Hack's Haven

In response to @hackathorn here is my “office for the day.” http://t.co/FhcJhQQ

RT @dreams2go: NOAA finally awards Unified Messaging (UMS) contract to Google for Google Mail and Google Apps. NICE! @GoogleAtWork @usno …

A talk about ReGenesis given in the style of the quiz show “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” It used a mobile app to collect data from the audience that has been included in the online copy.

Who Wants to be a (NOAA) Millionaire?

RT @robertknop: The phallusy fallacy : belief that being a dick is a good way to promote science. (See: “new” atheists.)

This weekend’s weather report is looking… warm. #rapture #NOAA http://t.co/Lr9Ulip

Lessons Learned from World of Warcraft: http://www.slideshare.net/hackshaven/lessons-learned-from-world-of-warcraft #fcvw11

William Safire loved words. Safire, who died in 2009, wrote presidential speeches, political columns, and books on writing. The advice below comes from his book “Good Advice on Writing: Writers Past and Present on How to Write Well” (Simon & Schuster, 1992).

1. No sentence fragments.
2. It behooves us to avoid archaisms.
3. Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration.
4. Don’t use no double negatives.
5. If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times, “Resist hyperbole!”
6. Avoid commas, that are not necessary.
7. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
8. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
9. Writing carefully, dangling participles should not be used.
10. Kill all exclamation points!!!
11. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
12. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
13. Take the bull by the hand and don’t mix metaphors.
14. Don’t verb nouns.
15. Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
16. Last, but not least, avoid clichés like the plague.