George Cochrane

I’ve just spent at least an hour flipping through this fabulous old book (offered for free by archive.org). The Slang Dictionary – Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal (London, 1913) touches on the patois employed by various classes of ruffians, outlaws, and untouchables in British history. It bears such useful, forgotten terms as:

Gullynuff: The waste coagulated dust, crumbs, and hair which accumulates imperceptibly in the pockets of schoolboys.

Rhinoceral: Rich, wealthy, abounding in RHINO. At first sound it would seem as though it meant a man abounding in rhinoceroses.

Horse Chaunter: A dealer who takes worthless horses to country fairs and disposes of them by artifice. He is generally an unprincipled fellow, and will put in a glass eye, fill a beast with shot, plug him with ginger, or in fact do anything so that he sells to advantage. See COPER.

If you find this sort of thing as fascinating as I do, I apologize in advance for the consumption of your evening.

Hi, folks,

I’m starting work on georgecochrane.com again. It’s been a while, and I have a lot of new ideas to share. Going forward, the Tumblr-esque randomness here will be replaced by a shift toward more original, useful stuff. I’m focusing on creativity, productivity, technology, and the links between, with a writing and music-making bent.

To start things off, here’s a list of my previous posts that hint at the new focus. Glad to be back!

Creativity and Productivity

Creative Finality vs. Infinite Choice

Digging: The Importance of Creative Throughput

Logitech Marble Mouse Review

Paper and Productivity

Top 10 Reasons “Top 10” Lists are Bad for Web Media

Music and Audio

A Surprising Use for a Smokey Amp

DAV Broadhurst Gardens Microphone Preamp Review

Korg NanoKey Review

Renoise is the Finest Sort of Nostalgia

WiiMote MIDI Control for Fun and Profit

Miscellaneous

Because Cycling’s Too Cerebral: The K2 Easy Roller Bike

Open Source Graphics Software

The iPad and the Chuckles Thereof

Thoughts on the Orange Cattle Calf Mini Speaker Sound Box

My collective in Los Angeles just released new end-of-summer mixtape, full of original tracks from many of our artists. It’s free to download, and chock full of stuff that fans of italo, classic disco, balearic house, and chillwave will, in our humblest opinion, LOVE. We call it Calo Disco.

+ > – End of Summer Mixtape 2011 by Weatherhouse

Weatherhouse – Summer Wont Wait*
Justin Beeper – Have a Heart*
Hook ‘n’ Loop – Dome of Light*
Weatherhouse – Diamonds
Weatherhouse – Cometius
Justin Beeper – One Another*
K I M I – Dream of Me*
Weatherhouse – One is You*

* Upcoming releases

http://www.positivegreaterthannegative.com

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Weatherhouse – http://www.weatherhou.se
Justin Beeper – http://www.soundcloud.com/george-cochrane
Hook ‘n’ Loop – http://www.hooknloop.com
KIMI – http://www.positivegreaterthannegative.com

+ > -
forever

P.S. – Please spread this mixtape around as freely as you like. We want to spread this FAR AND WIDE.