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Aaron Bragg

Friday Miscellany

An oldie but goodie: the Shakespeare Insult Kit. Apparently, the last sound you’ll hear as you’re torn apart by piranhas + more

7 Spelling and Grammar Errors that Make You Look Dumb

Here’s the list. Pretty basic stuff, really, but it’s surprising how many times I come across both the loose/lose and + more

Word as Image

Korean artist Ji Lee creates images out of words, using only the letters in the word itself. Some are more + more

How to Write Good

J. Maureen Henderson offers up some thoughtful advice on the nuts and bolts of writing, a counter to the typical + more

Birthday Wishes

Elmore Leonard turns 86 today.

Ask Dr. Grammar!

One of our intrepid readers—let’s call him “Curtis”—writes in to complain about the nounification of certain verbs: When did the + more

Give Us a Kiss, Luv

11th place, 2011: Dr. Jan Michels, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany Nikon’s annual Small World Photomicrography Competition is regarded as “the + more

What “Average” Looks Like

Moritz Resl has completed a project in which every letter of the over 900 fonts in his library—including the ugly + more

Pop Quiz

Quick: if you want to refer to the decade in which the moon landing occurred, do you write (a) 1960’s, + more

How Shakespearean Are You?

Random samples I threw into the mix resulted in scores ranging from 72 to 81 percent—or from “go ahead and + more

Warning: Geekery Ahead

Today marks the birthdays of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.

Road Frustration Index

Behold: real-time information on the state of our roads. Somehow, I think that if street conditions were included in the + more

Ouch

Rob Long on the cult of Mac: [audio:https://helveticka.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The-Dell.mp3|titles=The Dell]

Quote of the Week

“The art of creation comes closer than any other activity…to serving as a sovereign remedy for the ills of existence.” + more

Kids Are Getting Stoopider

How’s this for a depressing lede: “Scores on the critical reading portion of the SAT college entrance exam fell three + more

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