fiction generator and ten dimensions

So it's busy, and the furloughs aren't making life any easier, as people are now gone more days, but still must produce the same amount of work.... Here's a r eview of the game which contains a mention of narratology -- it's good to see other English majors writing reviews these days, and makes for a nice change from the standard review of 'Best game of the year!!!11!!'

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working with bad clients

This morning, I realized that I've been using Photoshop since version 2.5, when it didn't even have layers.... Perhaps it's that 16 years of hard work and experience with clients that makes me laugh until I cry when I watch these videos about working with clients .

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shiny things

VPR0005471_P3.jpg Apparently I'm not the only one who's noticed that coffee roasts and type weights have the same taxonomy.... This bracelet is the best, though: VPR0005439_P3.jpg Now I can confuse even more people who don't know what Lorem Ipsum or greeked text is!

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The Details That Matter

Clients feel free to send you work rife with typos, poor grammar, and bad code, but you'll be expected to fix their mistakes; and may all the gods help you if you make new ones.... So if you're also bad at proofing your work, and details elude you, here are some of the things I do to get around it: First, if at all possible, I pressgang someone else into proofing it for me.

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