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The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
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Archive for July, 2008
Google Killer?
New Web search engine Cuil.com, named in part as a nod to Finn McCool, claims to have indexed three times as many Web pages as Google—and they don’t track your personal footsteps. Read about it at Umbrella News and/or SitePro News.
Hasbro Shuts Down Scrabulous
Another good argument that, once again, the old school just don’t get it.
Demystifying Writing
As a poet, I love the art of words. Reading Wallace Stevens, or translations of Tomas Tranströmer, I only wish I could be so artistic.
New Poet Laureate Announced—An “Outsider”
A remedial English instructor, Kay Ryan has been selected as the next U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress (the full, official title). Check out the Time article.
MS “Mojave” Experiment
In a “blind taste test,” Microsoft got regular people to try Vista without knowing it was Vista.
As a platform-agnostic fellow, I’m like, “Whatever.”
The problem isn’t the OS, which my experience and research shows to be a step up in security and stability from XP, which was itself a step up from Win98. Rather, the problem is that every time MS upgrades its OS, one of the main reasons for staying with Windows—the wealth of software available for it—gets strained. Oh, that and the fact that my old hardware won’t run it.
Remembering English Class
Over the past several weeks, at my day job, we’ve been reading and discussing texts by several well-known and influential thinkers in the field of teaching writing. One of those prompted me to write a blog entry about my experiences as a student in English classes from kindergarten through college. Remember the opening lyrics of “Kodachrome“?
Personified Fonts Conference Video
Holy crap this makes me laugh! (Click full-screen for best effect.)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
It’s July 20, and I just became aware of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. I mention the date only because if you’re reading this post before midnight today, hurry to www.DrHorrible.com and you can watch all three episides for free. After that, you can still get it from iTunes for the low, low fee of $3.99 for all three episodes, or $1.99 each.