tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47224211993510399442012-02-16T08:06:14.550-05:00Betty Annnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-2343513994328180732009-09-27T23:41:00.007-04:002010-04-17T21:33:50.114-04:00

I'm done here. I'll leave the blog up but no amount of redesign and rethinking can give it purpose...I'm on to other things. Take a look at Noteworthy and Not or if you are a fan of Bollywood here is a page of photos and songs.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-52186732462202731302009-09-26T17:04:00.011-04:002009-09-26T17:32:23.690-04:00

I like the new art essay by Maira Kalman at the NYT. Apparently these "blog posts" are done by hand and then scanned and put online by someone else. They are like children's books ... you learn something and have feelings about it when you are done reading. This one made me feel like there are people doing good things in the city ... doing their job right so it works for everyone. Wow, and I had

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-23668174568539851822009-09-26T08:27:00.003-04:002011-01-13T21:12:23.173-05:00

{Fox Talbot, Branch of Leaves (Mercurialis) , 1839, photogenic drawing} Leaves take all kinds of strange shapes, as if to invite us to examine them. Star-shaped, heart-shaped, spear-shaped, arrow-shaped, fretted, fringed, cleft, furrowed, serrated, sinuated; in whorls, in tufts, in spires, in wreaths endlessly expressive, deceptive, fantastic, never the same from footstalk to blossom; they

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-77380640065994004652009-09-24T17:30:00.010-04:002009-09-26T17:37:22.701-04:00

Click for larger view.If Jung had been a cartoonist maybe his Red Book would be different.Here is a cartoon by Austin Kleon that I found. I'm going to print it and slip it in the Jung book. I think Jung would have liked that...it can just be my little secret.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-69257882853919626822009-09-24T09:35:00.005-04:002009-09-24T09:42:01.932-04:00

Artic Explorers by Adam Hancher - postercabaret.com click for larger

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-23054672465033188912009-09-23T18:24:00.003-04:002009-09-23T18:36:36.086-04:00

Indian Raga does a lovely job of explaining the raga performance. Simply explained with several music examples by Rashid Khan (sublime). You know you want to understand raga. Now, I just need a pronounciation guide.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-83867363692178879422009-09-20T21:56:00.008-04:002009-09-21T08:37:49.551-04:00

I prefer the word film instead of movie. In my own mind I categorize the cinema that I love as film rather than movie. Movies are the things that have toy tie-ins or have stars like Will Smith or Jennifer Aniston. I just experienced two lovely films:The Grocer's SonA young man is thrown back into the home of his parents. He has dreams, expectations and no voice to express those things. It's a

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-78917654673125366472009-09-20T08:51:00.005-04:002009-09-20T08:55:25.462-04:00

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-58800582443203602782009-09-19T17:51:00.003-04:002009-09-19T23:45:35.519-04:00

When Jim brought the mail in yesterday he sounded strange as he handed me two plain white cardboard envelopes. "You have some rather strange looking mail here," he commented in an odd tone. I glanced at the suspicous items from ...Deviant Art, 1890 Beaver St. Ha, ha, ha...Jim's never been to deviant ART but I have.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-25589234145387919282009-09-18T18:43:00.003-04:002009-09-18T18:47:16.700-04:00

A colleague of mine once hosted a visiting cartoonist from Scandinavia who was on a promotional tour. My colleague, who has a university job, a wife and children, was clearly a little wistful about the tour, imagining Brussels, Paris, and London, meeting new fans and colleagues and being taken out for beers every night. The cartoonist, meanwhile, looked forlornly around at his host’s pleasant row

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-42608203613478413842009-09-18T18:19:00.005-04:002009-09-18T18:26:39.465-04:00

From snarkmarket.com

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-40421946984209656532009-09-16T19:04:00.005-04:002009-09-17T14:00:25.002-04:00

I was at the farm market today selling off some of my books. A passerby stopped and chatted about his work mission -a private enterprise moon launch. You can see Paul in the Meet the Team section - he is the project manager.And, some things never change.As I strolled alone down the sidewalk a young girl who was part of an all under-five group stopped to chat. "Oh, you have to go play the "find

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-44207372890911500672009-09-16T00:52:00.002-04:002009-09-26T08:26:09.708-04:00

