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Review : Digerati style

Fans of Wired and its electronic sister Hotwired might like to peruse their
style bible, Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age
(Hardwired, $17.95, ISBN 1 888869 01 1). Edited by Constance Hale, you鈥檒l
either hate it鈥斺漧oathsome, should be nailed to the desk with a pencil鈥,
said one colleague鈥攐r, if you are a fan of 鈥淲ay New Journalism鈥, that
celebration of subjectivity made popular by Tom Wolfe鈥檚 The Electric Kool-Aid
Acid Test, you鈥檒l love it. Now you can quote an authority for using the word
鈥渁nalog鈥 as a more powerful putdown than 鈥渁nachronistic鈥. And here you鈥檒l find
the elusive cancelbot, Michael Hart鈥檚 Gutenberg Project, and how to pronounce
鈥渁lt.鈥 and 鈥渨arez鈥.

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