Day: 1 April 2005
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Lunch And Screenplays
I had lunch today at the cafe with Paul, Claire, Andy R, Sian, Bryn, Ruth, JTA, Liz, Hayley, and Jon, for the first public scrutiny of the script for The Film. As Production Coordinator (and Assistant Director), I'll be keeping Paul and The Cast from killing one another. Or, at least, keep the former from …
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Ceefax On Scatmania
Do you remember Ceefax, that wonderful service from the BBC that seemed so cool until you discovered the internet? Well I do. And so does a Dutch consultant who set up a system, on the web, for searching Ceefax pages.
Well; in any case; I thought that his site was fun (in a nostalgic kind-of way) … -
Aarne-Thompson Folktale Classification System
Would you know it: there's an "opposite number" to the Dewey Decimal System (introduction to the system [PDF]) - which for the most part of a centurey has been used to categorise books according to their topic and content - for categorising folk tales: the Aarne-Thompson Classification System.
It's horrendously difficult to find information on it …