Slot Machine is a new post category on TSWTT. Each entry will feature three disparate links.
1) Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary, “a word-a-day dictionary from Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language (London: Printed by W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton, [1755]), one of the first dictionaries to document the daily working life of the English language. In celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of Johnson’s birth in 1709, a definition from the first edition of the dictionary will be posted each day for readers’ lexiconic delight, beginning on January 1, 2009.” (Link via Anecdotal Evidence.)
2) Nine music videos directed by artist Doug Aitken, at the website MTVMusic.com, for artists such as Interpol, Sponge, and Barenaked Ladies.
3) Out of necessity, a Canadian pig farmer has dramatically reinvented the process of herding pigs, potentially saving farmers thousands of hours; the link includes a description of her invention and a video of it in action. (Link via Kottke.org.)
