Taking the initiative with data journalism
Every day, reporters produce insightful stories about how the world is changing, and data journalism is an important tool for telling these stories. But experimenting with...
How to Display the Date and Time in the Linux Terminal (and Use It In Bash Scripts)
Fatmawati Achmad Zaenuri/Shutterstock.com The date command is found in the Bash shell, which is the default shell in most Linux distributions and even macOS. This tutorial...
New development server: Netlify Dev runs Netlify’s edge features on local machines
The latest offering from Netlify puts their “entire platform, right on your laptop”. Announced on April 9, 2019 at JAMstack conf in New York City, Netlify...
When Your Childhood Hero Becomes a Sad Clown
An Excerpt from the novel Stay Up with Hugo Best By Erin Somers The house lay behind a solid gray gate on a long arm. A...
The Myth of the Consistently Great Writer
Usually it’s a confession made over a two-person dinner. Occasionally it’s a hedged statement to a larger group, the words tethered to my mouth like a...
There Were Women on Noah’s Ark
Sarah Blake and I met last year at the AWP Writing Conference in Tampa, where we bonded not over writing, but rewriting. The Bible, to be...
10 Manga To Read After Catching Up With ONE PIECE
Ninety-two volumes, 938 chapters, 22 years. One Piece, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, is an emblematic and popular Japanese manga series. The best-selling manga series...
Fantasy Book Covers Intimidate Me—Here’s Why
I consider myself a casual fan of speculative fiction. Twilight came out when I was 13 and, by then, I had already been reading Harry Potter...
When Can Headphones and Earbuds Damage Your Hearing?
Gang Liu/Shutterstock Conversations about headphone-induced hearing loss have faded away, but headphones and earbuds still pose a serious risk to your ears. How loud is too...
4 Historical Fiction Books About the Romanovs
“Grandma, it’s me, Anastasia.” via GIPHY Like so many, I grew up watching Don Bluth’s animated classic, Anastasia. The film, while charming and fun, also took a considerable...
