# da vinci (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover da vinci. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Obscure Word History of Eclipse](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/the-obscure-word-history-of-eclipse/) _2026-08-17 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, In the wake of last week’s partial solar eclipse here in Ireland I’m taking a look at the history of the word itself. Thankfully for this particular “look” I don’t need to source a pair of eclipse glasses, as a I reckon they’re sold out everywhere. We were unable to find a pair ourselves \[…\] ## [The Crafty Word History of Bodger](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/the-crafty-word-history-of-bodger/) _2026-08-10 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, Regular readers of Wordfoolery will know that I never met a craft I didn’t like (except for felting…definitely not for me) so when I came across the word bodger recently I couldn’t resist trying to find its history. The reference was in Amy Licence’s “Woodsmoke and Sage” an excellent reference book about how Tudors \[…\] ## [The Ever Shortening History of the Word Mob](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/the-ever-shortening-history-of-the-word-mob/) _2026-08-03 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, This week’s word is mob and comes with thanks to “The Story of English in 100 Words” by David Crystal which brought it to my attention. This one is thanks to the Romans which might not be what you’d expect for a word that ends with organised crime groups in the 1900s. Mob entered \[…\] ## [The Foolish Word History of Fopdoodle](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/the-foolish-word-history-of-fopdoodle/) _2026-07-27 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, As you might expect, given the name of this blog, I have a particular fondness for foolish words and this week’s word is doubly foolish so it has earned its place here. Fopdoodle is one I picked up thanks to David Crystal’s excellent book “The Story of English in 100 Words” where he uses \[…\] ## [The Egyptian Roots of Dismal](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/the-egyptian-roots-of-dismal/) _2026-07-20 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, Hopefully you’re having a wonderful summer (or winter for readers south of the equator) but if not, have you considered that you’re under a dismal influence? The word dismal entered English around 1400 to describe something as inauspicious or unlucky and the reason why brings us back to Egyptian astrologers, so stay with me \[…\] ## [The Greek History of Enigma](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/the-greek-history-of-enigma/) _2026-07-13 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, I’d love to believe I project an enigmatic persona, although that’s pretty unlikely. But where do we get enigma and enigmatic from? For this one we need to visit the Greeks again. They really did exert a tremendous influence on the English language down through the centuries. Engima entered English in the early 1500s \[…\] ## [The Ancient Greek History of Bruxism](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/the-ancient-greek-history-of-bruxism/) _2026-07-06 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, This week’s word is bruxism and we have the ancient Greeks to thank for it. I love discovering everyday facts about the past that help me to realise we’ve so much in common with our ancestors as well as our contemporaries, and this word in one of those little gateways. So what does bruxism \[…\] ## [Old Measures – a Firkin](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/old-measures-a-firkin/) _2026-06-29 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, This week’s word is an old form of measurement and I’m sharing it here with thanks to Noelle, who stumbled across it and shared it with me – a firkin. Once upon a time, long before the creation of plastics, goods were transported and sold in barrels and sacks. My father-in-law sold tea from \[…\] ## [The Paper Roots of the Word Cartoon](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/the-paper-roots-of-the-word-cartoon/) _2026-06-22 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, This week’s word is cartoon and I’m not just talking about animations of a cat and mouse at war with each other. No, cartoon has an older history, and of course a political side too. The word cartoon entered English in the late 1600s where it described a drawing on strong paper which was \[…\] ## [The Greek Story Behind the Word Hermaphrodite](https://wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/the-greek-story-behind-the-word-hermaphrodite/) _2026-06-15 · wordfoolery · Wordfoolery_ Hello, I came across the Greek roots of this week’s word recently, possibly on a podcast, but sadly I didn’t jot it down. Before I get started, I’ll note that hermaphrodite is an out-dated term in science. The more correct term now is intersex – which is a good thing as it’s clearer. However, hermaphrodite \[…\] ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YP41gHUYwUmp) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [God, I love Peacocks!](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/god-i-love-peacocks/) _2026-03-22 