I have a name for a site for a Web 2.0 style service. I have no idea what it would do, but do you need to know? It is:
Finl Vowl Droppr
Update: The joke didn’t stay a joke very long, as Dan Tripp registered the domain name. Pete Prodoehl pointed it out to me, perhaps he was thinking about registering it too.
What’s the URL? I bet it’s in the “.s” domain.
-k-
Too much-double belly laugh and dirty look from my wife as a result. Can’t wait to hear your IPodder X name after winner is announced.
BB:
I’m a mortal lock to win the iPX derby:
http://www.quietvoice.org/index.php/2005/12/03/ipodderx-changing-names/
I’m clearing out a spot here for the new shiny iPod.
-k-
Ken, you’ll need a barn burner. I think my wife is going to win. I put in several entries but I think hers is better than any of mine.
You mean she chose “cynono-catcher”, too? What’s the timestamp on her entry? 😉
-k-
Dave:
If no one from EGC or its extended family wins this thing, someone should host an “also-rans” comment thread, where EGCers can submit their entries, for admiration by all.
And if someone from the group wins, good on ’em.
-k-
You suckers think you can beat the “The Bluesman Thingie?”Good luck-not in a week of Tuesdays.
Excellent suggestion in #6 post Ken-I’ll second.
As long as you don’t call it “iDropr”.
wink wink.
–nick
check out finlvowldroppr.com
OK, how does one handle a word like “a” or “i”, which consist of a single vowel? Do we need a placeholder?
Is it “Tody s nw dy”? or “Tody s _ nw dy”?
For purposes of this exercise, is the letter “y” always, never, or sometines considered a vowel?
W gott gt ths rght 🙂
-kn-
OK, here goes:
Now, the graphichs people can design the pastel-colored, round-buttoned site, and the web developers can incorporate a front end for this, and we’re ready for the Season of Perpetual Betaness:
#!/bin/bash
# droppr – Backend processing for finlvowldroppr
# Pass the argument on the command line, quoted
# Released for the good of all mankind, and our own sanity, 2005
# Ken – http://www.quietvoice.org
#
echo “${1}” | \
sed -e ‘s/[AEIOUaeiou]\([^AEIOUaeiou]*$\)/\1/’ \
-e ‘s/[AEIOUaeiou]\([^AEIOUaeiou]*\)\([ ,;.?!@#$%&*-+=]*\)/\1\2/g’
#
Forgot to mention, I’ve gotta log into WikiPedia now and claim credit for inventing “vowl droppng”.
🙂
-k-
PS: Feel free to edit the entry.