Pinboard: bookmarks for ulrichp tagged 'writing'

Wolfram Alpha, the "computational knowledge engine" that's steadily updating, has a good but hidden use as a word and language tool for use while writing. In other words, it can be a smart and snappy thesaurus/dictionary/translator/anagram tool.

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july 2009 by ulrichp

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How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later
interesting scifi philosophy writing literature essays
june 2009 by ulrichp

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Onion AV Club: Chuck Klosterman reviews Chinese Democracy

Throughout Chinese Democracy, the most compelling question is never, "What was Axl doing here?" but "What did Axl think he was doing here?"

music writing humor
november 2008 by ulrichp

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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: World of Warcraft vs. My Girlfriend.

"I understand that you need me to be there for you, but, Ashley, the truth is, right now, the horde just needs me more."

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october 2008 by ulrichp

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MGK Versus His Adolescent Reading Habits
humor writing books
october 2008 by ulrichp

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Be Not Afraid by Rosecrans Baldwin - The Morning News

Between rescuing Joaquin Phoenix from a car wreck and dodging bullets during an interview, German director Werner Herzog seems to lead a dramatic life. According to his private diaries, says ROSECRANS BALDWIN, we shouldn’t be surprised.

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october 2008 by ulrichp

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Progressive Boink - the 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings

Jesus Christ, Rob Liefield is terrible.

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june 2008 by ulrichp

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Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied.

Moreover, no one on the committee can identify who or what instilled Dr. Jones with the belief that an archaeologist's tool kit should consist solely of a bullwhip and a revolver.

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may 2008 by ulrichp

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Evil Monkey’s Guide to Kosher Imaginary Animals

Are dragons kosher? Find out here. (hint: no)

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april 2008 by ulrichp

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Inform 7

Inform is a design system for interactive fiction, a new medium for writers which began with adventure games in the late 1970s and is now used for everything from literary narrative fiction through to plotless conceptual art.

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august 2007 by ulrichp

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DP: Welcome

Distributed Proofreaders provides a web-based method to ease the conversion of Public Domain books into e-books. By dividing the workload into individual pages, many volunteers can work on a book at the same time, which significantly speeds up the creatio

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august 2007 by ulrichp

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The Cut-Up Eye

Leonard Richardson's scripts rescramble the Eye of Argon every five minutes, to make a completely NEW piece of ... scifi literature. Read it! Ponder it! Have your head explode from it!

fiction humor writing interesting wtf scifi
may 2007 by ulrichp

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The Eye of Argon by Jim Theis

"The Eye of Argon" was published in 1970 in the journal of the Ozark SF Society, issue 10. Photocopies - invariably with the last page missing - circulated for decades, and it became a regular sf convention challenge to read Jim Theis's mangled prose wit

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may 2007 by ulrichp

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Fun With Words: Contronyms

Words that are their own antonym.

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april 2007 by ulrichp

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The Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire's Worst Engineer

"can u put a knob on my breather apperatis so i can turn down the volume when im in the library or sneakin up on maintenence droids? why did u put a speaker on this thing in the first place lol"

engineering humor writing scifi geekery
april 2007 by ulrichp

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Salon.com Technology | Courtney Love does the math

A great, coherent rant from Courtney Love, actually well-written, on how the music industry is actually pirating from its artists - pirating their fees, for one thing.

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february 2007 by ulrichp

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The Morning News - Lawyering by Paul Ford

"But law school, like starting a band, writing a novel, or having sex with a dolphin, is something that you should do only because you cannot imagine a life in which you have not done so."

writing law humor
january 2007 by ulrichp

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Literature and Latte - Scrivener Gold

Scrivener is a new piece of software for the Mac aimed at writers who want to manage and organise projects large or small.

mac fiction freeware productivity software writing
january 2007 by ulrichp

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pjammer: My Favorite Liar

"I've had many instructors before and since, but few that I remember with as much fondness - and why my favorite professor was a chronic liar."

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december 2006 by ulrichp

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Feral Cities

"Once a vital component in a national economy, this sprawling urban environment is now a vast collection of blighted buildings, an immense petri dish of both ancient and new diseases..."

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december 2006 by ulrichp

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DadaDodo

"DadaDodo is a program that analyses texts for word probabilities, and then generates random sentences based on that. Sometimes these sentences are nonsense; but sometimes they cut right through to the heart of the matter, and reveal hidden meanings."

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december 2006 by ulrichp

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Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories

Six words, to be exact. 'God to Earth: "Cry more, noobs!"'

humor literature writing
october 2006 by ulrichp

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Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence

Some awesome humor from the Atheists of Silicon Valley.

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october 2006 by ulrichp

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Seven habits of effective text editing

From the author of Gvim

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september 2006 by ulrichp

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Convert a $3 pen into a $200 pen - Lifehacker

$12 Mont Blanc refill + $3 Pilot G2 Pro = imitation $200 Mont Blanc pen. Voila!

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july 2006 by ulrichp

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MTV.com - Video Games

An interesting look at FAQ writing. Granted, it's MTV, so it doesn't go into any depth at all, but it's still interesting. Warning: popup.

videogames writing
january 2006 by ulrichp

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defective yeti: Xyzzy

The president is in the dark. We wish he'd get eaten by a grue.

games humor if politics videogames writing
january 2006 by ulrichp

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conglomerate : Conglomerate: XML For Everyone

"Conglomerate aims to be an XML editor that everyone can use. In particular, our primary goal is to create the ultimate editor for DocBook and similar formats."

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january 2006 by ulrichp

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gus mueller - How to become an independent programmer in just 1068 days.

"OMFG I SEE GREEN."

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december 2005 by ulrichp

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Questionable Analogies - BAD Analogies

She was sending me more mixed signals than a dyslexic third-base coach.

humor writing
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Love games? Want to write about them? Joystiq’s hiring! - Joystiq - www.joystiq.com
blogging work writing videogames
october 2005 by ulrichp

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The New Yorker: PRINTABLES - Shouts and Murmurs - Intelligent Design

"Much better," Zeus declared, cuddling the furry little animal. "I’m going to call him Buttons."

education humor news politics science writing
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Get A Google Poem: by Leevi Lehto

Pick a pattern, search for a term, get a poem, laugh. Repeat until sore.

writing google geekery literature humor
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Next Up: Google Office?

Are Google and Sun going to announce a StarOffice collaboration today (Google Office)? Stay tuned to find out!

google sun productivity work writing
october 2005 by ulrichp

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moleskinerie: Essay: My Moleskine

"With such an interesting diversity of opinions and experiences we thought it might be interesting to see how you use your notebooks but more importantly, what you feel about writing and your art."

contests writing moleskine interesting
october 2005 by ulrichp

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