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By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 15th, 2011 • Category: Brave New World, From the Interweb, Graphic Stories, Happenings, In Brief
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Kevin Tong “2011:Ferris Bueller’s Odyssey”
By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 14th, 2011 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, Ha Ha, Recommended Artistic Consumption
Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app
By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 8th, 2011 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Ha HaIn his World Communications Address on 24 January, he said it was not a sin to use social networking sites - and particularly encouraged young Catholics to share important information with each other online.
via BBC News
Mike Tyson to be a published poet
By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 3rd, 2011 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Ha Ha, Reading Horror(s)April is National Poetry month and the staff of Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine has invited Mike Tyson to contribute with original poetry in the March 15th issue. Actress Demi Moore is also expected to contribute with Maria Shriver serving as the issue’s guest editor.
Shannon Owens/Orlando Sentinel
Stop The Meter On Your Internet Use
By the Branta Webcrawler • Jan 30th, 2011 • Category: Brave New World, Editorial Notes, From the Interweb, Happenings, News Briefs, Rants
Is “Huck Finn” Without the N-Word Still “Huck Finn”?
By the Branta Webcrawler • Jan 5th, 2011 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the InterwebToni Morrison wrote about the n-word in her introduction to the 1996 Oxford edition of Huck Finn. She describes how, as a young reader, she found the novel disturbing and alarming. Then she read it again in the ’80s, provoked by efforts to remove the novel from libraries and public school reading lists.
Nina Shen Rastogi/Slate.com
Final voting round for Yoxi’s “Reinvent Fast Food” challenge
By the Branta Webcrawler • Dec 14th, 2010 • Category: Brave New World, From the Interweb, HappeningsWe love to eat our fast food. It’s the taste. The low price. The ability to eat on the go. And the ease of not having to cook dinner for the family after a long workday. Yet, we have to know that fast food is bad for us …. It’s time we find a better and tastier way.
via Yoxi.tv
Top of the Tweets
By the Branta Webcrawler • Dec 14th, 2010 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the InterwebDid you know there were approximately 25 billion tweets sent forth in 2010? I know!!! Here are the top ten Twitter trends from this year. See how many you can guess before you click through.
Make—The Art of Good Conversation
By the Branta Webcrawler • Dec 6th, 2010 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the InterwebConversation. In particular, a live chat with an author who wrote and illustrated a memoir about her mother’s Alzheimer’s. It’s since been a finalist for the Writers’ Trust Award and chosen as a Globe 100 for 2010. I do these chats once or twice a month. This one was quite special.
Book Madam/Book Madam & Associates
Using poetry to teach computers better language skills
By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 21st, 2010 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, PoetryA first step to understanding this complexity is to gain better knowledge of how we decide where to put emphasis. This is where poetry comes into play. Wagner has looked at prosody, which means the rhythm, stress and intonation of speech.
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