Years ago Kurt Vonnegut presented graphs of common story ideas, analyzing their popularity. Now, researchers from the University of Vermont and University of Adelaide have computerized those graphs, using a variety of classics from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Apparently, alternating high and low emotional arcs in a plot makes […]
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Online writing app with an old school typing interface
I just happened to stumble on this one: an online writing app called Writer. The interface is a black screen with fluorescent green text. It’s like typing on the computer that Matthew Broderick’s character used to access the defense system computer in WAR GAMES. I’m old, so I remember the “dumb terminal” computers we used […]
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