Galley Cat links to an online program that allows you to turn your handwriting into a computer font – so you can literally type in your own handwriting.
Type In Your Own Handwriting
Early Chaucer Manuscript Put Online for All to See
The “Hengwrt Chaucher,” one of the most significant early manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales, has been put online for the entire world to see thanks to the efforts of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.
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Deeper into the “Twungle”
Margaret Atwood considers her experience of Twitter and describes how the wilderness of the online world is spilling over into her physical reality.
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Wizard Jail
Recommended Reading: Hannah Rose-Woods on totalitarianism in the wizarding world.
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Library Lament
The Library of Alexandria was ruined by fire, right? Maybe not. The library actually succumbed to budget cuts long before flames reached it. Annalee Newitz details the financial woes of the long lost library for io9.
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Hemingway Double Shot
Got a couple thousand bucks lying around? You can place a bid on one of Ernest Hemingway’s love letters. Or, for a more modest price of "free," you can read Tim Weed's rumination entitled "Chasing Hemingway’s Ghost in Havana."
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