POS tagging
Umm, that’s Part-of-Speech tagging. What a POS.
citizen journalism
Being a journalist on the Internet means caring about your community and communicating openly about what you see and hear.
art belongs in the world
Sun Xun's Shock of Time
If the price of an artwork were set according to the hours of labor put into it, Sun Xun’s animations would cost an enormous amount. He makes animations by hand-drawing each individual frame. He recently stated that one animation cost him two years to make, working ten hours every day. All this labor is transformed … Continue reading Sun Xun's Shock of Time
fully complying with FTC blogging guides
The FTC’s revised Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising have created a brouhaha in the blogosphere. Most persons already understand principles of ethical blogging. Don’t lie, but you can write fiction. Don’t steal, but fair use isn’t stealing. Don’t manipulate, but you can display your rhetorical skills. Don’t write as if … Continue reading fully complying with FTC blogging guides
trireme rower shirt for Olympias sea trials
A reconstruction of an ancient Greek trireme, the Olympias, had its first sea trials off the Greek island of Poros in 1987. The emblem above is from the participants’ t-shirt. It shows the three different designs of oars, one for each level of rowers. Given the project leaders’ deep classical learning, the graphic design of … Continue reading trireme rower shirt for Olympias sea trials