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All solitary dreamers know that they hear differently when they close their eyes.-Gaston Bachelard
Happy Froggie-Princess Day, everyone!
It's Halloween, which means we're out asking the neighbors for candy. this image is from last year, when Sophie couldn't decide between being a frog and a fairie princess.Labels: halloween, holiday, kids
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10.29.2007
Is it printing, or is it calligraphy?
Back before the Age of Robots, this would be a silly question. But here we have a robot that has been programmed to transcribe the entire Martin Luther Bible using its bone-crushing robot arm and teensy-weensy little calligraphy pen.
Is this an exercise in historic irony?
First: man transcribes Bible with real hands.
Second: man invents printing, making hand transcription obsolete.
Third: man invents robot that transcribes Bible.
oh, I almost forgot the last list item:
Fourth: robot overlords demand re-writing of Bible to include robot Adam and Eve.
So, is this "printing"? Well, no, as "printing" describes a process specific to the transfer of ink (or other marking material) from one medium (the printing plate or blanket) to another (paper/plastic/metal robot casings). But is it "transcription"? Well, yes. But strictly programmed, with some of the precision of printing (no spelling errors, exact brush/pen strokes, accurate and consistent leading, etc.). I imagine there is some variation in the typographic forms as the nib of the pen wears out, and so on.
In any case: let me be the first to welcome our new robot priest overlords. Please sacrifice the others before me.
image above courtesy of Marc WathieuLabels: robots printing calligraphy
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10.11.2007
Diana: Not just for Lovers
The classic Diana camera is back, and they're taking pre-orders for it now. Move over Holga!Labels: cameras, photography
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10.10.2007
Artist of the Week: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
In a rush to empty my monthly eMusic account credits before they turn back into pumpkins, or magic beans, or whatever, I noticed that Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings have issued a new album. 100 Days, 100 Nights is, if it's even possible, better than my other favorite voyage into Detroit and Stax Soul-land, Naturally.
Jones sounds even more confident, and comfortable, on this album. Not to take anything away from the brilliance of Naturally, but 100 Days, 100 Nights knocks me out.
Possibly my favorite cut is the last one, Answer Me, a gospel number which shows us that Jones isn't just a pretender--she's the real deal. Anyone who loves soul simply must have a healthy helping of Jones and her Dap-Kings, pronto.
P.S. How about that album cover art, too, eh?
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10.09.2007
#9 with a bullet
I just wanted to mention that Alana's, Margie's and my book on Participatory Action Research is currently listed as the ninth best selling research book on amazon.com. So for all three university researchers who have bought this book, I thank you ;)Labels: alana, book, margie, PAR
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Word? Oh, yeah, I remember that program...
I was perusing MacIntouch this evening, catching up on the day's Mac-related news, and noticed that Microsoft had released yet another security patch for Microsoft Office for Mac. I almost clicked on the link, ready to update my copy of office. And then it hit me:
I don't have Office on my computer. Not any more.
I recently had a hard drive meltdown, and it gave me the opportunity to cull the herd of programs on my computer down to a slim 60 (sounds like a lot, but it's better than the 80 that were on there pre-crash). And I realized that Apple had this nifty suite of Office-like programs out there, and why not give it a try? Well, there might be a lot of reasons, actually. First off, it's sorta new, although it's in v.2 and has a couple of years of public use out in front of it, and people say it's pretty stable. Secondly, I was worried that my clients would get all up in my face about having to save their content files in some sort of esoteric export type. Fortunately, this is not the case: Pages, iWork's Word substitute, opens and works with Word files pretty seamlessly, and you can export into older and newer versions of Word docs from Pages, too. Same thing goes for Numbers/Excel (I haven't tried Keynote vs. PowerPoint, but I can't imagine it would be incompatible.)
So now I have iWork, and don't have to download patch after patch of macro security fixes. The nice thing about how Apple has integrated macros into their system is that, well, it's a system-level action, and so any security issues are addressed as system patches, not as an application patch. And since AppleScript has been around for a gazillion years, it's easy for us to use, modify, and turn off if we don't want it.
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10.05.2007
Great design and great food take the same stuff to make
I am a closet foodie. And I love the metaphor of a good designer being like a good chef (take all the ingredients you are given, and make something amazing from them). This all by way of saying I'm not going off on too much of a tangent here when I announce that I am also blogging over at MadeUpFood.com, fellow designer Heather Gardner-Madras's blog about how to make great food with whatever you may have on hand. My first post is on a food item dear to my heart: the Chocolate Burrito. Check it out. And more, importantly, make one, and tell me it isn't the best breakfast food you've ever had!
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