Word: needlepoints
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...types of files--is here to stay. The Wall Street Journal turned Napster into a verb this summer when it ran the headline, the "Napsterization of Movies," referring to the web site Scour, a site whose users swap compressed movie files. Music files, movies video games and even needlepoint patterns are being shared online...
...read that right, needlepoint patterns. The Los Angeles Times ran a piece last month about the "Napster-like" swapping of patterns online. Evidently, needlepoint enthusiasts scan their paper patterns into their computer and save the file to a common spot on the web. Fellow stitchers print out the file, a copyrighted pattern they normally would have bought in a store...
...Barbara sits there, big pearls, white polka dots on vivid blue. The Silver Fox never looked foxier, needlepoint in her experienced hands. Madame La Bush. Pointed needle rising and swooping. Is that a new Bush-family crest to celebrate the dynasty? She launches a bemused but killer look; what she's making is a backgammon board. The dynasty idea drives her nuts - and him too. Her life's work is to love a family and make sure they love theirs. She says a few tart things about politics now and then. She gets away with murder and chuckles mischievously...