale tailor; I figured it had to be your client.
The idea of a “Wired” Savile Row a no-brainer? Exactly! Just like the idea of a Wired GC!!

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