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Illustrations RSS FeedsEchochrome - the Escher Game - (YouTube, Via Game Girl Advance) [What a hypnotically simple interface! This is a PSP game. Since I'm not a platform gamer, I'll have to admire this one from afar. --DGJ] ...Feed Source: jerz.setonhill.edu nyc wtf?Warning, horrific spelling and grammar per usual!
- (Courtney Love's MySpace) bootlegs are wierd the only time i gop online is to blog on this my space woich juliet you are free to bring oiver to m,y site as its mine and i own it, anyway i dont know i told all myf riends an dyou too to be there 1030 sharp because weve been allabout goping on time and i was told 1030- then there was one of the mopst remarkable technicaL PVERSIOGHTs in my entire career- the oplder dudes whove done hgouse sound from, SIR a jillion times forgot to TURN ON THE SUBWOOFERS. so i beeged for 15 mopre minutes to figure out why the hell a real band wich would be moine sounded like a trebley backing band to an american idol songbird, tweeters are the hiogh end and woofers tge low but sib woofers are the bass and the toms and kick growl and i rtold stu the truth= chicks just do not end up with drummers of his strentgth and aptitude- whatver that fguy nedsx to keep him happy - wich sinc ehe has a farm on tghe Isle of Wight and just nothing fazes him - isnt to hard- h... AFP
- (Yahoo | AFP (will expire)) A string of publishers failed to spot blatant plagiarism of one of English literature's most famous authors, in a cheeky test to see if she would have secured a book deal today, a report said Thursday.
David Lassman, head of the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, sent manuscripts to 18 editors seeking a publishing contract, using only slightly disguised versions of chapters from the iconic novelist's most famous works.
But only one publisher spotted the fakes, which included perhaps the most famous line in all English literature, the opening sentence of her 1813 work "Pride and Prejudice" . which he renamed "First Impressions".
"Thank you for your recent letter and chapters from your book 'First Impressions'. It seems like a really original and interesting read," wrote Penguin. Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling's agents Christopher Little said they were "not confident" of being able to place the work.
The only editor to spot the ruse was apparently Alex Bow... Adventures in ostrich suits....
- (Megan Ritter) I never thought that I would spend my fifteen minutes of fame dressed as as ostrich. --
[A member of Seton Hill's College Republicans posts a brief reflection on her appearance on a Time.com front-page feature, as one of the 10 weirdest YouTube questions posted for the upcoming Democratic presidential nomination debate.
Without the internet, we would see fewer costumed students making choreographed question-posing gestures in front of the White House, and I think it's safe to say the world would be just a little bit poorer for it. --DGJ]
... What do ombudsmen do?
- (Organization of News Ombudsmen) Interest in ombudsmen has increased in response to all the polls showing that readers do not hold newspapers in particularly high regard. This problem is hardly a novel one. Similar circumstances led Ralph Pulitzer to establish a Bureau of Accuracy and Fair Play at his New York World in 1913. According to a 1916 issue of American Magazine, Pulitzer had become concerned about the increasing blurriness between "that which is true and that which is false" in the paper. He had reason for concern. One of the questionable practices uncovered by the bureau's first director, Isaac D. White, was the routine embellishment of stories about shipwrecks with fictional reports about the rescue of a ship's cat. After asking the maritime reporter why a cat had been rescued in each of a half-dozen accounts of shipwrecks, White was told, "One of those wrecked ships had a cat, and the crew went back to save it. I made the cat the feature of my story, while the other report... Journalism Dean at Northwestern U. Develops Curriculum With Increased Emphasis on Multimedia and Marketing
- (Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)) When he was editor of a daily newspaper in 1964, "nearly 90 percent of the households in that town subscribed to the paper, and people would get up in the morning and read it," Mr. Lavine says. With one radio station and one television station nearby, he says, "there were only three places you could go to find out whether the world had survived overnight. We assumed that what we were doing was right because everyone turned to us."
But those days are gone. Now journalists must understand what their audiences are interested in, as well as the best way to grab their attention. The dean believes that Medill is uniquely poised to straddle the line between journalism and marketing since it consists of both a school of journalism and a program in integrated marketing communications. --... They Just Don't Care
- (Language Log) And as far as I know, no other news outlet in the world got this point wrong except the BBC -- not even the tabloids.
People often accuse the BBC of agenda-driven falsification of stories. Perhaps that's sometimes true, I don't know. But in the cases of science mis-reporting that I'm familiar with -- and there are -- the problem seems to be that the reporters and editors concerned are arrogant, lazy, and not very smart.
