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The forgotten fine print

September 22, 2012 General

Whitney Pastorek writes in praise of the Credit CARD Act of 2009, which reins in some egregious business practices: The history of the credit card is fascinating, and I didn’t know much about it until I started researching. A few special moments stand out: Like how when the first general purpose credit cards started to […]

Living room rules

December 8, 2009 General

Clarification on my comments policy. Be polite. Don’t say anything you wouldn’t say in my living room

New Nines stuff in the Library

May 10, 2008 General

I’ve added two .pdfs to the Library. (Which is the rechristened “Downloads” section. Thanks to whichever reader suggested renaming it.) The visual FX breakdown for two of the sequences — the end of Part One, and the end of Part Three. Both are spoilers, so skip them if you haven’t seen the movie yet. The […]

Screenwriting 101

April 29, 2008 General

Following a reader’s suggestion, I added a 101 section to the sidebar to highlight some of the introductory how-to articles on screenwriting. This site houses about 950 posts, of which more than 500 are of the non-expiring educational variety. I’d love to find a way to guide new visitors (and aspiring screenwriters) through them without […]

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