{Fox Talbot, Branch of Leaves (Mercurialis) , 1839, photogenic drawing} Leaves take all kinds of strange shapes, as if to invite us to examine them. Star-shaped, heart-shaped, spear-shaped, arrow-shaped, fretted, fringed, cleft, furrowed, serrated, sinuated; in whorls, in tufts, in spires, in wreaths endlessly expressive, deceptive, fantastic, never the same from footstalk to blossom; they seem

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-80852213039231813302009-09-15T14:56:00.016-04:002009-09-16T07:23:17.321-04:00

... night became the mighty womb of revelations - the gods drew back into it - and fell asleep, only to go out in new and more splendid forms over the changed world ... the new world appeared with features never seen before...from a post at at the Art of Memory and WoolgathersomeSeductive but what?...who?...images?Google it. Oh, a book about two artists and a 2-minute filmAnd then YouTube. Ah!

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-61366250101644535702009-09-14T11:10:00.003-04:002010-01-07T00:52:17.944-05:00

We Have No Objective - a very short flash fiction piece.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-67134282337260093932009-09-13T15:21:00.010-04:002009-09-14T07:08:34.204-04:00

In my life with books I have read fairy tales, The Boxcar Children, probably all of Laura Engels Wilder and Nancy Drew and then biographies (stars, writers and Ulysses S. Grant). Then decades of every "how to get beyond the self you think you are" books. I have recently accumulated a pile of books on economics and democratic thinking which I am actually not going to read. I feel these topics are

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-89288881278755245362009-09-12T07:58:00.004-04:002009-09-23T08:52:57.614-04:00

The Heart Under Your Heart Who gives his heart away too easily must have a heart under his heart. —James RichardsonFrom a pairing of picture and poetry at Personism.com. A lovely and accessible poem.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-68615267330377061052009-09-12T06:26:00.000-04:002009-09-12T06:27:15.573-04:00

I would wear these pants.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-62016326555875994532009-09-09T23:27:00.002-04:002009-09-09T23:31:23.648-04:00

A very brief story.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-7917437270075508762009-09-09T22:39:00.001-04:002009-09-09T22:45:19.132-04:00

A beautiful shot via Jen Bekman

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-49043943306254996582009-09-09T12:15:00.024-04:002009-09-09T14:12:03.506-04:00

On a journey not too long ago, I stopped at the Inn of well known author James A. Owen. Gathered 'round the evening fire, I was fascinated by his tales of the Imaginarium Geographica - the fabled atlas that contains maps to "other worlds". I have now been informed that Mr. Owen has embarked on a project. Friday evenings will be devoted to public tales. He is annotating his chronicles...the

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-5336205878075804822009-09-08T22:02:00.007-04:002009-09-08T22:36:26.015-04:00

I found a poemon a page not set.Blue Lagoon,A portrait of Venice in Cyanotypes.One day perhaps.In their own words:The Old School Press prints and publishes new texts in limited editions with specially commissioned illustrations. We use traditional letterpress printing techniques - metal type and fine papers - and our books are hand-bound to our designs.Use the links on the left sidebar - A

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-16279919082005985932009-09-08T16:35:00.001-04:002009-09-08T16:38:18.203-04:00

Not yet "open" but might be fun. Sign up for updates.Founders tumblog.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-47763270216579065042009-09-07T23:56:00.003-04:002009-09-08T09:20:02.782-04:00

I've been thinking about that lately. Here is an interesting post called an "art essay" in the NYT...oh and there is a cupcake. It is well worth looking at...start to finish!via Widening The I

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-86360045969571659162009-09-07T10:17:00.004-04:002009-09-07T10:19:45.481-04:00

via weheartit.com

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-74013936309189672652009-09-06T20:08:00.004-04:002009-09-09T14:13:43.199-04:00

this is what I'll wear.Yes, even the hair!

