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Space Invaders

15 years ago

Type professionals can get amusingly--if justifiably--overworked about spaces. "Forget about tolerating differences of opinion: typographically speaking, typing two spaces before…

NASA's Extreme Planet Makeover

15 years ago

This is my "Super Earth," about 2.75 times the volume of our planet, orbiting very close to a wimpy Class…

How should journalists handle incorrect tweets?

15 years ago

One blogging convention that I really like involves making corrections by striking out mistakes, bolding corrections, and adding a parenthetical…

Economics in Early Computer Games

15 years ago

(First published 27 May 2020, when I found it in my "drafts" folder.) In an article on consumerism in role-playing…

Complicating Assumptions about Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper"

15 years ago

My students are usually captivated by "The Yellow Wallpaper," and every time I teach it I get a paper or…

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Poet

15 years ago

Spooftacular stuff, from ladysisyphus. What are the plot-threads that clutch, what subplots grow Out of this pulpy rubbish? Son of…

From Fish to Infinity

15 years ago

Yesterday, my eight-year-old said, "I don't like math, but I'm good at it." This is a huge improvement from the…

Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

15 years ago

What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it. To get good at anything you…

Testing WP iPhone App

15 years ago

How did it go?

Kids investigate ancient media technology (floppy disk, vinyl record, etc.)

15 years ago

I first watched it on an iPod, so I didn't see the translations, but I actually kind of liked it…