The link below is to an article concerning the latest words added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/new-words-dictionary_n_3829770.html
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Article: Words to Ban for 2013?
The link below is to an article about words people would like to have banned – I think I agree with some of these overused terms and words being banned. I’m sick to death of hearing about the fiscal cliff and I’m not even in the US.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/31/banned-words-list-2012_n_2387613.html
Article: Text Art – Portraits Made from Thousands of Words
The link below is to an article featuring examples of text art (Textportraits) by Ralph Ueltzhoefer.
For more visit:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/ralph-ueltzhoeffer-textportraits
Article: Everyday Words Invented by Authors
The following link is to an article reporting on everyday words that were invented by book authors.
For more visit:
http://www.flavorwire.com/291507/everyday-words-that-were-invented-by-famous-authors
Website: Booki.sh
Social networks and web applications are rapidly multiplying all over the web and it should come as no surprise that a large number of such sites are dedicated to books in one way or another – as well as being useful to those that read books, offering ways to save and share quotes, words, etc. At the BookShelf will be bringing these types of sites to the notice of its readers, as I think they can be of tremendous use and benefit. Some will be useful to most and maybe others to very few, but they are all useful to someone, with the possible odd exception of course.
Booki.sh is a site that allows you to store your ebook library in the cloud, meaning that you can access it wherever you are, provided you have Internet access and the necessary device to do so. Your device only needs a modern web browser in order to use Booki.sh. Booki.sh provides it own software, so it will work in your device in a similar way to an ebook reader (the website explains how to use the software when reading a book).
Do you really need Booki.sh? Well that is another question – if you have a Kindle for example, you probably do not as you already have your library handy (or a very large selection of it on your device) and an ebook reader. However, if you do not have an ebook reader as such on your device (lap top, etc), Booki.sh could be very handy and useful. Either way, it won’t hurt to have a look and decide for yourself.
For more, visit:
https://booki.sh/
Video: Benjamin Franklin on Drinking Beer
The video below may be of some help to authors/writers who may be looking for various descriptive words or phrases that describe having drunk a little too much beer. The video has 220 synonyms used by Benjamin Franklin for being drunk.
Changing the World: December 7 – Light Messages
Today’s suggestion is a rather simple one – to simply put up a small ‘light sign’ to get a message across and raise awareness of an issue. The issue could be ‘peace’ of ‘save trees.’
The message is communicated by making the word/s using a string of lights (fairy lights, etc) and hanging them outside of the house.
This idea is not one I’ll be following up – I’ll do my bit for the environment and not do this one. However, spreading a message via a string of lights can be done – or it could be done by a piece of chalk as with the word ‘eternity,’ by Arthur Stace in Sydney.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/stace.htm
A response to reading ‘365 Ways to Change the World,’ by Michael Norton
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