Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory: The Complete Story of Willy Wonka, the Golden Ticket, and Roald Dahl's Most Famous Creation by Lucy Mangan. Foreword by Sophie Dahl. Puffin Books, 2014. Looking for a nice way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roald Dahl's classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Inside Charlies's Chocolate Factory provides a in-depth look at the life of this classic. From its publishing history to the history of its illustrators to the movie adaptations to the overall impact the book has had on our culture the book will surely add a sprinkle to Dahl cannon. Who knew that the book was originally published in...
Text-Off
The folks at the app judgement show on the Revision3 network hold a text-off.The rules: Who can type the sentence "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" the fastest on their mobile device.It begins with the first mobile typing device, a typewriter!A few info nuggets:"Words Per Minute" is generally the standard used to measure the speed at which someone types and according to a study quoted by Wikipedia, the "average" typing speed for the average "fast", "moderate", and "slow" typists is 40, 35, and 23 words per minute respectively.Also according to Wikipedia, the average professional typist reaches 50...