A Famous Person Has Died (Cartoon Parody of TV News)

The first few panels of a 12-panel cartoon. Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. Similar:Things That Will Freak out Every OCD PersonA good collection. I’m only linking to i…AestheticsCOVID-19 Becoming Less DeadlyBits and pieces from a news article that…Current_EventsQ-Less (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 6) Shenanigans with Vash and QRewatching ST:DS9 In the teaser, Bash…DesignGiving…

Fall, 2009

LA100: Basic CompositionEL200: Media Lab and SetonianEL227: News WritingEL237: Writing about LiteratureEL266: American Literature I (1800-1915) Similar:Email Tips: Top 10 Strategies for Writing Effective EmailAfter reading a clickbaity Bloomberg art…HomeI Canna Give Ye Any More Screens, Cap'n! The iPad Mini and the ChromeBook are…HomeNerd siblings are awesome siblingsMy 15yo wanted to show me Terminator 4,…

The 2009 Lyttle Lytton Contest

My favorite “winner” in this year’s Lyttle Lytton Contest, which awards writers who can, in one sentence, imitate the infamous “It was a dark and stormy night” novel opening. Alex turned to Gertrude, in much the same way Martin Landau turned to Barbara Bain in the opening of Space: 1999. — Alex Dering Similar:New Kindle…

Blender 3d Softbody Demo

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Secretary charged with changing daughter's grades

A high school secretary has been charged with illegally changing grades in a school computer system to improve her daughter’s class standing and with lowering the grades of two other girls. —Elanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Similar:Goodbye, Google Search. I've switched to search.brave.com …for now. I can’t stand Pinterest. I hate when G…BusinessNYPD's Lt. Cattani offers…

Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well

Big, two-dimensional drop-down panels group navigation options to eliminate scrolling and use typography, icons, and tooltips to explain the user’s choices. — Jakob Neilsen Similar:In June 2021 I roughed out the proportions and deck heights for the flagship of the #steam…AestheticsAs Twinkle Twinkle is to Suzuki musicians, so is a wooden shipping crate to CGI…

Mind Your BlackBerry or Mind Your Manners

“You’ll have half the participants BlackBerrying each other as a submeeting, with a running commentary on the primary meeting,” Mr. Reines said. “BlackBerrys have become like cartoon thought bubbles.” Some professionals admitted that they occasionally sent mocking commentary about the proceedings, but most insisted that they used smartphones for legitimate reasons: responding to deadline requests,…