Patrick Jones's Blog, page 31
April 11, 2015
Creating Windows Movies: Spring has Sprung in Missouri 2015
Enjoy our view of Spring in Missouri!
Fairy Garden Friday: The Creek – Haiku
The Creek
A Beautiful Site
Waking Up in the Morning
In the Countryside
Copyright (C) 2015 S. L. Jones
April 10, 2015
Daily Echo – Sue Vincent: When reviews really matter…
Excellent information about book reviews from Author Sue Vincent!!
Originally posted on Daily Echo:
Image source reddit.com
“Bilbo Baggins was a Hobbit who lived in his Hobbit hole and never went for adventures, at last Gandalf the wizard and his Dwarves persuaded him to go. He had a very exiting (sic) time fighting goblins and wargs. At last they get to the lonely mountain; Smaug, the dragon who guards it is killed and after a terrific battle with the goblins he returned home — rich! This book, with the help of maps, does not need any illustrations it is good and should appeal to all children between the ages of 5 and 9.” Rayner Unwin’s review of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
In 1936 a ten year old boy was given a book by his father. This was not just any book, nor just any boy… Rayner Unwin was the son of Sir Stanley Unwin, founder of the publishing firm George Allen…
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April 9, 2015
Twitter Officially Launches Its “Retweet With Comment” Feature
Interesting! I was wondering what it was all about!
Originally posted on TechCrunch:
Twitter just officially launched its “retweet with comment” feature, which it began testing last summer.
“Retweet with comment” allows users to embed a tweet in their own tweets, which lets them get around Twitter’s 140-character limit when they write their own commentary. The feature is now available on Twitter’s site and iPhone app and will be available on its Android app soon.
Say more with revamped quote Tweet! Rolling out on iPhone and web, coming soon to Android. https://t.co/Bcl3E859nepic.twitter.com/fioAPPi0nW
— Twitter (@twitter) April 6, 2015
Twitter previously let users embed quoted tweets by cutting-and-pasting its URL, but “retweet and comment” lets you do that by just pressing a button. The feature’s arrival has been heralded with much (somewhat ironic) rejoicing by Twitter users. Unfortunately, you can’t embed the full retweet and comment, as I just found out to my disconcertment while preparing this post (click on the embedded tweets to see…
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April 8, 2015
Pacific Paratrooper – GP Cox: Fepows (Far Eastern Prisoner of War) WWII
An excellent historical site documenting World War II in the Pacific War era.
F Force enroute to the Burma Railroad, by Otto Kreeft
April 7, 2015
April 6, 2015
Chartres Cathedral, Franc
April 5, 2015
HAPPY EASTER
Happy Easter to one and all!
Have a Blessed Day :)
April 4, 2015
Strawberry Hill: the eccentric house that inspired the Gothic Revival
Originally posted on Flickering Lamps:
Among the smart suburban homes of Twickenham is a very strange house. Gleaming white walls, battlements, Gothic pinnacles and a round tower stand out against more restrained neighbours. Strawberry Hill House, home of the eccentric man of letters Horace Walpole during the second half of the 18th Century, is arguably the birthplace not only of the Gothic revival, but also of the Gothic novel. I visited Strawberry Hill on a very gloomy Saturday afternoon, which didn’t really do the house’s bright white walls justice, but the house had only reopened a few weeks earlier after an extensive restoration and despite the grey weather the house was clean and jewel-bright – and quite possibly one of the oddest homes I’ve ever visited.
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