Cultivate the Word Nerd

Couple of links I've had sloshing around in my brain juices for a while...

*Pause to let mental image seep in*

(Eww)

At any rate, the first is Wordle. Paste text or a URL and all of the words from either will be arranged in a colorful, customizable arrangement. I made a Twitter background out of mine. Check it out.

Second is something ESPECIALLY awesome. Literature Map is a site where you enter an author's name and authors that are similar will pop up in a virtual web that you can click on and find other authors. Similar to the Visuwords dictionary.

Yay for cultivating the inner Word Nerd.