Tag: links

"The megachurch pastor who faced backlash for praying at the President's inauguration talks to CT about politics, a new magazine, and the economy"

"The book, Almost Perfect, was originally published by Prima Publishing in 1994. It is the story of the rise and fall of WordPerfect Corporation from my point of view. The book sold a little less than 10,000 copies and is now out of print. The copy published here is almost identical to my original manuscript and does not contain Prima's edits. In this version, I have corrected two factual errors, fixed five typos, deleted a few pages at the end, and added a final paragraph."

"The Earth Observatory is a website run by NASA's Earth Observing System Project Science Office (EOSPSO). Bringing together imagery from many different satellites and astronaut missions, the website publishes fantastic images with highly detailed descriptions, feature articles and more. Gathered here are some standout photographs from the collections in the Earth Observatory over the past several years."

Typophiles, rejoice.

"An Italian doctor completed a brain operation despite having a heart attack after realizing his patient would never recover if he stopped the surgery."

Wow.

Carbon emission hoo-haa + nanny statism = government run amok.

This is a joke, right?

Genius.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8, as rendered by Hugh Macleod.

A gem my friend Tom found while out and about.

Joshua Trevino accurately sums up most of my feelings regarding the series, and the finale.

"Why not? What could happen?"

"WRITERSBLOK is a new set of notebooks and stationary products aimed at encouraging the activity of writing. We'll give you the basic tools and you take them wherever you want. The possibilities are endless. Best of luck. Let us know how it goes.

"A percentage of sales from WRITERSBLOK goes to literacy-related programs around the country."

"Instead of adjectives, great writers often use verbs. Their characters do, and they are always doing."

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"Frank McCourt spends little time worrying about it. He trusts the readers mind to imagine details. Instead, he captivates his audience with action. If people are moving and doing, it’s hard to look away."

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"So, if you’re working on a writing project, do readers a favor and cut out the “white as snow” and “cold as a meat locker” and tell us what your characters are doing."

"There are many Made in the USA lists throughout the internet, nearly all of them tacky and in poor taste. These awful websites have led me to compile a list of stylish and cool brands that make their goods in America. One of my goals with this is to make it easier to locate and buy domestically produced apparel products. Another motivating factor is my desire for things Made in the USA to be embraced by a younger, more stylish consumer."

Personally, I own several t-shirts printed on American Apparel shirts, New Balance sneakers, a Buck knife, a Fisher Space Pen, Field Notes notebooks, a Leatherman multi-tool, a Mag Lite flashlight, and a Vornado fan. I would recommend any one of these items.

"Family safe YouTube". A simple web browser player of YouTube content aimed at kids. Hit the space bar to go to the next clip. There is no search function.

If the world wasn't insane enough already, surely now we've gone stark raving mad.

If nothing else, this gets you thinking.

Just a word of warning that you might feel a little ill after seeing this nice visualization of what our government is flushing down the toilet.