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Where we link to and review websites of notable value.

Somebody else tells stories too!

by Edward Atkinson on May 9, 2008

Thanks to Jamie of How Not To Write, I stumbled across an innovative twist on story telling, done by Penguin Books, under the same name as Mind Sprocket’s tagline: We Tell Stories.
There’s a neat story told through a progressively unfolding Google map, an interactive fairy tale (neat!), and more.
This is one of the better executions […]

How to Track What You’re Listening to

by Lindsey Charlton on April 29, 2008

Obviously iTunes does a pretty good job of keeping track of how many times you’ve listened to this or that track. And they can even make music recommendations for you based on your purchases from their music store.
But last·fm not only tracks your most played songs, they offer you artist recommendations, concert dates, music videos, and a […]

The Writer’s Almanac

by Lindsey Charlton on April 13, 2008

The Writer’s Almanac
This site is neat. For example, I can find out today that it’s the birthday of the guy that invented Scrabble, Alfred M. Butts.
There is also a poem featured for the day.
Another cool daily site is Daily Poetry. They will send you a poem a day. This was a great way to discover […]

Edward the Rein-octo-con-monarch butterfly

by Edward Atkinson on April 3, 2008

This rocks. Build Your Wild Self is a website promoting New York Zoos.

I’ve never enjoyed wasting time on the web so much before!

Get Your Literature On

by Lindsey Charlton on March 29, 2008

www.literature.org/ is one of many sources for free books online. A simple Google search will return many results, but this is a site that I was drawn to because of its bare bones simplicity. Don’t get too excited - you won’t be able to get the latest New York Times bestseller here. But you can read, print, do […]

“Truth is not a solid”

by Edward Atkinson on March 17, 2008

That thought hit me yesterday, and I don’t know why. I was just walking, enjoying the gorgeous Georgian weather, and paying attention to little. And it flashed into my head: “Truth is not a solid.”
Interesting.
We say that there are pillars of truth, principles of truth, constants of truth. And (excuse the wording) […]

The Online Journal

by Lindsey Charlton on March 9, 2008

Maybe you’ve been thinking about getting an online journal, but have hesitated to do so since it would be … so unlike a journal.
Traditionally, journals have been classified as “private”. So why would you get one online? Online = everyone in the world knows, so it’s really a huge contradiction, right? Right! You can work […]

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