Mental Floss
In the summer of 2008, I worked as an “intern” of sorts for Mental Floss, providing weekly content and doing various behind-the-scenes things. It was a great experience, and it’s given me a great portfolio for possible freelance writing opportunities in the future. Here’s a listing of articles that appear on their site, as well as a few articles that, for whatever reason, didn’t get published there.
Published Articles
- 5 Roadside Attractions Worth a Stop [features interactive Google Map]
- The Quick 10: 10 Great Colleges that Finished Second
- 10 Other Amazing Buildings by 2008’s Olympic Architects
- The Quick 10: 10 Incidents (Other Than Boycotts) That Shook the Olympics
- Annotated Cinema: The Prequel! [test run of multi-intern project]
- 4 Ways to Unleash the Power of Your Wiimote Controller
- 5 Bizarre Brand Extensions We Completely Endorse!
- 5 Reasons 1980 Wasn’t the Best Year for Movie Musicals
- Lunchtime Quiz: Who Played (Doctor) Who?
- The Mental_Floss Summer Reading List [contributor]
- A Field Guide to Literary References in Monty Python’s Flying Circus
- The World Ends Today: 7 Modern Doomsday Predictions that Didn’t Pan Out
- All Singing! All Dancing! All Failures! 4 Variety Shows that Failed to Find an Audience
Unpublished Articles
Similar Names, Different Disciplines: Explaining the Difference Between Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Software Engineering
Annotated Cinema: The Breakfast Club [collaborative project between all three interns]