How Are Tablets Doing In Penmanship?

How Are Tablets Doing In Penmanship? Ran across a brief piece at TIME asking "Is It The End for Handwriting? Are Tablets Doing In Penmanship?" (http://techland.time.com/2013/04/16/is-it-the-end-for-handwriting-are-tablets-doing-penmanship-in/) The premise is that handwriting and penmanship are being forgotten in the digital age, and certainly that is irrefutable at this stage. But how are tablets to blame for that? Tablets are the one form factor on which you can reasonably practice your handwriting (as I am doing right here). You want to blame something, blame the keyboard. Be they two-handed desk keyboards or small on-screen thumb boards, these are the devices killing penmanship. Sure, tablets have keyboards too, but at least they offer reasonable means of practicing your handwriting. Whether you do is entirely your choice.
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Another year logged in my 50-year fish boycott

Another year logged in my 50-year fish boycott It may look like this photo of me eating tater tots with chopsticks has nothing to do with anything, but it shows me enjoying brunch at a sushi joint in DC called Sticky Rice (http://www.stickyricedc.com/) where I enjoyed some vegan dishes to celebrate another year in my 50-year fish boycott (http://sumocat.blogspot.com/search/label/fish%20boycott). Yum!
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Spills Some Ink

Arnold Schwarzenegger Spills Some Ink So what earth-shaking event has pulled me back to ink blogging after all these months (causing me to reveal how sloppy my handwriting has gotten)? Nothing that important, just the biggest endorsement of digital inking yet. Former California governor and current global superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger hosted an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/16mq0g/iamarnold_ask_me_anything/) and replied to several questions with responses handwritten on an iPad. Think about that. This man could have posted his answers on any format he wanted. He chose the one this blog was built on. That's pretty cool.
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I'm a Farmer!

I'm a Farmer! Okay, I'm ready to publicly announce that I've made the leap from infrequent gardener to substandard farmer with a rapidly growing crop of corn. This is the result of a little experiment (http://sumocat.blogspot.com/2012/06/back-to-garden-plot.html) that I'm now able to share. Following part of the "Three Sisters" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_%28agriculture%29) principle of farming, we planted beans along with the corn, providing the corn with much needed nitrogen and securing the stalks to stakes. Seems to be working so far, but I won't know for sure until I taste some kernels.
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This thought will ruin "Prometheus" for you

This thought will ruin "Prometheus" for you Just came back from watching Prometheus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_%28film%29). Some retread action movie conventions aside, it was excellently conceived and executed. Easily 90% of what some believe are plot holes really aren't. Attentive viewers will recognize they're simply questions to be answered later (or answer them themselves from context). My gift of pattern recognition helped me enjoy the movie immensely... and then it ruined it. SPOILER ALERT!!! If you click this link it may ruin the movie for you. (http://www.markandtanya.us/scribbles/PrometheusisAlienvsPredator.html)
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