Word of the Day for Saturday September 4, 2004
September 4, 2004 Written by Charles Cookbricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH; brih-\, noun: Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.
The Internet is a global bricolage, lashing together unthinkable complexities of miscellaneous computers with temporary lengths of phone line and fiber optic, bits of Ethernet cable and strings of code.
--Bernard Sharratt, "Only Connected," New York Times, December 17, 1995[/quote]
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