A study by James Kaufman of California State University, San Bernardino seems to indicate that poets tend to die younger than other writers! Fortunately, sound logic prevails in the end: The fact that a Sylvia Plath … may die young does not necessarily mean an Introduction to Poetry class should carry a warning that poems may be hazardous to one’s health. …
23/5 Exquisite Corpses
Journallers and bloggers have been playing around with this 23/5 meme for a little while, and I ran across this Exquisite Corpse variation the other day at language hat that looked interesting: Take the nearest six to ten books from your shelf.Open them to page 23, and find the fifth sentence.Write down those sentences and arrange them to form a …
Feel Like Somebody’s Watching You?
Some not-so-startling news reported by The Register today: PCs scanned using a free scanning service from US ISP giant EarthLink harboured an average of 28 items of spyware, according to figures published yesterday. Not only does spyware invade your privacy on various levels, but it can also be a primary reason for the “my computer’s just not working right anymore” …
Is That 500 Books In Your Pocket, Or…
I’d been watching this one since late last month, so it’s a little old, but I thought I’d post it anyway, if you hadn’t seen. Here’s the news from The Register: The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — the real one, not that Douglas Adams novel thingy — just came a step closer. Sony has launched its first electronic book …
Q‑ing Up
For those interested, a brief history of the letter Q. Specifically, why “q+u” all the time?