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The Pluperfect or Strunkenwhite Virus

Sus Schmitt

Bob Hirschfeld featured a satire on his blog about an imaginary computer virus, Strunkenwhite. The virus, also called The Pluperfect Virus, prevented an infected computer from sending grammatically incorrect eMail. People began forwarding his post as if it were a virus alert. Some thought the Strunkenwhite Virus was a hoax, but many also believed it.
I first learned about it recently while reading the humorous bestseller about punctuation, Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss.
Here’s an excerpt, but I recommend the whole post:
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Strunk & White’s “The Elements of Style” is a good book to have on your shelf for writing prayer letters, blog posts and for whenever you need to refresh your English skills. Where do you go for answers to your grammar questions? Continue reading The Pluperfect or Strunkenwhite Virus

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Best Tags and Keywords for Your Blog

Sus Schmitt

Choosing the tags or keywords for your blog will encourage more people to find your posts. I made a spreadsheet of some very good keywords that you can use. These words and phrases all have high search numbers with low competition. That means a lot of people use these words in searches while few blogs use them as tags, so a search will more likely find your post.
The first four columns make it easier to find words. I chose headings for: ministry, issues, personal, and technical. You may need to check more than one column. The form of a word MIGHT matter. For instance, I searched “recommended” versus “recommendation” and also “tsunami” versus tsunamis.” What is in the spreadsheet is the best choice to use. The difference in search results is sometimes significant between these variations.
The spreadsheet is easy for you to download or print. I’ll update it occasionally.
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Color Codes and HTML for Web Design

Sus Schmitt

Are you designing your own blog or web site?  Here’s some help for choosing colors. If you like a public website’s colors, you can find all the color codes used by any web page using the tool on I Like Your Colors. To use official colors, follow this link to the official Cru color palette. You’ll be using the colors for “web” not for RGB or CMYK.  (I explained about Cru’s official fonts and colors in an earlier post.) Visit this HTML color codes page for a full listing of color codes if you want to choose your own colors. To … Continue reading Color Codes and HTML for Web Design

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Are We Already Cyborgs?

Sus Schmitt

Amber Case, a cyborg anthropologist, makes some interesting observations about our high-tech lifestyle.  She has a different perspective on social networking that I think you’ll appreciate. Here’s the definition of cyborg that she uses: an organism “to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new environments.”  (Don’t worry, her talk isn’t all technobabble.) So, after listening to her eight-minute talk, jump into the “technosocial wormhole” and post your comments! NOTE: You can learn more about the image of the internet she uses near the end of her talk. Continue reading Are We Already Cyborgs?