The Dailies

Word of the Day

Ostracize (v., AHS-truh-SIZE)

In ancient Greece, if someone got too powerful or became too unpopular, they would be banished from the city for five or ten years. The word literally comes from the Greek for "broken pottery," because the votes to do this would be recorded on a piece of broken pottery. In modern usage, it can also just mean to exclude from a group or influence, sans pottery.

Gif of the Day

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Link of the Day

Ancient ruins are recreated by gif

We almost had a Gif+Link of the Day today. In a cool project for Expedia (yes, they're still around), a marketing agency created gifs to transform ancient buildings to what they might've looked like in their heyday. Take a look:

You can see more of the project at Colossal.

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