Daily Archives: Thursday, July 8, 2004

Lego meme

Lego Spidermeme: Here’s the next best thing to Spiderman 2: A Lego Spiderman 2 adverture in stop-motion animation. Almost as good as a vintage Davey & Goliath.

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Using adverbs carefully

Using adverbs carefully: This weblog has rarely considered the problem with adverbs until reading recently a post on Language Log referring to Elmore Leonard’s Fourth Rule of Writing: 4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb ”said” . . … Continue reading

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Geek epic

Geek epic: surfergirl Dana Stevens says the Tour de France pales next to what’s happening on Jeopardy. This year, the game show did away with its five-day “term limit” and Ken Jennings, a 30-year-old software engineer from Salt Lake, could … Continue reading

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iPod vaporzine

ipod vaporzine: Yesterday, I had this item all ready to post and didn’t get around to it: No time to comment on this story on iPodlounge.com about the launch of iPodworld magazine coming out in August from IDG…except IDG is … Continue reading

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Little salesmen, big equipment

Little salesmen, big equipment: While this weblog has been traveling for the past 24 hours, some breaking news in the magazine industry slipped past it: It appears a company that publishes magazines for tiny sales people has acquired a magazine … Continue reading

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