October 2011
121 posts
A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn’t think he’d remember. You take me. One day, back in college, I was in a film class. And we watched a movie that had a man it, a man who told a story about was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry. And as the ferry pulled out, the man said, there was another ferry pulling in, and on it there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress...
It's Not A Sprint, It's A Marathon.
If you’re an aspiring writer who’s had trouble establishing a daily writing habit, you might be interested in my newest project:
It’s Not A Sprint, It’s A Marathon.
Everyone knows that the key to becoming a better writer is consistently writing every day, but that’s often easier said than done. A kind of Couch-To-5K for writers, It’s Not A Sprint, It’s...
“When I walk down Fifth Avenue in the summertime I just want to throw up. It...”
– Ninety-year-old style icon turned jewelry designer Iris Apfel, to The Telegraph
Instant "Night Mode" in iOS 5
If one of your “must haves” for an ebook reader is a no-hassle way to switch to white-on-black Night Mode, I have good news. I just discovered that you can force iOS 5 to do it for you: • Go to Settings: General: Accessibility. • Scroll down to Triple Click Home, and click on it. • Choose “Toggle White On Black.” Now, triple-clicking the Home button causes the screen to...
“Our brains were turned the way those of intelligent preadolescents were in our...”
– Lolita
Something I learned today: there’s a difference between “discreet” and “discrete”: “Discreet” means “prudent, circumspect” “Discrete” means “separate, distinct” A rule of thumb to remember this is that the T in “discrete” separates the two Es.
Just a quick public service announcement: if you use Stanza to read ebooks, you should know that since its purchase by Amazon, the app is no longer supported *and does not work under iOS 5.* If you upgrade your iOS tomorrow, Stanza will not work. If you have ebooks only on you iOS device you should use the Share button to send them to yourself, then load them in a new ebook reader. As for...
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