Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

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Website Found: LitDrift (A Nifty Literature Site)

I actually heard about this site through the University of Florida’s English Graduates listserv, but recently the folks at LitDrift contacted me regarding posting something about them, and so here I am. I became a follower of LitDrift the second I saw the site, for several reasons. First, it’s a site about literature, and generally […]

Website Found: A History of Communications

It’s not every day that you find a chronology of every major communications advancement in human history. But that’s what this website is all about, or at least this page anyway. What is it?A History of Communications is the pet project of Nathan Shedroff, who apparently has not only a lot of time on his […]

Website Found: Secret and Complex Literatures

I had at one point been mulling around in my head an idea for a young adult fantasy/science fiction novel centered around the Voynich Manuscript, a mysterious collection of pages written in an unknown and undecipherable language accompanied by bizarre illustrations. Presumably it’s one of those incredibly clever creations that we’ll likely never understand, since […]

Website Found: Blade Runner Insight

I’m a Philip K. Dick fan, to say the least, and while I don’t consider Blade Runner to be an entertaining film, I think as far as aesthetic value is concerned, it is top notch. Blade Runner Insight is a website I stumbled onto a while ago and I’ve been meaning to put it up […]

Website Found: Anthem, the Musical

The wonderful thing about randomly surfing the interwebs is that sometimes you find something so cool it’s hard to believe it exists. Case in point is this website for Anthem, the Musical. What is it?You know that book by Ayn Rand called Anthem? Well, apparently somebody thought it would be a good idea to turn […]

Website Found: Forbidden Library

I figure since it’s a new year and there are bound to be a whole slue of new book bannings and burnings across the country, this would be a most fitting website! What is it?The Forbidden Library is a website featuring only books that have been banned at one time or another, with short commentary […]