In this edition of too-hot-and-muggy-to-resume of Quipsologies, the following:
Michigan J. Frog, age 49, has croaked.
On the strategy of @ and * in avoiding gender.
“Are we not yet adult enough as a culture to acknowledge that the arts are not for everyone, and that bad art is worse than no art at all; and that good or bad, art’s exclusive function is to entertain, not to improve or nourish or console, simply entertain. And in this, Moby Dick or Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” are not different than the movie Cat in the Hat or Britney Spears wiggling her behind on stage; the former being more complexly entertaining and satisfying, but only for those who can appreciate the difference, and they are the minority.”
— August Kleinzahler on Garrison Keillor [via NYTimes]
Mr. Sam Potts writes about the geekiest item of last week:
“I am assuming these are all thermography, but what’s up with Kirk only getting one color while Spock and Kang get two? Must’ve been because they blew the budget spot-glossing the Federation’s annual report that year.” [Via the clusterlink highway: Kottke; from Boing Boing; from Christophe in Spain]
After the Civil War, Timothy O’Sullivan made a photographic survey of the American West for the U.S. government — important images in the history of photography. In 1977, Mark Klett, Ellen Manchester, JoAnn Verburg and a team of others “rephotographed” O’Sullivan’s work in a project known as Second View; locating the sites of the original images and marking their passage in time. Recently Klett, writer Rebecca Solnit and photographer/designer Byron Wolfe have re-rephotographed some O’Sullivan sites (along with Eadweard Muybridge, Ansel Adams, Carleton Watkins and Edward Weston locations) for a Third View. Selections from this series are currently on exhibit at the University of California’s Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Theater Gallery). Yosemite In Time runs August 10-December 23, 2005.
Currently displayed at three different locations in Prague:
Czech Photography of the 20th Century
Paula Scher’s Make It Bigger has been released in paperback with a burst on the cover proclaiming it “NOW EVEN CHEAPER” [capital emphasis appears on book].
Expect the usage of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to drop even further. The latest chatter suggests that version 7 will not meet the compliance standards set in a test known as Acid2. Although the browser does not meet these standards at present, Microsoft officials feel they will in due time. [Techworld]
The driver who cares about corporate identity will love the Rolls-Royce 100 EX Centenary. The RR logo on the wheels has a device built in to keep the mark readable at all times instead of spinning into a blur like most.
One of the few web sites devoted to Saul Bass’ work: Not Coming focuses on his film titles. [Via Kottke.org]
If you care to hear me blather on other web sites that are not Speak Up, feel free to read the following interview by Justin Goodlett. [Via Self-promotion]
The New Yorker to try something new: One advertiser, many pages. The first one to do this will be Target with illustrations by Milton Glaser, Robert Risko, Ruben Toledo and many others.
Armin -
Thanks much for the link and for answering my questions!
On Aug.15.2005 at 09:55 AM