Author: Shannon Turlington
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The New York Times’ Lens blog tried an experiment…
On Sunday, May 2, the New York Times’ Lens blog tried an experiment. They asked readers to take a photograph of wherever they were or whatever they were doing at the same moment on May 2 (11 a.m. for us) and send them in. Then they compiled the photos into a worldwide (and extraterrestrial —…
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How to search your old Tweets + Twitter spring cleaning tips
Note: This post is in the Archive, which may mean that info it contains could be out-of-date or links could be bad. Just so you know. I recently had a question: How do I search my own tweets for an old link I might need or a great quip I had made? The problem with Twitter‘s search…
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The comic book adaptations of Stephen King…
Two of Stephen King‘s longest works — the Dark Tower series and The Stand — are currently being adapted into comic book form, and a third, The Talisman, is forthcoming. I am reading both the Dark Tower and Stand series. Here are my thoughts. Unlike the novel series, the Dark Tower comics tell the story…
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Thoughts on publishing & the digital age…
I have been following all of the conversations about the future of publishing, particularly with regard to e-books, going on over the past few months with interest. I thought I’d share some of the more interesting conversations I’ve found, as well as some of my still-nascent thoughts on the whole kerfuffle. I have a bit…
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The care and feeding of an introvert…
We introverts are much misunderstood and maligned creatures. An introvert is a person who feels drained when they are with other people too long and who recharges from being alone. Extraverts, on the other hand (and there are so many more of you), recharge from being around other people and can’t stand being alone. Yes,…
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Does peak oil mean a return to Little House on the Prairie?
I just finished reading an excellent post-collapse novel called World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler. (Here is my review.) I like to read novels in a vacuum, not knowing much about the book or the author, if I can help it, so my opinion of the work won’t be tainted. So I didn’t…
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Get a real job…
Whether you’re a corner boy in West Baltimore, or a cop who knows his beat, or an Eastern European brought here for sex, your life is worth less. It’s the triumph of capitalism over human value. This country has embraced the idea that this is a viable domestic policy. It is. It’s viable for the few.…
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Twitter vs. RSS: How Twitter has freed me from hours of blog reading
Note: This post is in the Archive, which means the information may be out-of-date or links may be dead. Just so you know. I used to subscribe to all my favorite blogs and read them in Google Reader. But no matter how much I tried to stay on top of them, I always ended up…
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Practical uses for blogs: Journals and research notebooks
The blog has become so popular because it is a format that has a wide variety of uses. Generally, web surfers are used to seeing blogs used in one of the following ways: to present information and news on a narrow subject in small, manageable chunks, generally supported by advertising to communicate news about a…
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Frankenstein: The first science fiction novel?
I had admired the perfect form of my cottagers- their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions: but how was I terrified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool . . . and when I was convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence…
Shannon Turlington 