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-745614225038838892009-09-06T20:06:00.002-04:002009-09-06T20:07:59.615-04:00

The Girl in the Shop

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-61393057755021811082009-09-06T18:05:00.011-04:002009-09-06T18:20:06.868-04:00

The Mysterious Girl in the Library

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-28979889472327112642009-09-06T16:21:00.003-04:002009-09-06T16:22:51.550-04:00

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-75013746745651371732009-09-03T22:12:00.008-04:002009-09-04T12:05:14.993-04:00

While looking at a list of work promoting blogs by illustrator M.S. Corley, I noticed a blog titled Cinnamon Star Corley. Hmmm, what is that doing here? Click.Whoa, what genius...a blog devoted to his dog's life. No, it's not "my dog dressed in hats" or anything like that, but "the life and times " of Cinnamon Star Corley.I think this is a great idea. Dog pictures can overwhelm a lot of good

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-40232062829802233112009-09-01T22:48:00.003-04:002009-09-02T00:12:35.178-04:00

I enjoyed this months Wired article about Craig's List and Craig himself. The obvious otherness of Craig's List and Craig is, well, just fine. However, I do understand the view of "what a mess" because I used to see everything as needing a fix or a trim. It is an interesting read. I gasped reading that Craig's List employs only 30 people.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-35875833857972050392009-09-01T22:19:00.006-04:002009-09-05T11:39:59.900-04:00

Yay!everyday.com is fanatastic, but some people are soooooooo casual about their links. Why are there no warnings issued!Addiction Level = Close to A Journey Round My SkullHowever, it is probably a time saver in the end because everything graphic that I have seen over the last week on other sites is HERE. Lots of links to artist and project sites.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-70296530040824330112009-09-01T21:59:00.002-04:002009-09-04T12:09:16.712-04:00

it would be even more riotously funny than it is.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-52127356246798295132009-09-01T21:36:00.000-04:002009-09-01T21:37:17.121-04:00

Very crafty.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-26619254860856938592009-09-01T20:25:00.001-04:002009-09-01T20:28:13.850-04:00

by Zutto - available on a T-shirt here

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-46988716426940871762009-09-01T20:04:00.005-04:002009-09-05T11:32:56.480-04:00

marumiyan.com via yayeveryday.comAbout Yayeveryday

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-72104278249890786772009-08-29T07:59:00.004-04:002009-08-29T08:10:22.946-04:00

let yourself feel. from Esteban Diácono on Vimeo.In the comments area, Esteban tells how he created this beauty.via Art of the Title (or on Twitter )

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-56458609819478786332009-08-28T22:53:00.003-04:002009-08-29T11:13:55.723-04:00

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-26296570633477731642009-08-27T23:23:00.045-04:002009-08-28T00:06:26.132-04:00

Perhaps we could have lots of pajama pants?

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-47194407433605891712009-08-27T21:48:00.026-04:002009-08-28T18:09:07.957-04:00

Fabric from the 20s. It's called mothballs and sugar cubes.via dotsandlinesarejustfine

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-60884881291531445972009-08-26T20:16:00.000-04:002009-08-26T20:16:43.078-04:00

but this is another excellent design lesson.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-17827876006815603682009-08-24T11:26:00.014-04:002009-08-24T21:09:26.323-04:00

I remember describing the internet as an information superhighway. It seemed like a giant encyclopedia, then an electronic mail system, and a procurement system and then after years of use, I understood Robin's assertion in a post about capitalization:I don’t think there’s a single diffuse natural system that we capitalize: the sky, the ocean, the atmosphere, the planet, and so on. Right?

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-15920033692042031992009-08-24T07:25:00.004-04:002009-08-24T07:33:54.257-04:00

Wandered through a lovely museum this morning. Sometimes meandering through open doors and following the path back.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-54365811287876414962009-08-23T18:08:00.005-04:002009-08-24T20:58:39.821-04:00

you are sitting on your patioand a beautiful RED thing landson one of your plants.No, not my patio...this is Pat's dragonfly.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-1653391060694837482009-08-23T15:53:00.005-04:002009-08-23T16:20:21.988-04:00

If you knew about this and never sent me a link...I smite thee with rock and ice!If not read on. It is an awe inspiring article with a lot to say about art, storytelling and performance. Take the time to read and view. You will be enriched.My thoughts after reading and viewing:Globally we seemingly share with the world horrors, pain, and bondage. Where is the art that is shared by millions?Here

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-66185597921474530102009-08-22T09:00:00.010-04:002009-10-14T22:05:58.969-04:00

From here. Via hereUpdate: info on clip here.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-77522225430917633032009-08-21T15:00:00.003-04:002009-08-26T10:13:38.753-04:00

