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One of the least represented forms of writing online would seem to be poetry, and in particular, the kind of poetry that I heard as a young boy. Here is the story of Matilda, who told lies from the amazing “Cautionary Tales for Children”.

[ onfocus ] You may find the red button on this website useful for your comedy stylings: Instant Rimshot. It’s a flash file, so if you’re reading this on an iPhone, don’t bother.

An emerging trend, it would seem, is that unfortunate follow-on to the bridal registry: the divorce registry.

A well-annotated diagram describing the evolution of the book

100 Best First Lines of Novels

[Lachie GH] If you think you’ve eaten a big meal over the weekend, think again: 42 Gut-Busting Restaurant Challenges for Free Food. I didn’t see any Australian ones in the list – any suggestions?

One problem with newspaper readership suggested by this article in the Atlantic is the flowery prose that is no longer suited to the way people absorb information, especially while reading online.

If you find yourself managing programming graduate, you’ll want to read this post: Don’t let junior programmers cowboy code. It’s not enough that the code works, it needs to be maintainable and well documented.

[ svn ] Ideas on how to structure your time starting with setting the number of hours you’re going to work: How an MIT postdoc writes 3 books, a PhD defense, and 6+ peer-reviewed papers — and finishes by 5:30pm

Design Observer has an essay comparing the Bush and Obama presidencies by looking at the portrayal of their respective dogs on the Whitehouse website.