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Perhaps the BBC News stories in question are turned out by low-level employees who are given only a few minutes to re-write each press release, and are strictly prohibited from doing any independent research, even as much as might be accomplished in a half an hour of web research, or a brief interview with an expert. If so, then all the blame belongs to the managers who have thus condemned their writers to produce drivel. --... Harry Potter and the diminished returns
- (CalendarLive.com | LA Times) It should be a great moment for the publishing industry, which for years has been limping along with flat sales. But amid this avalanche of commerce and pre-publication hype, the book business is ruefully taking note of a startling incongruity: Very few U.S. booksellers will be making big money from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." --... Confusing ''b'' and ''d''
- (Jerz's Literacy Weblog)
[Hold your hands like this, and imagine an "e" in between them, and you've got the word "bed".
My five-year-old daughter was having so much trouble telling the difference between her ''b'' and ''d'' that my wife urged me to look up dyslexia on the internet. Along the way, I came across several sites selling stickers or posters showing the word "bed" superimposed over the image of a bed, but Carolyn's thumbs worked just fine for her. When she's guessing, I sometimes have to remind her to "do the thumbs," but she often does it on her own.
We're still working on getting her 5s and 3s to face the right way, but the b and d problem seems to be solved. --DGJ]
... Did Assignment Zero Fail? A Look Back, and Lessons Learned
- (Wired) Asking contributors to "write the story on open-source car design" had all the appeal of asking people to rewrite their college term papers. Asking them to talk to someone they admire and respect was met with a far warmer response. --
[An assessment of Wired's pro-am journalism experiment. Can a crowd of volunteers produce quality news reporting? --DGJ]
... Harry Potter and the Death of Reading
- (Washington Post (will expire)) But before I can suggest what one might learn from reading a good novel, they pop the question about The Boy Who Lived: "How do you like 'Harry Potter'?"
Of course, it's not really a question anymore, is it? In the current state of Potter mania, it's an invitation to recite the loyalty oath. And you'd better answer correctly. Start carrying on like Moaning Myrtle about the repetitive plots, the static characters, the pedestrian prose, the wit-free tone, the derivative themes, and you'll wish you had your invisibility cloak handy. Besides, from anyone who hasn't sold the 325 million copies that Rowling has, such complaints smack of Bertie Bott's beans, sour-grapes flavor.
Shouldn't we just enjoy the $4 billion party?
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Through a marvel of modern publishing, advertising and distribution, millions of people will receive or buy "The Deathly Hallows" on a single day. There's something thrilling about that sort of unity, except that it has almost nothi... These Games Are So Bad, It's Not Funny
- (Wired) Gamers never sit around and fondly recall games that were so ludicrous they circled back and arrived at greatness. There is no game analog to, say, Sid and Marty Kroft children's show, or Plan Nine From Outer Space. When a game is bad, it's just bad.
I think this tells us a lot about the nature of play. B games don't exist because a game isn't something you watch; it's something you do. It's impossible to distance yourself from the badness. It's not like chuckling while watching an actor screw things up; it's like being forced to screw up yourself. --... Taylor Mali Poetry Slams (''What Do Teachers Really Make?'' and ''The Impotence of Proofreading'')
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[Wow. I needed that.
The summer's more than half over, and I've got to start focusing on getting things off of my summer "to-do" list. --DGJ]
... Galaxy Zoo
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Your job is very simple! All you need to do is look out for the features that mark out sprial and elliptical galaxies. In fact, as you're a human and not a computer, most galaxies should be easy to classify since they're obviously spirals or obviously ellipticals. On this page, you will practice classifying galaxies. On the next page, you will take a short trial to test your skills. If you don't pass the trial, you can try again. Once you pass the trial, you can start contributing to Galaxy Zoo science!
[I got a 13 out of 15 score on the qualifying test.
I gather that astronomers have developed software that chops telescope images up into chunks centered on bright objects, and that people are better at identifying the bright spots as clockwise spiral galaxies, counter-clockwise spirals, oval galaxies, or something else (like a star or a satellite). Or, to be more precise, the effort it would take to create a computer program that surpasses human skill is not worth investing, when ... Bull Run Victim Photo -- Editing Quibbles
- (Yahoo | AP (will expire))
[No, Lenahan on a hospital bed.
The redundancy of "as shows" and "showing" and "he was gored" and "were gored" also bothers me. And the inconsistency doesn't do much for me, either. The same caption refers to "traditional bullrun" and "morning bull run," and a little later also says "the bulls horn entered beneath his skin."
It's impossible to remove all such mistakes from a stream of copy that goes out around the world, but so many mistakes in one caption suggests something other than carelessness. Where was the editor?
