Smashing magazine provides 50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills. It offers advice on grammar, guides to becoming a better writer and tools to use to become a better writer. Several sites are provided to help you become a better writer, blogger and are useful for both teacher and student.
Two stumbles today. The first is on Daikichi Amano, a photographer who mixes the macabre, horror and manga through portraits. Then there is horror writer Koji Suzuki (author of Ring) who…
…has teamed up with a Japanese paper manufacturer to have his latest stomach-churning novella published in a very convenient form – on toilet paper. Story here.
Read only once? Buy your own multiple rolls? Not bad for approx 210 yen (2USD). 12 normal rolls would set you back between 250-400 yen here in Japan. Disposable book or proper recycling?
Mashface “…is stupid, fun and free.” It’s in beta mode and well….ah, yeah, it’s kind of stupid. Basically you select a photo and then video insert your eyes, mouth etc into that. I can see some potential in it too. I could see this making a good history project using a photo of a world leader, a famous artist or an inventor etc. with dialogue recorded by a student. (Hmmm).
Better yet, try out Xtranormal. “If you can type, you can make movies.” Select your actors, location and begin typing the dialogue. As you type the dialogue, you may insert expressions and camera angles. It’s quit simple really.
