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Marjorie Garber, PhD, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English and American Literature and Language and of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University This free online Shakespeare course focuses on Shakespeare’s later plays beginning with Measure for Measure and ending with The Tempest . http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/shakespeare-after-all-later-plays

Online Shakespeare Course: Shakespeare After All with Harvard Faculty

Let's say that you need to send your friend a message, but you don't want another person to know what it is. You can use a full-blown encryption tool, such as PGP. If the message isn't that important or if it is intended to be decrypted by hand, you should use a simpler tool. This is a page dedicated to simple text manipulation tools, which all can be replicated with just paper and pencil. If you know of another cipher that you think should be on here, leave me a message below. <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>

Cipher Tools

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In today’s creative environment, where promotional material is routinely sent in the form of a digital file via email, a handmade self-promotional book can make a cost-effective, personal and unique alternative to help you stand out. In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to create a handmade case-bound book in a few easy steps. We’ll cover some important tips for setting up page spreads and cover templates in InDesign , as well as the essential tools and techniques you need to bind your own books. If you need any bookbinding materials, a good source is Shepherds Falkiners . You’ll also find an illustrated diagram of the sewing technique we used to make this project in the support files, to aid you as you go. 01 First, set up your book’s page template in InDesign by creating a new document.

Bind your own books

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/bind-your-own-books

Most underrated songs by the most overrated artists.

Songs for when you’re stuck in the friend zone… Requested by Big Teddy Bear · Compiled by BFFE Man, do I know the feeling. 01. The Magnetic Fields - “I’m Sorry I Love You” (69 Love Songs) 02. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/mixtape/most-underrated-songs-most-overrated-artists
http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/awesome-boredom So…I saw your tweet. You’re “bored”? I am…absolutely floored. Hopelessly lost in admiration! You are everything I aspire to be. Oh.

You're Bored? That's So AWESOME.

http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/household-safety/security/lock-picking.htm Most people carry five to 10 keys with them whenever they go out. On your key ring you might have several keys for the house, one or two more for the car and a few for the office or a friend's house. Your key ring is a clear demonstration of just how ubiquitous lock technology is: You probably interact with locks dozens of times every week. The main reason we use locks everywhere is that they provide us with a sense of security.

How Lock Picking Works"

http://boingboing.net/2012/03/01/10-commandments-for-con-artist.html From Lists of Note, the 10 Commandments for Con Men as set out by Victor Lustig a con-legend who once took $5K off Al Capone and sold the Eiffel Tower. 1. Be a patient listener (it is this, not fast talking, that gets a con-man his coups). 2.

10 commandments for con artists - Boing Boing

Eight Secrets Which Writers Won’t Tell You

Image from Flickr by Lazurite This is not particularly relevant to the post, but I’m getting an awful lot of comments telling me, often a little snarkily, “it’s ‘THAT’ not ‘WHICH’”. The “don’t use which for restrictive clauses” rule comes (as far as I can tell) from Strunk and White. Plenty of authors, including Austen, have used “which” exactly as I use it in the title. It’s very commonly used like this here in England, so I’m guessing my comments are coming from US readers. http://www.aliventures.com/8-writing-secrets/
Get amazing bargains on property, cars, computers ... buy top-quality stolen bikes for £10 at official police auctions ... discover the secrets of government auctions ... fantastic prices on army surplus ... ridiculously low clearance prices from government departments. These claims are plastered over internet adverts. But do these secret stashes of bargain goods really exist? Is there a sort of parallel eBay known only to a select few?

Move over eBay - this is the police | Money

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/jan/28/shopping.saving
NUKEMAP 1. Drag the marker to wherever you'd like to target. Or type in the name of a city: 2. Enter a yield (in kilotons):

NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/