Something about that smug little grin tells me that Mr. Lenahan is unlikely to care. --DGJ]
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Rekindle the Joy of Taking Cool Pictures With Trick Photography - Do you remember when you first picked up a camera? Whether it was film or digital, it was exciting to explore the world and take pictures. We bring our cameras everywhere we go and just start snapping anything that looks even remotely interesting. Now that almost all modern smartphone has a decent camera, there is simply no reason why we shouldn't be taking more interesting pictures more often. While we are snapping more photos than ever, the trick is to take photos that are interesting and not mundane.... Trick Photography Ideas for Taking Levitation Photography In-Camera - If you're like most people, you might have dreamed of flying and floating around in the air effortlessly. Some people have dreams of flying around in the living room or the house they live in, while others might travel vast distances and visit other cities, countries, or even outer space. That feeling of freedom is alluring to all of us. 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There are lots of software applications that will permit you to achieve this, some photograph album applications enable easy touch ups, whilst more advanced applications provide more diversified enhancing freedom and much more high quality outcomes. The vast majority of applications offer help options coupled with guides to help you with these procedures plus more ... Tips For Making The Most Of Your Photographic Skills - Always remember that photography is an art. Using your artistic skills in a creative and precise way when shooting images can allow you an awesome advantage. Think about the boring and uneventful photos you mat have seen in ads and other published material. Making your photos stand out above the rest is the way you can be most successful in selling them fast and frequently.... Can Photographers Make Money? - Money from photography? Is it possible, even in these economic times? Even when everyone you meet has a camera? Well this article will let you into that secret, well-kept by the photographers already doing it.... 4 Top Digital Photography Tips - You can create excellent images using a basic disposable camera, or alternatively take awful images with one of the most highly-priced Canon. It isn't the digital camera that creates stunning photos; it is the photo taker. With a bit of understanding along with a determination to make a change every now and again, you may force super pictures from the most basic photographic camera. To assist you toward excellent photo creation, here are some points which will allow you to capture them as a professional... Digital Pet Photography Tips - Acquiring pictures of one's dog or cat is usually quite fulfilling and also enjoyable if you actually understand you're undertaking. These Eleven family pet digital photography points are designed with helping you to enhance the level of quality of one's family pet snap shots, no matter if you're performing it for enjoyment or looking to go into a profitable animal digital photography enterprise.... Create Photo Calendars To Make Every Day A Special Day - If you've always found photo calendars useful, but not very appealing then rest assured you're not alone. The average wall calendar is built around tedious images of nature and the countryside, or a particular pop star or actor, and having to look at this every day of the year when you want to check a certain date is frankly unacceptable.... Five Elements of a Great Photograph - As a photographer, it's incredibly important to know what makes a great picture. Just having a nice camera and fancy tools isn't enough to really make it in this industry anymore. Knowing what to look for and honing in on those specific things can help you capture truly unique, personal, and in the moment images that will hopefully help to set you apart from your peers. Here's just a few things that I look for during my sessions.... Why Should I Inquire About Pet Photography? - Do you have a special furry friend that you have recently added to your family? Do you wish he could stay little forever? Why not capture your pet's best moments with a professional photographer?... Why Is It Important To Use The Same Professional Photographer For A Modeling Portfolio? - If you are starting your modeling career there are some things you should know first about your portfolio before just diving right in to the industry. A modeling portfolio is not just about having a few smiling photos thrown into a photo album, it is actually much more complicated than that.... Couples Photography - People fall in love. Couples break up. Some people get married.... 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Photography Techniques For Landscape Scenes - A camera lens cannot by itself focus in on the most appealing elements in a scene. If you want to take pictures that you are proud of, and which are admired by a broad audience, you will need to learn how to capture different types of landscapes to bring out their sense of beauty.... What Is Digital SLR Photography? - Are you into digital photography? Is your favorite camera a simple "pocket" version of digital cameras with a 'zoom' lens and a few settings for portrait, landscape, and "action" shots?... Take The Chance To Create Photo Books Online - Creating your own photo books would once have seemed like something that was totally out of the reach of ordinary people but the advent of digital photography has brought it well within the reach of everybody. Not only are they wonderful to keep as mementoes and keepsakes in their own right, but they also make fantastic Valentine's gifts.... 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It hurts the dimensionality of the subject and makes them seem lifeless. You need fill light here just like you will side lighting.... Photographing Handmade Pens - The Keys to Success - A hidden treasure is just that - hidden. In order to fully appreciate a work of art, it must be seen by those who can appreciate it. Traditionally, art galleries, high-end shops and other fine retail stores were the outlets where an artist could get their work to the public. Today, there are other options, but all depend upon having a picture that does your work justice.... Use Your Photos To Create Unique Valentines Gifts - Choosing valentine's gifts can be much more difficult than choosing birthday or Christmas presents because of the weight of symbolism attached to them. Rather than just being an object or item which you think the other person will enjoy, they are deliberately selected to purvey a message of love and affection. Rather than going through the stress and turmoil of trying to find a gift which perfectly fits the bill, why not create your own in the form of a bespoke photo book.... Copyright © 2012, InfoTipsandHelp.com. All Rights Reserved. |