Yes. I could not hang with The Gifting Birds. But, the snippets I read have haunted me. The author, Charles Jones, recalls seeing a 35 year old Dawn Redwood, a progeny of seeds brought from China by Dr. Ralph W. Chaney. Dr. Chaney, an expert on living and fossil redwoods, visited a remote village in China in 1948 to verify the existence of a stand of Metasequoia glyptostroboides believed to have

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-36062830697678794042009-08-21T13:33:00.017-04:002009-08-21T17:42:57.237-04:00

A spectacular PDF presents The Art of the Box Lunch, a project from a critical writing seminar at the University of Pennsylvania. The cast of characters includes a famous chef, the Victus Populia rare "manuscripts", and poet, Tom Delaney. I'm not much on essays but I enjoyed Mrs. Schlorer’s (Pronounced Slorer’s) and the Age of Consumerism by Kristen Beneduce.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-64770817103952093962009-08-21T07:49:00.004-04:002009-08-21T14:21:54.914-04:00

Peeps by Katy Baum at 20x200.There has got to be a word for this act, but I do not know it.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-38408231211001715582009-08-20T20:08:00.005-04:002009-08-20T20:23:51.048-04:00

a happy surprise, originally uploaded by tinytoadstool from dadaya. These are the clothes I would wear. By Nancy

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-50944667546901566272009-08-19T20:09:00.003-04:002009-08-19T20:11:34.833-04:00

From Elle Decor

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-38836902199732106712009-08-19T20:04:00.001-04:002009-08-19T20:04:42.761-04:00

Books.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-11219892952635546482009-08-18T22:13:00.033-04:002009-08-19T00:40:57.297-04:00

Dear Someone - Gillian Welch

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-85402899942412576392009-08-18T21:07:00.003-04:002009-08-19T00:44:45.740-04:00

This nifty idea is from ansanma at Instructables.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-26448702722627508182009-08-18T19:01:00.006-04:002009-08-19T13:57:45.531-04:00

I was reading this article about the Town Hall Meetings and had to look up this word: vituperation.I thought the use of the graphic was terrific. If there had been no accompanying text I understood perfectly.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-61184984877772457082009-08-18T18:40:00.004-04:002009-08-19T00:42:53.349-04:00

Delightful short piece of video with direct reading from The Great American Bubble Machine.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-41407892873272232342009-08-18T18:17:00.013-04:002009-08-19T00:42:26.804-04:00

Freakin' Awesome!Matt Taibbi WinsWall St. Cheat Sheet's Best Reporter AwardThis is a t-shirt worthy pic.via Zero Hedge

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-73789744531934857232009-08-16T22:40:00.002-04:002009-08-19T00:41:42.605-04:00

Yeah, coming in October 09. Look here.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-19578046922574431162009-08-15T00:06:00.007-04:002009-08-19T00:41:22.319-04:00

Nice wall of art work.Madebygirl via Home Sweet Home

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-47874235192697948032009-08-14T22:35:00.003-04:002009-08-14T22:40:03.808-04:00

(Georgia O'Keeffe, Sunrise, 1916.) via pruned

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-13007928391606925242009-08-14T14:00:00.008-04:002009-08-14T22:40:18.887-04:00

I'm pretty sure all the color are IKEA items.Whoa, is that a stainless steel toilet bowl brush on the floor?Sorry, no source.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-40276475082651965052009-08-14T13:50:00.004-04:002009-08-14T22:40:37.904-04:00

I actually said somewhere recently that there is no needto print anything anymore. But wait...I love these horizontal books.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-21648449760525444542009-08-13T21:26:00.020-04:002009-08-14T22:40:58.057-04:00

I've been reading about death panels and politics too long.Now I think this picture is funny. Yoiks!reblogged from here

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-35285582309663905342009-08-13T19:16:00.002-04:002009-08-14T22:43:44.302-04:00

Austin Kleon shows us How to Draw Faces via the iPhone and minimal equipment. Enjoy!

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-87958634363846857562009-08-12T15:31:00.003-04:002009-08-14T22:41:30.411-04:00

This is great...and well organized...and short.Didn’t We Just Have a National Referendum on Obama’s Health Care Plan Last November?

