Did one of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ fantasy novels change the meaning of the word ‘careen’?
Category Archive: Language
Some important points when preparing hypertext for release, including checking for loose ends, and how to ‘fix’ a document for delivery.
Can you translate Selbstporträt als Fahnenträger into English, please, Google?
Here’s a pre-release test version of my hypertext story about the stories of Salome, and a wonderful rhythmic workflow for hypertext authoring.
You may think that you type URLs into your browser. In fact they’re IRIs, and the internet still can’t cope with Unicode. Why not?
From the 1870s, Salome became the central figure in the story, and increasingly became the femme fatale: beautiful, sexy, and dangerous to know.
Clarifying different types of web link, making custom badges, and using the Timeline to explore the origin of a new version of a story.
Some paintings which may not show the traditional story from the gospels, but which don’t contradict it.
Getting basic, everyday things like text selection right isn’t as sexy as AI or VR, but it’d make our work and lives easier.
Salome has become a femme fatale, the author of John the Baptist’s death, and a potent erotic symbol. But that was not the original story.
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