Sarah recommended this blog to me, and one of the books that caught her eye is Clothes for Disabled People (published 1981):
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Showing posts with label blogs. Show all posts
Blog recommendation: Awful Library Books
Today's blog choice is Awful Library Books, which lists library holdings that are "amusing and maybe questionable for public libraries trying to maintain a current and relevant collection". Most of the books aren't actually awful, just dated...
Sarah recommended this blog to me, and one of the books that caught her eye is Clothes for Disabled People (published 1981):
Sarah recommended this blog to me, and one of the books that caught her eye is Clothes for Disabled People (published 1981):
Four blogs you might be interested in
Here are a few blogs I've discovered recently. Rather US-centric, I'm afraid:
Charles Apple - Charles is "a freelance visual journalist and instructor". I think there's an increasing need for every journalist to be, to some extent, a visual journalist. And I'm not just talking about page layouts.
Grammar Monkeys - language podcasts from the copy desk on the Wichita Eagle.
The Blood-Red Pencil - fiction-writing tips from a whole host of writers. A lot of the advice is relevant to other forms of writing.
Behind the Grammar - posts about "business, marketing, podcasting, writing, and life" from Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty.
The last two are in my blogroll and I might put Charles Apple there too, if he behaves.
Charles Apple - Charles is "a freelance visual journalist and instructor". I think there's an increasing need for every journalist to be, to some extent, a visual journalist. And I'm not just talking about page layouts.
Grammar Monkeys - language podcasts from the copy desk on the Wichita Eagle.
The Blood-Red Pencil - fiction-writing tips from a whole host of writers. A lot of the advice is relevant to other forms of writing.
Behind the Grammar - posts about "business, marketing, podcasting, writing, and life" from Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty.
The last two are in my blogroll and I might put Charles Apple there too, if he behaves.
In which JD rediscovers some blogs
Over the past few months I've been moving various bookmarks from various browsers on various computers into one Delicious account. It's been a real voyage of (re)discovery.
Today I thought I'd share with you some of the blogs I'd forgotten that I liked:
Figures of Speech - It Figures
Don't know your epitasis from your epitrope? This blog gives clear explanations of rhetorical terms (with examples). Interesting, and actually quite useful for reference.
The Journalism Iconoclast
A new media/web development blog from a high-profile advocate of beat blogging.
The Wall Street Journal: Style & Substance
A monthly bulletin from Paul R Martin, the 'stylebook editor' at The Wall Street Journal.
Pain in the English
People submit questions on English language usage. Other people try to answer them.
riverScrap
"News-based blogging" from a London-based freelance journalist. The news is all real, except when it's not. (Actually, this blog is a new discovery for me, rather than a rediscovery, but it seemed to fit quite well in this list.)
Today I thought I'd share with you some of the blogs I'd forgotten that I liked:
Figures of Speech - It Figures
Don't know your epitasis from your epitrope? This blog gives clear explanations of rhetorical terms (with examples). Interesting, and actually quite useful for reference.
The Journalism Iconoclast
A new media/web development blog from a high-profile advocate of beat blogging.
The Wall Street Journal: Style & Substance
A monthly bulletin from Paul R Martin, the 'stylebook editor' at The Wall Street Journal.
Pain in the English
People submit questions on English language usage. Other people try to answer them.
riverScrap
"News-based blogging" from a London-based freelance journalist. The news is all real, except when it's not. (Actually, this blog is a new discovery for me, rather than a rediscovery, but it seemed to fit quite well in this list.)
Friday roundup: watching me watching you
The Engine Room may only be the 118th best language blog out there, but it's the 53rd most clipped Blogspot blog - at least according to UKNetMonitor.
Who is it that has such an interest in what I write? Perhaps the London Lite, thelondonpaper and Metro are planning their revenge...
In other news, The Engine Room has been chosen as one of blogs.com's '10 Great Blogs about Grammar, Writing & Language'.
Most of the others blogs in this list are already in my blogroll but two new ones on me are Talk Wordy to Me, by a young* copy editor on a US paper, and Regret the Error, which "reports on media corrections, retractions, apologies, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the press".
Actually, I'm going to add both of these to the blogroll.
*By which I mean younger than me, of course.
Who is it that has such an interest in what I write? Perhaps the London Lite, thelondonpaper and Metro are planning their revenge...
In other news, The Engine Room has been chosen as one of blogs.com's '10 Great Blogs about Grammar, Writing & Language'.
Most of the others blogs in this list are already in my blogroll but two new ones on me are Talk Wordy to Me, by a young* copy editor on a US paper, and Regret the Error, which "reports on media corrections, retractions, apologies, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the press".
Actually, I'm going to add both of these to the blogroll.
*By which I mean younger than me, of course.
You are a genius, here's the proof
I recently came across an online blog readability test which assesses "the level of education required to understand your blog". And as you can see from the image to the right, the test reveals that only geniuses can understand the Engine Room.On the negative side, this suggests that Apus and I should use a smaller vocabulary and less complicated sentence structures, or just speak... more... slowly...
On the positive side, if you've managed to read this far then you yourself must be a genius. And if you regularly understand what Apus and I are banging on about, well then, Einstein's got nothing on you.
Actually, Apus and I probably just confused the readability test with our British turns of phrase - and by blogging about words no one has ever heard before, such as sidehill.
(Thanks to Mr Verb for this one, and for the plug.)
Some other language blogs
Today we have some other language-related blogs you might want to look at.
Firstly, Apostrophe Abuse, which is a photo blog recording inappropriate apostrophes. Or, should I say, apostrophe's.
Secondly, Literally, a Web Log, a blog dedicated to tracking down misuse of the word 'literally'. It's something that literally makes me pull my hair out in frustration. Or do I mean metaphorically?
Thirdly, The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks. Again, lots of photos – this time of "unnecessary" quotation marks in signs and so on.
Firstly, Apostrophe Abuse, which is a photo blog recording inappropriate apostrophes. Or, should I say, apostrophe's.
Secondly, Literally, a Web Log, a blog dedicated to tracking down misuse of the word 'literally'. It's something that literally makes me pull my hair out in frustration. Or do I mean metaphorically?
Thirdly, The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks. Again, lots of photos – this time of "unnecessary" quotation marks in signs and so on.
