Archive for August, 2008
Thurber Award Goes Hollywood
Check Out the Daily Specials from our Sponsor, Tiger Direct And Save Big!Move Over Danny Kaye, Two of the finalists for the annual Thurber award for humor are Hollywood Screenwriters:
For the rest of you: Let’s hear those Keystrokes: Ta pocketa-pocketa!
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New York State Writers’ Institute 25th Anniversary Schedule
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Quote of the Century
In terms of who’s an elitist, I think people have made a judgment that John McCain is not an arugula-eating, pointy headed professor-type based on his life story.
- John McCain Spokesman Brian Rogers
No, This is not from the Onion. It’s from the Washington Post. In what has been described as one of the most important [...]
Open Source is Not Free if Given Away
Even if you give it away, it’s still yours to give.
According to Information Week, a federal appeals court struck down an earlier court decision that said open source software licenses could not be enforced and were “Too Broad.”
The appeals court disagreed, saying the software developers had the right to determine how their products were used [...]
Annual Bad Writing Contest “Winner” Announced
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Free Online Writer’s Conference
The Muse Online Writer’s Conference is now accepting registrations. This looks like the second year this has been around, and they have a pretty nice lineup of workshops for beginners including classes on creating a magic system for fantasy, organizing for yuor career, writing SEX, and setting up an impressive website.
How does it work? Basically [...]
Tech Savvy Wins Over Arrogance Everytime
This article showed up in my reddit search today: What NOT to say to someone Offering you $60/hr.
Basically, for those of you afraid to click, The writer was given an ODT document as part of pre-employment screening for a job in which he would be converting, ummm, ODT documents. Instead of doing his job, the [...]
