- Pentametron: With algorithms subtle and discrete / I seek iambic writings to retweet.
An automated sonnet-generator, scanning twitter for iambic pentameter tweets, and combining them, complete with rhyme.
- Migrating from Kindle to iBooks – zacwe.st
This is definitely esier now that it was the last time I looked at it. Must do this.
Tag: poetry
Bookmarks for January 7, 2011
- IndieGames.com – The Weblog – The Best Of 2010: Top 10 Indie Games
A ten second play of their game of the year has me wanting to go back for more. One to check out when I'm not at work.
- russell davies: Ted Hughes on thinking
Ted Hughes was a man who knew about thinking. And dead pigs. Well worth a listen. Russell's observation re: YouTube is also trenchant and a pleasing thing to think about.
- How the case against the MMR vaccine was fixed — Deer 342 — bmj.com
This needs to do the rounds in a very big way. You know all those vaccine scares that are picked up by the easily swayed, and used as an excuse to endanger the rest of us through lack of vaccination? Well, it's not just the case that (single) study they're based on is a bit fringe – it's an outright, deliberate falsehood perpetrated by a man with malicious intent and a profit motive. If you know *anyone* who has a small child and is contemplating not vaccinating it, you need to make sure they see this.
- 2010 Year Lists – Fimoculous.com
Haven't had time to go through this yet, but want to get around to it.
- Michael Caine's impersonation of Michael Caine
Absolutely superb.
Bookmarks for June 16, 2008
- The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels
Copright-violation-tastic, but still: the complete text of Alan Moore’s performance piece. Worth a read, and I’ll probably find it handy to refer to, but if you can get hold of the CD, that’s much better.
- Angel Passage
This, and the next one, particularly need to be heard to get them right – they’re very rhythmic pieces and the formatting on these does them no favours at all. Still, handy reference if I need to quote them at some point.
- The Highbury Working: A Beat Séance
It’s a dreadful armpit of a place, is Highbury. But scratch the surface…