Welcome to another newsletter from "A Way with Words," where the hosts are the English teachers you wish you had in grade school. No tardies ever! Let's start with the minicasts this week. Special on sale just for you! Bargain at the...
Z2K9 n.— «Apparently Zune 30s across the globe have suffered a simultaneous crash, coining the term “Z2K9,” even if 2009 hasn’t officially rolled around yet. Purportedly, starting at approximately midnight last night, Zunes with the...
squirt v.— «Once the firmware is installed the Zune bears a new Community command—one that allows you to share (or “squirt,” in Microsoft parlance) tunes between Zunes.» —“Zune Diary: Software and syncing” by Christopher...
blue badger n.— «To create a mass product, Microsoft can’t design products for the “blue badgers,” as Microsofties call themselves (their identity passes are blue).» —“Coming Zune” by Nina Shapiro Seattle...