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A spell checker poem

Eye halve a spelling checker It came with my pea sea
It plainly marks four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea

Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say
Weather eye is wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh

As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite Its rare lea ever wrong

Eye has run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh My checker tolled me sew

An Owed To The Swell Checker

I have a spelling checker – It came with my PC
It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot sea

Eye ran this poem threw it, Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it’s weigh – My checker tolled me sew.

A checker is a bless sing. It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me awl stiles two reed, And aides me when aye rime.

To rite with care is quite a feet Of witch won should be proud.
And wee mussed dew the best wee can, Sew flaws are knot aloud.

And now bee cause my spelling Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know faults with in my cite; Of non eye am a wear.

Each frays comes posed up on my screen Eye trussed to be a joule.
The checker poured over every word To sum spelling rule.

That’s why aye brake in two averse By righting wants too pleas.
Sow now ewe sea why aye dew prays Such soft wear for pea seas!

Lessons from a Starfish World

I found a very interesting document over at ChangeThis, Lessons from a Starfish World written by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom.

Summary:
Such seemingly dissimilar groups as the Apache Indians, music swapping programs, Wikipedia, Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Queda have one thing in common: they are all starfish. According to Brafman and Beckstrom, each of these resilient groups succeeds because they are absent any hierarchy (head) and conventional organizations (spiders) best watch their backs.

I like this phrase in their text: Size matters. There is power in being small.

Lesson to learn: small and agile organizations can beat the big guys.

Update May 1, 2007.
Jason Alba has posted Book Review: The Starfish and the Spider.

Update April 7, 2008.
I have written a book review at The Starfish and the Spider.

This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.

Turning the pages

Turning the Pages at the British Library is a fascinating service that lets you access some rare books in a new way.
Among the books you will find the Diamond Sutra, Jane Austen’s History of England, the Leonardo Notebook, the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Mercator Atlas of Europe.

This was originally posted at another (now extinct) blog of mine.

Rethinking Poverty

At TED talks is a very interesting speak by Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of Acumen Fund.

Jacqueline Novogratz persuasively argues for a new approach to foreign aid: “The question isn’t ‘how do we fix this?’ The question is ‘How can we help Africans to do this for themselves?’”

Watch more:
Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid
Jacqueline Novogratz: Investing in Africa’s own solutions
Jacqueline Novogratz on an escape from poverty
Jacqueline Novogratz: Tackling poverty with “patient capita

This was originally posted at Forty Plus Two, another blog of mine.

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