Archive for February, 2007
Pulp Typography
This movie is a great demonstration of how compelling typography works*, using the classic scene from Pulp Fiction. I’m just disappointed they didn’t get all the way to Ezekiel.
* It’s also a lot of fun. And it has bad words in it. So be warned all you NSFW hawks.
Pulp Typography
This movie is a great demonstration of how compelling typography works*, using the classic scene from Pulp Fiction. I’m just disappointed they didn’t get all the way to Ezekiel.
* It’s also a lot of fun. And it has bad words in it. So be warned all you NSFW hawks.
Accessory to Murder
“So . . . what did you do this weekend, Daddy?”
“Well, you know what I did?”
“What?”
(leans in close, whispers) “I murdered a guy.”
“What?”
“I murdered someone.”
“Really?”
“Oh yeah. And you know something else? I’ve been planning it for years. I’ve been working up to it, thinking about it every day and I finally did it. And it [...]
This Just In: Jimmy Camp at Wired.com
With a great disregard for the trickery of Pro Tools and the perfection it allows/enforces, folk-rock artist Camp was looking for a new way to record a demo album.
Hell, you already know the story — but it’s really quite something that Wired Magazine picked up on it, too.
Jimmy Camp is Wired
With a great disregard for the trickery of Pro Tools and the perfection it allows/enforces, folk-rock artist Camp was looking for a new way to record a demo album.
Hell, you already know the story — but it’s really quite something that Wired Magazine picked up on it, too.
Firefox + Wikipedia x Greg Spencer = Hugh Laurie
And, in news completely unrelated to writing or writers, I was surprised today to find that if you type “wiki Greg Spencer” into the address bar of Firefox*, it does not bring up a page on my former professor and his work — but, rather, it brings up the overview article for the television series [...]
Firefox + Wikipedia x Greg Spencer = Hugh Laurie
And, in news completely unrelated to writing or writers, I was surprised today to find that if you type “wiki Greg Spencer” into the address bar of Firefox*, it does not bring up a page on my former professor and his work — but, rather, it brings up the overview article for the television series [...]
Second Draft, Behind the Scenes
(The story so far: Two weeks ago now, I finished the first draft of a novel and immediately jumped in to start the second draft. As the first one was written in longhand, the second one needed to be a transition to an actual computer. I’m just a handful of hours into this process…)
When I [...]
Second Draft, Behind the Scenes
(The story so far: Two weeks ago now, I finished the first draft of a novel and immediately jumped in to start the second draft. As the first one was written in longhand, the second one needed to be a transition to an actual computer. I’m just a handful of hours into this process…)
When I [...]
A Writer Dreams
Last night I dreamt that I was reading a manuscript of a novel, something a friend had written and given me. They wanted my feedback and reaction.
And, well, it was horrible. Everything about it was done wrong — characters that were two-dimensional, contrived dialogue and situations, uninspired plot — all wrapped up in flat, unappealing [...]
