Below, an excerpt from the Official Rules for a current Holland America cruise line sweepstakes. My emphasis: “If the potential winner is a Canadian resident (with the exception of Quebec, residents of which are not eligible to enter this sweepstakes),…
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
The long flat stretches you see on the graph below are due to (1) laziness, (2) OryCon, and (3) Thanksgiving, respectively: That’s all for now. More on this later, over at LJ.
SnoutCast #38: “GC Transparency Redux”
To those who attended GC Summit 2009, the title should speak for itself. If you’re having trouble recalling, here’s an audiovisual reminder:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-947116768722001147 And now, our audio-only follow-up… [ Download mp3 – 36 MB ] 00:00 – Abbreviated Feline Parable Teaser01:10…
Fun with Google Auto-Complete
Now that’s just wrong. See also:http://failblog.org/2010/08/31/epic-fail-photos-google-decency-fail/,http://failblog.org/2009/12/15/nah/. (Thanks to Cary and Andrew for the pointers.)
Write-a-Thon Wrap-Up
The Clarion UCSD Write-a-Thon 2010 ended a few weeks ago, but I neglected to tally up my donation numbers until now. Drumroll, please: Total amount donated: $419Total number of donors: 6Mean average donation: $69.83Largest single donation: $256Total words written: 44,135Putative…
Book Report: SuperFreakonomics
I don’t generally read a lot of non-fiction books, but I enjoyed Freakonomics a lot, and the follow-up, SuperFreakonomics, did not disappoint. Unlike some writers, who like to draw lots of conclusions based on sometimes slim or anecdotal evidence (coughMalcolmGladwellcough),…
SnoutCast #2: Old People
Not only do we talk about old people, DeeAnn and I also talk like old people in this podcast. It’s a performance. Like improv! As far as you know. [ Download mp3 – 53MB ] 00:00 – “Old People” GC…
The ORC Equations
Download PDF Last weekend, at OryCon 31, I ran two Open Read & Critique (ORC) sessions. I’ve done writing workshops before, but this was my first experience with the ORC format (called “rogue workshops” in other places). There were a…