Archive for March 2009
Scrap Writing Websites: Apostrophe Abuse and The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 27, 2009
My first look at these websites for this project produced pretty much nothing, just these pathetic notes: Apostrophe Abuse Slogan = “Links and visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve” Incorrectly placed or missing apostrophes spotted by viewers Blog format, with a title, a description provided by contributor, and a picture Mostly signs on stores, restaurants, [...]
My Biggest Formatting Pet Peeve
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 26, 2009
I have a bad pet peeve. It’s not split infinitives, although I hate those too (less and less everyday, though). It’s totally related to formatting. And it’s stupid and it impedes my ability to just write (see, I don’t hate split infinitives enough to fix that–just to point it out). It occurs when the last [...]
Legit Scraps!
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 25, 2009
Thanks to a generous classmate, there are now two more legitimate scraps in my collection. Check them out on my Flickr photostream, along with a bunch of my own scraps that I created this week. Here they are: Awesome! It says, “Robert: Here is the $24 that I owe you and my share of the [...]
Finding Scraps in Used Books
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 25, 2009
Scrap writing flourishes in between the yellowed, musty pages of used books. Today the Grad Student Organization in my department held a book/bake sale, and while thumbing through the pages of the used books for sale, I (and several others) found assorted treasures inside. Not just marginalia and funky inscriptions, but a joker card from [...]
Progress Report #2
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 22, 2009
Freak-out season has begun as I get closer and closer to April and the end of the semester. But I’m trying to keep this project afloat by updating this blog as frequently as possible. I’ve reported on two scrap writing websites so far: Found and Passive Aggressive Notes. I’ve also gotten in the habit of [...]
The Evolution of the Page
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 21, 2009
“Messages written on clay tablets, which were almost indestructible, were replaced by ink on paper. Ink, in its turn, was replaced by bits of computer memory, making characters on an eletronic screen. Now, with HTML, which allows parts of a single page to be located on different computers, the page becomes even more fluid and [...]
Random Quotation
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 18, 2009
“Technology and writing are not distinct phenomena; that is, writing has never been and cannot be separate from technology. Whether it is the stylus of the ancients, the pen and ink of the medieval scribe, a toddler’s fat crayons, or a new Powerbook, technology makes writing possible. To go further, writing is technology, for without [...]
Scrap Writing Websites: Passive Aggressive Notes
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 16, 2009
Passive Aggressive Notes is a humor website that showcases “painfully polite and hilariously hostile writings from shared spaces the world over.” Contributors submit notes written in a passive-aggressive tone that they’ve found or received. Notes might include public notices on display in offices, apartment buildings, dorms, bathrooms, stores, and restaurants, as well as personal notes [...]
Scrap Writing Websites: Found
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 15, 2009
As promised in my first progress report post, I plan to write separate blog entries reporting on my preliminary examination of the scrap writing websites in question. I’m not sure whether I will update these entries as I think about scrap writing further or if I will write new entries or save my revised comments [...]
Interesting Handwriting Website
Posted by: dkoupf on: March 11, 2009
Leonardo: Right to Left
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