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ The bird chirps in the morning and in the evening. So wonderful to hear, such a beautiful sight to witness, and I am thankful to exist to experience them. I used to live in a place that had ample of peacocks. These absolutely phenomenal birds have striking iridescent plumage and long tail feathers. Their beauty is something that one can describe in mere words; no, they are something more than… ## [Da Vinci, one of the best](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/da-vinci-one-of-the-best/) _2025-12-16 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ "Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather it becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. So we must stretch ourselves to the very limits of human possibility. Anything less is a sin to both God and man." ~ Da Vinci ## [What I use day to day online, as a privacy conscious person.](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/what-i-use-day-to-day/) _2025-11-23 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ Hey fellas, nice to meet you. I'm a pretty privacy conscious person online. Not just skids and heckers, but big corporations and (sigh) governments snopping up and violating my privacy like it never existed. Let's start with the biggest and the most important one: Operating system. There's only like 3 big contendors in the OS space, Windows, Linux and MacOS. Unfortunately, I cannot use the last… ## [Your private life is your real resume; one which you cannot lie in..](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/your-private-life-is-your-real-resume-one-which-you-cannot-lie-in/) _2025-10-07 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ What you do in your private life eventually becomes public. The books you read shows up in conversations. The diet you eat shows up in your energy. Your discipline shows up in your self confidence. Your focus shows up in your result. Ever wonder how people who can read other people's mind are able to identify so much of their habits? By noticing the small things all around them. The only thing you… ## [I am you, and you are me](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/i-am-you-and-you-are-me/) _2025-07-15 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ Before bullying me off as a weird psychopath, I'd like you (me) to read a short story titled “The Egg” (https://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg\_mod.html). It's just a few paragraphs, yet it explodes with meaning — something I wish I had read earlier. I can't quite explain the impeccable feelings I felt after reading this masterpiece. I am everyone. I am the kind, the cruel, the good, the god, and… ## [Why I Pirate.](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/why-piracy-is-not-bad/) _2025-07-14 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ I pirate. I openly state that I pirate. You cannot do anything about it. I pirate not because I want to make the life of small indie creators and movie/music artists more miserable, but because the books I read are not available to download. Now, you might just think "Oh, that's not that bad". But really, I am doing what the millions of other pirates are doing. So that must make me a bad person,… ## [Planning to make a new micro blogging platform :)](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/planning-to-make-a-new-micro-blogging-platform/) _2025-06-25 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ I am in LOVE with Bear blogs, it is just so simple and convenient to use! I hardly post anything in here, but I love reading other people's post. Nowdays social media like X or reddit is full of shit and are filled with idiotic, nonsensical people. I had a idea while browsing through bearblogs, why shouldn't I make my own blogging platform? Though I did not pay any heed to the suggestion that I… ## [The Uselessness of Half Knowledge](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/the-uselessness-of-half-knowledge/) _2025-04-27 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ I think one thing we can all agree upon is that all of us carry some form of half knowledge. Whether it’s about computers, philosophy, politics, history, health... the list is endless. We skim an article, watch a thirty-second clip, hear a quote secondhand, and suddenly, it lodges itself in our brain as truth. It’s easier to possess a slice of understanding than to chisel the whole sculpture of… ## [The Greatest Human Wealth](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/the-greatest-human-wealth/) _2025-04-24 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ One of my favorite questions to ask people is: "What do you think is the greatest human wealth?" and I've gotten all sorts of answers. From materialistic things such as gold, money, fame, even raw land, to some decent ones, such as family, love, the indominable human spirit, the human consciousness and so much more. But 2 answers have particularly struck me so hard that it keeps me awake at 3 AM… ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5UcJgJcGscGQ) _2025-04-24 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [The Mandela Effect](https://wittywritr.bearblog.dev/the-mandela-effect/) _2025-04-01 · wittywritr · Bro blogs_ Are we really doomed or not?