I knew of some… I went looking for more. Here is what I’ve found so far.
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Fluther: Fluther is a website that provides personal answers to all sorts of questions.
film: The cinematic medium, treated as an art form. “I love film—I won’t watch anything that doesn’t have subtitles.”
movies: The broad category of cinema, including blockbusters, romantic comedies, and everything in between.
jelly: Jelly is a semisolid spread or preserve made from fruit.
jQuery: jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development.
JavaScript: JavaScript is a programming language commonly used on websites for creating a more dynamic experience.
school: School is an institution where people go to learn and gain and education.
nginx: nginx (“engine x”) is a HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server written by Igor Sysoev.
Adium: Adium is an open source multi-protocol instant messaging client for Mac OS X.
MySQL: MySQL is the world’s most popular open-source database.
Redis: Redis is a persistent key-value database with built-in network interface written in ANSI-C for Posix systems.
Posterous: Posterous is a web service that allows you to easily post everything by email.
Palo Alto: Palo Alto is a city in California near San Francisco that is best known for Stanford and hosting a wide array of Silicon Valley technology companies such as Facebook.
NAT: Network Address Translation
TextMate: TextMate is a popular text editor for Mac OS X.
Starcraft: Starcraft is a popular realtime strategy game released by Blizzard Entertainment in 1998.
Starcraft 2: Starcraft 2 is a popular realtime strategy (RTS) game made by Blizzard Entertainment.
TED: TED is a small nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading” and is known for its “TED talks” given during their conferences.
Git: Git is a distributed revision control system.
Richard Feynman: Richard Feynman was an American physicist.
unmanned aerial vehicles: Unmanned aerial vehicles are aircraft that fly without humans onboard and are either remotely controlled or fly themselves using autopilots.
Django: Django is a high-level Python web framework that Fluther is built on.
BitTorrent: BitTorrent is a free, open source file-sharing protocol effective for distributing very large software and media files.
LAN: Local Area Network
SQLite: SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine.
Team Fortress 2: Team Fortress 2 is a popular first person shooter game made by Valve and distributed over the Steam platform.
virtual memory: Virtual memory is a memory management abstraction used by operating systems.
Python: Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, functional programming language that emphasizes code readability.
Counter-Strike: Counter-Strike is a popular first-person shooter made by Valve.
Kindle: The Kindle is an electronic book made by Amazon.
PyPy: PyPy is an implementation of the Python programming language written in Python itself.
RSS: Really Simple Syndication is a series of formats for distributing new and updated content to subscribers.
Russian Hill: Russian Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
VLC: VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework, that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.
NASA: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.
23andMe: 23andMe is a personal genetics company named for the 23 pairs of chromosomes in a human cell.
Formula 1: Formula 1 is the pinnacle of single-seat motor-racing.
Bugatti: Bugatti is a high-end car company owned by Volkswagen.
Ubuntu: Ubuntu is a commercially sponsored Debian-derived Linux distribution.
Top Gear: Top Gear is an entertainment TV series involving motor vehicles on the BBC.
Google Reader: Google Reader is a free, online RSS reader.
Gmail: Gmail is a free web-based email service from Google.
Google Chrome: Google Chrome is a web browser that combines a minimal design with the WebKit engine.
HTTP: The HyperText Transport Protocol is the method used to deliver web pages to your browser.
Linux: Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds.
Large Hadron Collider: The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest particle accelerator.
xkcd: xkcd is a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language made by Randall Munroe.
magnetometers: A magnetometer measures magnetic field strength and can be used as a compass.
Transmit: Transmit is the #1 Mac OS X FTP client made by Panic.
Flickr: Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application owned by Yahoo!.
MEMS: Microelectromechanical systems are mechanical systems powered by electricity between 1 to 100 micrometers in size.
MIT: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private university located in Boston.
Aperture: Aperture is a photo management and editing application made by Apple.
compilers: Compilers are computer programs that turn the source code of one programming language into the source code of another, usually from a human-readable language to a machine-readable language.
Ferrari: Ferrari is an Italian company known for operating the winningest Formula 1 team as well as its exclusive, expensive and beautiful sports cars.
Dr. Jelly: Dr. Jelly, or Dr. J as he let’s his friends call him, by day lends himself to Fluther as its mascot and by night he coaches Steve Jobs on what new device people will want.
Bazzar (software): Bazaar is a distributed revision control system.
Bash: Bash is the Bourne-again shell, a UNIX shell and a play on words for Stephen Bourne’s UNIX shell and the Christian born-again concept.
Aston Martin: Aston Martin is a British car company.
Arduino: Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software.
Yosemite: Yosemite is a national park in the United States, best known for its waterfalls, deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area and Half Dome.