{"id":4415,"date":"2010-01-11T07:01:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T07:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/01\/11\/links-for-2010-01-11\/"},"modified":"2010-01-11T07:01:58","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T07:01:58","slug":"links-for-2010-01-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/01\/11\/links-for-2010-01-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2010-01-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/doc\/201001\/short-writing\">Cut This Story! &#8211; The Atlantic (January\/February 2010)<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">An essay about how newspaper articles are too long. In keeping with the Iron Laws of the Internet, it could probably stand to be cut down a little.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/journalism\">journalism<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/writing\">writing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/media\">media<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/internet\">internet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanscholar.org\/writing-about-writers\/\">Writing About Writers: An article by Bob Thompson | The American Scholar<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;I spent four years on the book beat, and looking back &#8212; I took early retirement from the Post last summer &#8212; I&#8217;m still amazed and grateful for what it permitted me to do. An obsessive reader since childhood, I got paid to read mostly excellent books and have extended conversations with their smart and interesting authors. And if those conversations threatened to become problematic for any reason, all I had to do was remember the Didion Rule:<\/p>\n<p>When in doubt, ask writers about writing.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/writing\">writing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/interview\">interview<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/journalism\">journalism<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/essay\">essay<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skullsinthestars.com\/2010\/01\/10\/mythbusters-were-scooped-by-130-years-finger-in-the-barrel\/\">Mythbusters were scooped &#8212; by 130 years! (Finger in the barrel) \u00c2\u00ab Skulls in the Stars<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;In a remarkable case of serendipity, the next evening I was browsing the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and came across an article with the title, &#8220;On the bursting of firearms when the muzzle is closed by snow, earth, grease, &amp;c.&#8221;!  The article, by Professor George Forbes, is a theoretical explanation of the bursting of firearms and was published in the 1878-1879 session of the Royal Society, meaning that Forbes&#8217; investigation was some 130 years before the Mythbusters!  The calculation and explanation are short and entertaining, and I thought it would be fun to take a look at them.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/history\">history<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/skulls-in-stars\">skulls-in-stars<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/television\">television<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/mythbusters\">mythbusters<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatnottocrochet.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/09\/crochet-vs-installation\/\">Crochet vs Installation \u00c2\u00ab What Not to Crochet<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure what&#8217;s worse, the concept of a crocheted urinal, with &#8211; crocheted urinal cakes or&#8230; the thought that some drunken idiot may actually use it&#8230;.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/art\">art<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/stupid\">stupid<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/pictures\">pictures<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cut This Story! &#8211; The Atlantic (January\/February 2010) An essay about how newspaper articles are too long. In keeping with the Iron Laws of the Internet, it could probably stand to be cut down a little. 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