I’m doing Script Frenzy this month, which means writing a 20,000-word screenplay in 30 days; and the magic words “quantity, not quality” also appeared in Jane’s “I Guess He Really Can’t Drive” blog post yesterday. So here I am to…
Month: June 2007
US States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs
From the strange maps blog: US States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs. I find it highly amusing that this particular scheme renames Texas to “Canada” and New Jersey to “Russia.” Those darn mobsters!
Meet the World
Art project by 25-year-old Brazilian Icaro Doria: Using national flags as graphics to communicate statistics about that country. For example, instead of a pie chart showing how many 14-year-olds in China are studying instead of working: www.brazilianartists.net/home/flags In the same…
Ancient Greek Espionage (and Girl Power)
From Cary’s translation of Herodotus’ The History, Book VII (Polymnia), Chapter 239: When Xerxes had determined to invade Greece, Demaratus, who was then at Susa, and had heard of his intention, communicated it to the Lacedæmonians; but he was uanble…
Which Movie Reviews Should I Believe?
Which Movie Reviews Should I Believe? Apparently, my peculiar tastes can only be approximated (with 87% accuracy) by Rotten Tomatoes. That’s all.