The New 'Main Title': an Intersection of 2-or-3 Plays-on-the-Word #Log | @Medium #Logged #Logging #Logger #Blog #LogJam #LogRolling #Backlog #LogIn #LogOut #LogOn #LogOff

I read that the use of the word "knots" for 'boat-speed' goes back to when they would throw a 'log' at the end of a rope (with knots tied in it), and count the number of 'knots' that played-out over a set time.

("Wait a minute!" you might ask. "If
 the log's not 'anchored to something'
 in the water, what makes the rope
 'stretch out' rather than 'just bring the
 log along with it'?"

(I guess a 'knot' is more about "how much speed the boat's motor or -sails
 are supplying" than 'exactly how fast
 the boat is moving'; I dunno)

In today's media, I guess you could say each audience-member is 'a vessel'; though they definitely view the show through the 'front deck' or 'the eagle's nest' etc., they remember it from the point-of-view of 'the log'---when they're going nowhere, and all they have is the memory of the show.

That reminds me of the 'log' I think the "blog" was named-after---"the Captain's log" (of the starship-captain, yes; which was inspired by the 'captains' logs' of Gene Roddenberry's days in the Navy). The Captain's Log was the log that his journal was tied-to (in case he dropped it overboard, the log insured that it would float and they could retrieve it).

The explanation (of the use of a (hopefully) different log in measuring nautical knots) is linked through 'the main word' below; but first I want to understand that word better. And I find that you understand words better when you look at the other words at the bases of the words you're thinking-of ...

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The word “Log” is built on ancient words that mean "Felled Tree (which thus Lies |Prostrate)" or 'a Big-Sounding word' for a Massive |Piece of Wood. #Logged #Logging #Logger #Blog #LogJam #LogRolling #Backlog #LogIn #Logon #LogOff

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