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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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A photo feature or an article with the best image of Indian festivals can allow the readers to get a feel of the particular Indian Festival even if the individual is not physically is not there to participate in the festival. For example, Holi, an important Indian festival is about colors. If an author writes about Holi, the reader can somewhat make a sketch in his/her mind about the festival but if the author posts an image or a photo describing the festival, the comprehension in the reader's mind is far more objective. It enables the reader to visualize how the festival of Holi is played and understand how colorful the festival is actually. An appropriate photo describing the festival of Holi can also make the reader curious to know more about this Indian festival and how to play it.... Stock Images in Articles - Role And Importance - I learnt that this trend of using on line stock photos have become quite popular among journalists, writers, researchers for report writing, public speakers and presenters. A large sect of such people use stock images as a part of their reports, writings and presentations to add authenticity to the message, story or reports. Such images help the readers relate to the content of the article/presentation/report better and absorb the flavor and spirit of the article. Well, that is what happened to me while I was reading about La Tomatina.... Stock Images Galleries - Look For The Suitable Photo For An Article - The key is to look for such image stock galleries where you can find the most appropriate photo to match your article. Type in the relevant word, it is often referred as keyword, in the search bar displayed on the top right of the homepage. The images related to the typed word will show up on the screen for you to choose from. While you open a photograph, scroll down to find a list of keywords each of them hyperlinked to direct you to images associated with every word. If you are more specific about the words, select the 'match exact terms' option beside the search bar for a more precise search.... Achieving Surrealistic Results in Trick Photography With the Rolling Shutter Effect - Unlike a couple of decades ago, when people only used to carry around camcorders and cameras on trips and vacations, today, everyone has a camera with them at all times. People have the opportunity of capturing practically every type of situation by simply using the cameras in their phones.... Learn How To Use Photoshop Starting With the Basic Points - Photoshop is such a powerful, feature-packed application that you may use in a variety of ways. Learn to use this tool efficiently and appropriately.... What Does Practice Mean When It Comes to Photography? - In sports or almost anything else one learns there is a period of practice or apprenticeship, a time of learning. I've said before that one needs to take lots of pictures as part of the learning process. But like anything else try and do the 'practice' part correctly.... Macro Photography Tips for Astounding Close-Ups! - These macro photography tips will assist you in making little items show up bigger than life. Macro photography, provides us a brand-new method of viewing the world around us. Grasping these fundamental concepts may help you to create some of the most unimaginable close-up images ever!... Turn Your Photographs Into Stunning Easter Gift Ideas - No matter what your religious beliefs, Easter is a time of the year which can be celebrated as one of springtime renewal and familial togetherness. The giving and receiving of gifts is a vital part of this, and using your own Easter photos to create genuinely personal items will make it a celebration to remember.... All About Sony Digital Cameras - Sony has been a trusted name in producing high-quality electronic innovations, including television sets, audio players, computers, video game consoles, and other entertainment gadgets. Its products are known to deliver excellent sights and sounds. Today, Sony digital cameras are also among the preferred models of both professional photographers and hobbyists. They have both point-and-shoot and DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras.... The Best Camera Bags Have Become Better With Time - Looking for the Best camera bags, here are the factors to keep in mind. There are lots of options available nowadays to amateurs as well as pro photographers.... Nude Photography As An Alternative To Standard Portraiture - Photography is an art form dating back many years. Portrait photography, to be specific, is one that continues to be a popular choice. This article discusses two common types if you are interested in scheduling a photo shoot soon.... How to Become a Good Photographer - Learn the tips on how to become a good photographer. Read the many helpful facts to guide you on your quest to become a professional photographer.... How You Can Create Great Photography - These days it's difficult to determine what is considered a great photograph. It's easy to conclude that if you have the most expensive equipment. You should then be able to create the best photograph. That's not the case even with today's technology. Technology has made it easier to take quality pictures at an affordable amount. You'll find that anyone can take a photograph, but making it a great photography takes skill. Having artistic ability and training are more important than having great equipment. You can overcome any limitations your equipment may have with artistic ability to create a great photograph.... How To Use Photoshop To Easily Edit Your Photographs - Photoshop is known in the industry as the market leader and the most powerful image editing tool in the world. However, with all that power packed into one tiny program, it can get awfully complex. This article will teach you a few easy techniques to help you get started with editing your photos.... Freeing Your Photo - How to Put a Photo on Canvas - If you have a favorite photograph that is calling out to be displayed in a creative manner that also preserves its quality for hundreds of years, then putting the photo on canvas is your answer. Read further to learn how this amazing process works.... The Many Uses Of A Helmet Camera - The helmet camera pioneered when it captured the world's first mountain biking video wherein the first available RCA-made chip camera was mounted to a motorcycle helmet. The camera fed signals via cable to a VCR inside a padded backpack. This was used by various mountain bikers to capture their rides. But after each ride, a wearer would complain of it being heavy.... Professional Photography Backdrops - Titanium and Platinum backdrops add quality and flexibility to your photographs. The light- weight materials make it easy to photograph people in any location desired. With the ability of being portable and having the quality of professional looking images, titanium and platinum backdrops gives you that essential attractive look that is a hundred percent complete.... By Masking Photos, Unwanted Objects Can Be Removed - Often digital pictures are shot thinking that they have a self correcting technique. And then afterwards one realizes the problems that have occurred. And quite often the photographer feels that many unwanted objects need to be erased. ... Night Vision Goggles - What Do They Really See? - If you've never tried on a pair of night vision glasses but always wondered what it would be like to see in the dark, you may have just found your answer. Infrared technology - the same thing that is used in night vision viewers can also be used with your everyday digital single lens reflex camera.... Three Easy Ways to Making Money With Your Digital Camera - A digital camera, be it a DSLR or a compact point and shoot, is an asset in your hand. It is a tool using which you can make a reasonable amount of money per month, without even breaking a sweat. How?... 10 Easy Tips For Taking Better Pictures Everyday - Photography is a difficult art, it takes and master to achieve awesome results, but it's not difficult to take great photos and improve our technique. On-line you can find a lot of guides that will teach you how to use the camera, capture the light, compose the picture and so on. All those advices are very helpful, but I wanted to help by adding my ten tips that have helped me become a better photographer every day.... Forced Perspective - A Cool Photographic Special Effect Without Using Photoshop - As an amateur photographer I know it's always great to stumble upon new ways to create a fresh special effect that gets the "Awesome" response when my audience looks at my photos. Today, I've got a really easy effect you can achieve using only your camera and your imagination known as - Forced Perspective.... What New Technologies Are In Digital Cameras Today? - The cameras of today are quite advanced. The digital units no longer use the old films but instead, they have memory cards wherein the images are stored. There are other advanced features that make this photographic device easier to use. For sure, you've heard about them - intelligent auto, face detection, smile detection and blink detection among others.... Taking Better Photos - 3 Easy Photo Tips Anyone Can Use To Capture Great Pictures - Taking better photos is easier than ever these days if you apply a few simple tricks and techniques. Start with three or four basics and then experiment with your digital camera. Then apply a few more easy photo tips and photography techniques to make your digital photos even more interesting.... Dog Canvas Prints - The British love their pets, and dogs easily top the list. There are now around eight million dogs in the UK (some estimates put the figure as high as eleven million). When it comes to numbers, dogs definitely put cats in second place. We often get asked to create a photo canvas of a treasured pet dog that has recently passed away. As long as the owner has a photo of that dog, it's easy to create a lasting tribute that can adorn any wall. What better way to commemorate this bond between the species than creating a beautiful canvas print of your much-loved pet?... 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