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Famous Quotes – Sir Winston Churchill “Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a […]
Speaking of having a voice…
Check out the opening of this newsletter from my ISP, Dreamhost. You can’t accuse them of not having a voice…
“0. Introduction.
I think every February newsletter I end up either talking about what a
short month it was and how it only makes sense that the newsletter is
going to be short, or else how it’s my birthday in four days, and my
birthday is the best.
This time I’m going with birthday.
My birthday is the best! It’s March fourth! Which is the only date
that’s a command! And it used to be the date of the U.S. presidential
inaugaration! And it’s a tricky birthday too because it sneaks up on
you because February is so short (now I’ve covered both topics!)..
always around February 25th or so I’m like “my birthday is in like two
weeks or something” and then one second later I’m all “I MEAN ONE!”
The other great thing about my birthday is PRESENTS. I can’t really
think of anything I want or need, but I know I’m sure as sure going to
take everything I can get! In fact, I think the theme for this
newsletter is going to be “presents for Josh”. This may just be the best
newsletter ever.
I would like to stress the purpose of this newsletter is to inform
Happy DreamHost customers about important DreamHost going ons.”
I’ll include the whole thing in the “more” section. Pretty funny. This may be why I keep forgiving them, despite the fact they break something or another almost every month (they do usually fix it again under 24 hours, which maybe the other reason)
eat me….
Compelling story, beautiful illustration, skilled writing, puzzling ending… well worth a read or four: Murder Mysteries
On the Art of Writing
from On the Art of Writing specifically from the section On Jargon. “Has a Minister to say “No” […]
read freely
This information wants to be free: The Online Books Page
ouch
I didn’t have this hard a time — Why Computer Books Suck — but it’s not far off.
Design of Sites
One of the books I used to dream of writing was “a pattern language for the web.” Well, […]
fact or fiction?
guess it’s a nng day today: reading Don Norman’s interviews I discovered “The article quotes me as saying: […]
small thoughts writ large
As I creak through the last of the book, and work on a difficult project I find myself […]