Inverted Pyramid, #SharpieGate edition

5 years ago

Context: Sunday, President Trump tweeted a supportive message for people in the path of Hurricane Dorian; however, he included Alabama…

Reporters accurately repeat what VP spokesperson says; different official cites “misreporting”

5 years ago

The media reports that on an official trip to Ireland, VP Pence will not stay in the vicinity where he…

What Critics of Student Writing Get Wrong

5 years ago

  [T]o improve as writers, students need to write frequently, for meaningful reasons, to readers who respond as actual readers…

The history of Tetris randomizers

5 years ago

A pleasantly detailed analysis of how the various editions of Tetris chose what piece was next. In 1985, Alexey Pajitnov…

Yellow Journalism Did Not Cause the Spanish-American War (Role of Sensationalized Headlines Often Exaggerated)

5 years ago

When a correspondent sent to Cuba to cover a possible war telegraphed that there would be no war and he…

Me (glares in iambic pentameter)

5 years ago

Me: I need to post the opening lecture for my online Shakespeare class. Also me: I should compose it in…

Bureaucrats Put the Squeeze on College Newspapers

5 years ago

Few school newspapers are financially independent from the institutions they cover, says Chris Evans, president of the College Media Association.…

In August 1999 I was blogging about Poohsticks Bridge, penmanship, Archimedes, and ebooks

5 years ago

In August 1999, I was blogging about Conservation efforts at Poohsticks Bridge A Penmanship camp in Philadelphia Recovering the only…