Tag: language

July 25, 2016 at 4:33 pm

Artist Makes Graffiti Legible By Rewriting It In Plain Text

Artist Makes Graffiti Legible By Rewriting It In Plain Text

“Tag Clouds” by artist Mathieu Tremblin is ruffling some feathers

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June 16, 2016 at 11:28 am

Before He Left Office Bush Sr Left This Letter for Bill Clinton

Before He Left Office Bush Sr Left This Letter for Bill Clinton

A cool piece of American history

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May 23, 2016 at 2:29 pm

Rapping, Deconstructed: The Best Rhymers of All Time

Rapping, Deconstructed: The Best Rhymers of All Time

An in-depth analysis by Vox that will give you a newfound appreciation for some surprisingly complex rhyming patterns in hip hop

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April 20, 2016 at 5:08 pm

Between the Words: Exploring Punctuation in Literary Classics

Between the Words: Exploring Punctuation in Literary Classics

Nicholas Rougeux removes all of the letters, numbers, spaces and line breaks from the famous texts, displaying just the punctuation in a continuous line of symbols starting at the top center and spiralling inwards.

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April 20, 2016 at 11:53 am

How the Same Emoji Varies Across Platforms

How the Same Emoji Varies Across Platforms

That ‘grinning face with smiling eyes’ emoji does not look how you think it looks

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January 12, 2016 at 10:42 am

Author George Saunders On Storytelling

Author George Saunders On Storytelling

In this rare appearance as a documentary subject, George Saunders reveals the pitfalls of bad storytelling and explains the openness and generosity required to breathe life into great characters

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January 5, 2016 at 12:33 pm

17 Words the English Language Needs to Add to its Lexicon

17 Words the English Language Needs to Add to its Lexicon

From cellfish friends to straight up askholes, here are 17 words the English language needs to add to its lexicon

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December 18, 2015 at 3:22 pm

A Bad Lip Reading of Star Wars

A Bad Lip Reading of Star Wars

Vader keeps texting Leia, while Ben continues his quest for the Pickaxe of Cortez. Jack Black, Maya Rudolph, and Bill Hader guest.

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November 19, 2015 at 2:17 pm

These Puns are Terrible and I Love Them (18 Photos)

These Puns are Terrible and I Love Them (18 Photos)

Commence eye rolling in 3… 2…

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November 11, 2015 at 12:01 pm

Picture of the Day: Lest We Forget

Picture of the Day: Lest We Forget

In Flanders fields the poppies blow; Between the crosses, row on row

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