Trite Headlines and Old Virgins

The headlines and copy used in big brand ads are often so ridiculous they’re hardly worth commenting on. But I found this post by Nancy Friedman both funny and interesting. She writes: “X just got better” [is] a formula frequently employed by headline writers short on time and imagination. She then lists 18 specific examples […]

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Creativity and Constraints

In my early twenties, I wrote a number of “philosophical fragments.” These thought-fragments were inspired by Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, Blaise Pascal’s Pensées, and Søren Kierkegaard’s Philosphical Fragments. Fragment #92 I wrote says this: Creativity thrives under limits, be they natural or imposed. Since then, I’ve seen this principle at work time and time again.

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CommentLuv Internal Server Error

If you’ve installed CommentLuv on your blog and are seeing an Internal Server Error when leaving a comment, here’s the problem. First of all, your site is probably hosted with Hostmonster or BlueHost. These two hosting companies have the same owner. Both hosting companies use CPU throttling if a script or chron job is taking […]

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