Archive for February, 2011

Commas

Without: The popular tendency toward minimal punctuation would have Sir Ernest Gowers turning in his grave, because misguided adherence to this trend renders too many sentences ambiguous, their clauses running into one another, the calamitous effect being a commucation train wreck, the reader having to go back to the start and reconsider. Beware, and understand that [ READ MORE ]

The View from the Sewers

Yesterday I came across a potential source of confusion in an author’s use of the term ‘underground cell’ and was compelled to google ‘underground’ again. Wakefield is a relatively mainstream commercial publishing house, so the contrast was pointed when I realised how immersed I am in the underground right now, as The Academy approaches. I always [ READ MORE ]

The Academy Program Is Full, But Still Has Room For YOU

The Academy program is almost full, and now includes a comment from Mum about how proud she is that I gave up smoking. I’ve added links to panelists if you want to check those out. There are two panelist-shaped gaps, and I’m open to the likelihood of people getting involved at the last minute, so maybe [ READ MORE ]

Freetastic

I have about 9 mailboxes at work, one of which regularly receives email from this guy ben@sprint-mail.com. I think it’s spam, but it could be some r-tarded subscription whose use has long since worn out. Anyway, when I had nothing to do last week I had a flick through the shit he’s sent was really [ READ MORE ]

Self-portrait with Affirmation, 070211

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Step Out of Your Shit-stained Pants, Hold Our Hands, And Come With Us, or This Won’t Hurt a Bit

these are times that call for mixed business models[ READ MORE ]

Anti-art

I just read ‘Sweating the Small Stuff’ on Connor Tomas O’Brien’s blog and had a moment of intellectual synchronicity about both typesetting as an anti-art and the concept of lock in, which is such a weird combination that I had to follow it up here. I couldn’t figure out how to post the following comment on [ READ MORE ]

Reasons The Book Industry Is Not ‘Going The Way of The Music Industry’

Or: Your predictions of doom are unfounded, and you pessimism is bringing everyone down. … 1. There is a huge difference between the consumption of a novel and the consumption of a single. This in turn will lead to different buying patterns, and in turn different anti-piracy strategies. For example, the music industry has adjusted their business [ READ MORE ]

A Vegan Dinner

I found this butternut zucchini at my local farmers’ market: … … And was shattered when I nearly dropped the main ingredient for my vegan dinner. … [ READ MORE ]

Lock In, But Not In the Cool Way Like at a Video Arcade

[I've been meaning to post this for a while. I've been hesitating because it feels unfinished, but I now think that's because the central idea is going to need a long time, and many posts, to percolate into anything really coherent. Consider this a disclaimer or an invitation, however you prefer to see it. Sorry [ READ MORE ]

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