Too busy to read? Jason Huff has a solution. His AutoSummarize project uses Microsoft Word's feature of the same name to boil classics of literature down to ten simple sentences.For example, Clippy thinks that The Illiad can best be summed up as "Gods! Gods! Gods! Hector! Gods! Gods! Hector! Gods! Gods! God!"Huff has compiled his … Continue reading The Short Versions

A coworker told me about the website I Write Like, and it's been quite the ego boost. The website analyzes your writing--using "a Bayesian classifier, which is widely used to fight spam on the Internet"--and then tells you which author's writing style most closely matches your own.Your faithful blogger's prose has been likened to the … Continue reading I’m Blushing

From the very necessary Bookshelf Porn blog (don't worry--it's not actually dirty), comes this panoramic shot of a baroque library. I think it's in Portugal, but there's no explanation. Still, you can pan around almost 360 degrees. Fasten your seatbelt and click here.--David E