If you haven't seen it already, silverorange housemate Peter Rukavina has started an intriguing side project all about three letter acronyms. His new site 3LA.ca is a podcast/blog/dictionary where Peter endeavors to explain all kinds of three letter acronyms in a concise way for a wide audience. So far, he's picked PMT, RSS, ZIP, YYG, and TLA itself. I think he's been quite successful at providing explanations that don't bore the expert and which are informative for the uninitiated. All of the posts are available both in audio and text format which is great if you don't especially want to wait for Peter's clear but slow school teacher's voice to finish reading you the explanation.

One curious attribute of the mixing of a podcast/blog/dictionary is that Peter is presenting information that is not time-sensitive in a chronological format. The only way time really figures into the equation is the time when Peter decides to explain an acronym. Right now, with only a handful of explanations under his belt, the chronological view works fine, but it will be interesting to see a dual chronological and alphabetical view (perhaps with a topical breakdown too if the list gets long enough). Well worth following. Keep it up Peter.

Update: Peter has now added an alphabetical listing to the sidebar of 3la.ca. Cool.