Becoming a better writer through purging “thought” verbs.
Chuck Palahniuck (writer of Fight Club, the book) had this great advice up on Lit Reactor that I thought I’d share. His argument is an old one...
A Short Film Festival
I’ve been going through (very) short films this week for school, and I thought I’d share a few of the best ones I’ve found. My requirement was...
Review- Dredd
While some of my closest friends are Judge Dredd aficionados, I am merely a casual fan of Dredd and his world. As such, I wasn’t really hung...
Basic Minimum Income
I admit, I find the idea of Basic Minimum Income fascinating, and I think that one day we’ll have to start shifting to some form of this...
Movie Review- Singham
Friday night is movie night in my household, I collapse onto the couch, pick a movie from Netflix and go to it. This week, I decided to...
The Emergence of Talent
An interesting meditation on the issue of what “talent” really means for artists.
Feeling Social Again
Hi All, It seems that when I updated WordPress at the end of December, there was a glitch and the tiny little “allow comments” checkbox under each...
How Powerful Are Algorithms? | Idea Channel
Information Determinism. Scary stuff! Sadly, it sounds pretty reasonable. Think about it this way- we become like characters in a console RPG like Fable where every choice...
Boys and Reading – Is There Any Hope?
Boys and Reading – Is There Any Hope? – NYTimes.com is a great article about the issue of getting boys reading in an industry dominated by women...