Long Overdue Phligm Phlagm Part 1

[philmophlegm]

I haven’t done a Phligm Phlagm post since April. (Sorry, I’ve been really busy…) We have some catching up to do. Anyway, I hope you enjoy and / or are informed by these links:

The maths (and beauty) behind a perfect 147. Make sure you watch Ronnie O’Sullivan’s five minutes and 20 seconds 147 - one of the all time greatest accomplishments in any

Comments

[kargicq]

The typographic mistakes article gave me flashbacks to my Ph.D. After I'd submitted my very first draft of my very first research on my very first chapter, my supervisor covered it in red ink and explained all of the typographic and punctuation errors. He told me, in no uncertain terms, that my success as his student depended on the mastery of the distinction between the hyphen, the en-dash, and the em-dash.

That set the tone for the next five years. I passed my viva simply to spite him.

[philmophlegm]

I wonder precisely how many great writers have been obsessed with typography.

My guess: precisely none.

[coth]

That paper about health care systems is very interesting. Very clearly presented and very informative. Well done for that one.

(Others interesting too.)

[ertai]

The Greek god family tree is very nice.