Links for just-in-case

[alexr_rwx]

- There's a standard metric for how easy it is to read a text! (were you aware?) Apparently it's so common as to be a feature in many word processing programs. This is one way to generate the "reading level" of a particular chunk. ("That's at a ninth-grade reading level.") There are several ways to do this, actually.

- DepressingFilter: Communication is key. Often, in Japan, retired couples find they really don't know each other, after decades of never spending much time in the same space. Of course, it can't be talked about now, either. Result? Apparently, painful and quiet suffering on the part of the wife, who suddenly has to live with an effective stranger in her house.

- Less depressing, but weird! Electronic hugs, sent over text messages and Bluetooth, straight to your shirt!

- Aaaand, just in case you're falling from an airplane or something: How To Survive A Long Fall. (and these Atlantans want to get together and jump over and off of stuff, with you!)

Comments

[lindseykuper]

Oh, man, the Flesch-Kincaid. Ami Pro 3.1 used to spit out a bunch of statistics about how a document scored on all those things. In high school, I used to add long words to my papers until they hit at least 11 or 12.

After all these years, it's kind of a disappointment to see how simple the formulas really are. Back then I always assumed there was some kind of magic going on.

[laurapatt.livejournal.com]

man, i'm glad you posted all these links just-in-case! i was getting low on links and didn't know where to turn!

Justin Case

[britta43.livejournal.com]

I never knew my older brother would get such time on your blog. It is wonderful of you to remember him...so few people remember good old Justin. He is of course the black sheep of the Case family. Poor guy.

[scottique.livejournal.com]

I saw this and thought of you...

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