Episode 47: 47: Brute Force Attack
- Author
- 5by5
- Published
- Fri 23 Dec 2011
- Episode Link
- https://hypercritical.fireside.fm/47
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk about low-stakes grammar issues, the continuing debate about partisanship in tech writing, more theories about an Apple TV product, the origins and fate of "friendly" programming environments like HyperCard, plus a little about Lego Star Wars and holiday toys for children.
Links for this episode:
- Why Hypercard Had to Die - Loper OS
- Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga - Amazon.com
- 5by5 Illustrated's picture for Hypercritical #45
- Sayre's law - Wikipedia
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Amazon.com
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition - Amazon.com
- The Elements of Style (4th Edition) - Amazon.com
- The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law 2011 - Amazon.com
- iMame for iOS
- Chicago Style Q&A: Possessives and Attributives
- The Elements of Style on possessives
- Apostrophe Catastrophe - Grammar Girl
- Wikipedia Manual of Style debate on possessives
- Arcade emulator iMAME punted out of App Store - TUAW
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