Greetings, fellow webonauts, it’s good to see that you’ve made it here safe and true. I hope you delight in this installment of (insert ominous echoey sound effect here) This Week in Links.
Jason Swadley has received the devine touch of the Lord of Mac, and has delivered unto us the 10 Commandments of Mac Optimization.
Scott H. Young explains that there’s more to falling asleep than counting sheep with The Insomiac’s Guide of Things To Do When Falling Asleep.
Learn how to become an autodidact with Dumb Little Man’s 10 Ways To Become a Self Taught Master.
Find out why you don’t enjoy your free time with Why Your Free Time is Boring by Scott H. Young.
Steve Olson shares his advice on how to become a better person with 6 Methods for Building Character and Integrity.
Leo at Zen Habits gives his insight on 18 Practical Tips for Living the Golden Rule.
Get rid of the negativity in your life, like Dustin Wax wisely says, Don’t Be Eeyore.
Katie Konrath asks, Do You Have Trouble Being Creative?
Maeve is right, George Orwell does have some Timeless Guidelines for Writers.
And finally, I stumbled onto a very cool site this week. Library Thing is a free* site that allows you to catalog all of your books (*the first 200 are free, after that you have to pay a fee). It’s simple and awesome, and what’s even better is that it’s like a social network. You can see other people who share your interest in books, and you can find and offer recommendations and reviews. It’s a great resource for any bibliophile. Check out my Library!
This Week in Links would be incomplete without a tip from our favorite lady of literature, so here’s what Grammar Girl has to say about Like Versus As:
The background is that traditionally like is a preposition and as is a conjunction. Nevertheless, people have been using like as if it were a conjunction (as I did) for at least 100 years, and grammarians have been raging against that use for just as long. In fact, the Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage states that “probably no single question of usage has created greater controversy in recent years” than the conjunctive use of like.
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July 27, 2007 at 10:32 am
Dear Faisca,
Thanks for the pingback for the Orwell article.
You have a most interesting site and I’m pleased to be pinged.
I would like to point out that the spelling of my own nom de plume is Maeve. No “i.”
Thanks
July 27, 2007 at 10:47 am
Sorry about that, it’s been fixed. I get annoyed when people don’t spell Faisca right, so I understand. I think it’s spelled Maieve in a video game that I play, so that spelling slipped out.
July 31, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Wow, Faisca, this looks like a fantastic collection of links! I will definitely check them out! In fact, I’m on my way right now!
Thanks!
Jeanne
July 31, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Hi Faisca, Thanks for including a link to my post on creativity. Some of your other links look really interesting as well. I’m off to check them out!
July 31, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Katie, I figure (and hope) that everyone who reads my blog is creative somehow. And I know we all get in our little creative ruts (I certainly do!) so your advice is definitely helpful =)
Jeanne, I hope you find them as enlightening as I did.