Some years ago I came across the [Mathematics Genealogy Project](https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/index.php) - the idea is to create a family tree, but based on your academic supervisor rather than your…
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Well, the first annual [IntShoStoWriWe](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2008/02/nanowrimo-for-short-attention-spans/) was a success, with 100% of participants completing a short story of at least 2,500 words. OK, so it was just me this…
Last year I tried to complete [NaNoWriMo](http://www.nanowrimo.org), the National Novel Writing Month. I did better than the year before, but still fell well short of the goal of…
I made an attempt in November to try and write a novel, but it was pretty farcical: I only managed to make time for it on the first…
Via Boing Boing (and many others) is this brilliant project from Wired magazine. Ask a bunch of famous writers to tell a story in six words: Gown removed…