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Running…out…of…gas…
Is it me, or should the spring semester have ended a week ago? Why are we dragging it out for another three weeks? I see my fellow students in class and around campus and we’re all looking tired. I’ve done some good work in the latter half of this semester, but it’s about put me …
New Editions of Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm
Designs by Shepard Fairey The always excellent Penguin Blog discusses these re-workings of Orwell classics. New Editions of Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm
From the Washington Post Spring Books Preview
No rhyme or reason here. Just looking forward to checking these out in person. From the Washington Post Spring Books Preview
Fitness Functions
[Cross-posted to Cliopatria & Digital History Hacks] One of the distinctions that applied mathematicians make is between linear and nonlinear problems. In a linear problem, you have a set of… Fitness Functions
The Mayor’s Tongue
Designer info to come (not yet published) The placement of the apostrophe and the mysterious period after the author’s name are sure to drive a few of you mad, but I think we can ignore those two… The Mayor’s Tongue
Printers Ornaments
Printers’ ornaments are…Printers Ornaments
Popular Comics #65
Popular Comics #65Popular Comics #65
Parenting, Inc.
A good design strategy for alarmist books is to use color to emphasize the important stuff, because, you know, sometimes a 27-word subtitle just doesn’t get your point across. Parenting, Inc.
From MFA to MSIS
In talking to a friend, he remembered that this graduate school adventure started in early 2005, when I investigated getting an MFA in Creative Writing. The next thing he knew, I was at UNC working my ass off on a MSIS degree. How I got here from there went this way, in short steps and …
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