Tuesday, 12 November 2013

An author wrote a 50,000 word novel without using the letter E!

Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E" is a 1939 novel by Ernest Vincent Wright.

The plot revolves around the dying fictional city of Branton Hills, which is revitalized thanks to the efforts of protagonist John Gadsby and a youth group he organizes.

The novel is written as a lipogram and does not include words that contain the letter "e". Though self-published and little-noticed in its time, the book is a favorite of fans of constrained writing and is a sought-after rarity among some book collectors.

Later editions of the book have sometimes carried the alternative subtitle 50,000 Word Novel Without the Letter "E". In 1968, the novel entered the public domain in the United States due to failure to renew copyright in the 28th year after publication.

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22 Problems Only People With Truly Terrible Eyesight Understand

You can read that street sign??

For the main thing, it sucks to be totally helpless without a piece of hardware you keep on your face.

What if there were an apocalypse and you lost your glasses and your contacts dried up? You'd just ... die.

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You've seen this so many times you've just memorized it, rendering it unusable.

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Forget having glasses and bangs. Just forget it.

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People who don't even NEED glasses are wearing them to look "cool."

This isn't fair, because they didn't go through the 4-8 years of childhood in which, no, glasses are NOT COOL.

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 13, 2013)

Fall From Heaven

One by one we fall from heaven,

Down into the depths of past

And our world is ever upturned

So that yet some time we'll last.

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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Nov 13, 2013)

Disney Songs: "Under The Sea"

Sebastian sings this song in the movie "The Little Mermaid".

Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Creativity : Sleep On It II

Just as your subconscious can work on problems while you do something else, your subconscious can also work on a task while you sleep on it. Here is an exercise to help you prepare to sleep on a problem.

Get a piece of paper and write down a one-sentence summary of your problem or project. Then write down a few related keywords. Review the problem in your mind for a few minutes and make a conscious request to yourself to think about this problem while you sleep. Now, forget about it and go to sleep. As soon as you awaken, look at the piece of paper and read the summary and keywords. Chances are, some interesting ideas will come to mind. Write these down and review them later. You may find that the answer to your problem has come to you in your sleep.

Memory : Cerebral Cortex

The cerebral cortex is the main part of the human brain. It is the part that handles memory, language, thought, and consciousness. When you see a picture of a brain, the outer layer that looks convoluted and bumpy is the cerebral cortex. It is actually a flat sheet of cells that are all bunched up around the middle parts of the brain. This folding increases the surface area; if you unfolded a human cortex, it would measure more than 4 square feet. The cortex is made up of four lobes separated from front to back and left to right. Each type of sensory input has its own place on the cortex. For example, there is a specific place where all processing related to smells happen. Muscle movements have their own spot, vision has a spot, and so on.