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Shady Characters

The secret life of punctuation.

  • By Keith Houston
  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly 19 posts per year
  • First post on

Posts per year

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per year
Year starting Posts
2021 4
2022 6
2023 34
2024 6

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Bombs, books and generative AI: a blunt and obvious parable
I know, I know; these days, everyone and their five-legged, three-eyed dog is writing a piece about AI. I can’t promise that this one will be more insightful or educational than any of the others, …
On , by Keith Houston, 71 words
Miscellany № 103: calculators!
Having dispatched punctuation and book news, we’re on to pocket calculators! Incredibly, half a century or more after their appearance, there is still news to be had on the subject. In the introduction to Empire …
On , by Keith Houston, 108 words
Miscellany № 102: books!
In the second of this miniseries of post-deadline catch-ups (the first dealt with punctuation), I’ve collected some links on the subject of books. First is a recent exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library, called “Marks in …
On , by Keith Houston, 87 words