Hack #9: Memorize Numbers with Carroll's Couplets

You can use a rhyming system of mnemonics by Lewis Carroll, author of the immortal "Alice" books and much nonsense poetry, to remember dates, phone numbers, and other numeric data.

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Links

• The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11483
• Handwritten Memoria Technica monograph by Carroll: http://electricpen.org/
• Memoria Technica Japonica: http://users.lk.net/~stepanov/mnemo/takahae.html

Errata

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Hack Author

Ron Hale-Evans

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