An oldie but goodie: the Shakespeare Insult Kit. Apparently, the last sound you’ll hear as you’re torn apart by piranhas + more
An oldie but goodie: the Shakespeare Insult Kit. Apparently, the last sound you’ll hear as you’re torn apart by piranhas + more
Here’s the list. Pretty basic stuff, really, but it’s surprising how many times I come across both the loose/lose and + more
Korean artist Ji Lee creates images out of words, using only the letters in the word itself. Some are more + more
J. Maureen Henderson offers up some thoughtful advice on the nuts and bolts of writing, a counter to the typical + more
Elmore Leonard turns 86 today.
One of our intrepid readers—let’s call him “Curtis”—writes in to complain about the nounification of certain verbs: When did the + more
11th place, 2011: Dr. Jan Michels, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany Nikon’s annual Small World Photomicrography Competition is regarded as “the + more
Moritz Resl has completed a project in which every letter of the over 900 fonts in his library—including the ugly + more
Random samples I threw into the mix resulted in scores ranging from 72 to 81 percent—or from “go ahead and + more
Today marks the birthdays of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.
Behold: real-time information on the state of our roads. Somehow, I think that if street conditions were included in the + more
Rob Long on the cult of Mac: [audio:https://helveticka.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The-Dell.mp3|titles=The Dell]
“The art of creation comes closer than any other activity…to serving as a sovereign remedy for the ills of existence.” + more
How’s this for a depressing lede: “Scores on the critical reading portion of the SAT college entrance exam fell three + more