So as you may have noticed, we haven’t had many FunBITS pieces lately. That hasn’t been intentional, it’s just that we’ve been busy with other things. But once I saw the free Ditty for Messenger, I ...

Blame it on something in the water, but a slogan craze seems to be sweeping U.S. cities. From Baltimore to Palm Springs, Calif., more and more towns are trying to craft distinctive catchphrases that ...

You remember I mentioned a while back the writer and teacher Pat Schneider and her book “Writing Alone and With Others”? It describes in detail the Amherst Writers and Artists workshop method, which ...

I’m just going to say this: Ragtime is kind of a silly play. The musical, based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, aims to illustrate the interconnected plights of women, workers, African Americans, ...

Dell introduced a new MP3 player yesterday, but did it to The Sound Of Silence. The Dell DJ Ditty is about the size of a Bic lighter, holds 220 songs (at 64kbps), has an FM tuner and costs $99. Daring ...