uap: an interview with former US DoD head of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Programme says that “Tic-Tac” craft have been observed by the navy for decades
dutch angle: dramatic tilt in cinematography

p68/dulcimer: a prototype of the iPod—which celebrated its twentieth birthday last month—via Twisted Sifter
subjective distance: more on the ordering of adjectives and the unwritten rules of language—see previously
quesos y besos: a soft goat cheese from Spain beat out many contenders to be awarded the top prize for the annual World Cheese Awards
shoulder-surfing: a patent to discourage lookie-loos with a screen blur for those without the proper headgear and glasses—via Slashdot
discopter: Alexander Weygers patented the design for the first UFO flying vehicle decades before the craze in sightings and visitations