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    Aria

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    Taking of scandals!


    Someone was recently at my place and searching for evidence of my "alleged" beau that is making rounds in my friends circle. Let me turn your house upside down , will sure find something. "Ah you see these sketch-pens, crayons, markers, used to write all those lovey-dovey notes". Where do I even to start to explain, oh! forget it yes I send kawaii cards to my mystery boyfriend. Kush?! Witsend
     
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  2. Oct 18, 2014 #882
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    Solution for Who and What are we talking about?

    The answer to the puzzle is the Danish King Harald Bluetooth, and the wireless communication protocol named after him.

    The following is from Wikipedia:

    The word "Bluetooth" is an anglicized version of the Scandinavian Blåtand/Blåtann, (Old Norse blátǫnn) the epithet of the tenth-century king Harald Bluetooth who united dissonant Danish tribes into a single kingdom, according to a legend, introducing Christianity as well. The idea of this name was proposed in 1997 by Jim Kardach who developed a system that would allow mobile phones to communicate with computers. At the time of this proposal he was reading Frans G. Bengtsson's historical novel The Long Ships about Vikings and king Harald Bluetooth.The implication is that Bluetooth does the same with communications protocols, uniting them into one universal standard.The Bluetooth logo is a bind rune merging the Younger Futhark runes [​IMG] (Hagall) (ᚼ) and [​IMG] (Bjarkan) (ᛒ), Harald's initials.

    The image of the three diagonal lines is the logo of Ericsson, the company that pioneered the development of Bluetooth. The blue man group is a direct hint at the color itself. The last image is a screenshot from the movie, 'How to Train your Dragon'. Aside from hinting at a Viking connection, the image also provides a literal clue in the form of the dragon named Tooth-less.
     
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    Hmm...now I'm imagining Richard III with a hello kitty fetish. :)
     
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  4. Oct 19, 2014 #884
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    Sure, I'm not attached to them. Attribution not required.

    Only two?
     
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    I can't remember ever noticing Borges before (or I'd have searched) and these days I see a lot of him while surfing. Has his popularity soared or my ignorance diminished?


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    Lovestruck Esmeralda's correspondence.

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    Correction: Not "Smoking Gun" but "Lone Gunmen". Need to watch more re-runs.
     
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    I only posted a few, you can use/modify without credit.
     
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    A Jane of all trades — presently not a useful member of society but I'm the one you'll want to hang around with in a zombie apocalypse.
     
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    I've bookmarked Le Monde's Books of the Century to start reading from that collection as I read very few acclaimed books. Downloaded #94 The Master and Margerita, read the first 5 chapters, wow! the only thing in my mind for the rest of the day to swipe and swirl in the satirical read.
     
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