M. Rothschild the Queen of Bloodsucking Parasites

When it comes to the annoying blood sucking parasite known as the lowly flea, there is little that Miriam Rothschild did not know. Much of what we know about the flea can be attributed to the work of Dame Miriam Rothschild, who was, for many years, one of the leading authorities on this bloodsucking parasite.

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Who Controls Creative Work? The Creator or the Fans?

The Blu-Ray Menace; or, Who Really Owns Star Wars?, a recent article in the Time online column Tuned In, raises the question of who an established work belongs to: its creator, or its fans? James Poniewozik, the author of the article, clarifies that he is not talking in terms of legal ownership, rather the question is [...]

Out of the work day and into the Blender

Blender 3D that is. For those who do not know, Blender 3D is a program made for creating 3D models. You are likely most familiar with the concept if you play SIMS, since The Sims is made up of little figures that are manipulated as 3D figures. Blender 3D is the kind of program that [...]

Writing and Reading Short Stories – Open Courseware at MIT

Rather or not I go back to college via my local college, I am going to take a few classes at MIT this fall. Specifically I am going to take some Open Courseware classes through MIT on writing. These are previously offered classes that have been made available, along with lecture notes and other information, [...]

The importance of proofreading everything

Proofread, proofread, proofread.

It might seem like a tired old bit of advice, particularly in this age of computers with spell checkers built into everything including the Internet browser programs, but nothing beats good old fashioned spell checking by hand to make sure that you have everything looking right. And, if you are not a [...]