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-84167885430152619242009-08-11T18:42:00.005-04:002009-08-14T22:41:56.189-04:00

I love this camoflage of the monitor. My kind of wall arrangment also.via Unplggd

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-70197876639431266412009-08-11T08:43:00.013-04:002009-08-14T22:42:23.375-04:00

Ezra Klein says:...the reason Taibbi had such an impact with his article was not that he was the first to discover these facts or synthesize this information. He was just the first to present it to people who didn't know they wanted to read thousands of words on Goldman Sachs.Drum roll please:Matt Taibbi is the winner of The Hillman Foundation's July Sidney Award for The Great American Bubble

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-63045505571130532372009-08-11T07:28:00.006-04:002009-08-14T22:42:53.672-04:00

Like Bill Clinton and Eliot Spitzer, the Lego "people" wish some "professional" associations in the past would just be forgotten. Well, I think they could easily clean up their reputation by moving away from the film crowd and continuing their alliance with this group.Update: I would say avoid the gaming crowd as well but this seems harmless enough.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-19668518295659522602009-08-11T01:15:00.008-04:002009-08-11T09:03:18.979-04:00

Awesome! I want this guy on a t-shirt.Judge Takes SEC and Bank of America Lawyersto Woodshed Over Merrill Bonus Settlement...If BofA and Merrill conspired to lie to shareholders about bonuses that had been agreed to when the merger was signed, then why isn’t the SEC trying to figure out who is responsible? “Was it some sort of ghost? Who made the decision not to disclose [the bonuses]?” said

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-23714327344051817112009-08-09T21:47:00.013-04:002009-08-14T22:43:11.920-04:00

Roundup the usual suspects and add cream at thekitchn.com Image: Dana Velden from a photo of a woodcut by Mayumi Oda via AT

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-23902536363981192442009-08-09T13:21:00.007-04:002009-08-10T19:05:59.887-04:00

Comcast's vision of life for you. No, don't go there!You can just occasionally visit my small apartment .

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-85625840793932877202009-08-09T12:29:00.004-04:002009-08-09T18:14:21.558-04:00

A reclaimed rail line that is above the streets. This is so cool and so simple! Inhabitat is my favorite spot to linger on the digital path.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-90549264767840101682009-08-09T11:22:00.011-04:002009-08-09T15:42:48.455-04:00

I have been thinking that I want to go to the Darbar Festival in the UK, Chennai Dance and Music Festival in India, Denmark, Sweden, the Dalmatian Coast , and now to Sweden (well, Ladonia) after seeing this post. This is my kind of crazy, far out shit. It is outside the box but somehow makes sense.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-82437877701064385522009-08-09T10:20:00.004-04:002009-08-09T15:42:04.067-04:00

Here is a vision of the future in a square block, completely self-reliant eco-city. I was frightened when they used the word cidadel in the description. Just read about the compounds vs. pleeblands in a Ms magazine review of Margaret Atwood's book, The Year of the Flood. Compounds are the cidadels of the wealthy while the pleeblands are chaotic and unhealthy lands beyond the compound. But, I

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-82959443307597238772009-08-08T08:13:00.004-04:002009-08-09T09:59:47.311-04:00

Read James Fallows on the Livescribe Pulse pen.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-6683769148111885832009-08-08T00:18:00.004-04:002009-08-08T00:24:42.567-04:00

Eek! There were 500 AT posts in my Google Reader today. I've been too busy watching the moon. It was pretty easy to skim over most of it but this caught my eye. Bookshelves, of course.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-89125884867669708622009-08-07T11:43:00.010-04:002009-08-08T08:18:59.928-04:00

I am bored with my many mass inspired posts and wishing I could "find something else out there." Ah, the idea first and then it appears.Here is Ekleksographiaa... lovely digitally published text work of poems and some book reviews.From their website:Ekleksographia is an exercise in asymmetrical publishing, and is a shoe (or even two!) thrown at the spotlit shrug and yawn.Oh my gosh, the

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-17836224533989160442009-08-07T08:22:00.005-04:002009-08-07T09:24:58.653-04:00

What the hell is this? The joy of theotherworlde!

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-67612682695944091192009-08-07T07:39:00.018-04:002009-08-07T23:11:55.363-04:00

Time to make a pot of coffee and wander out the back door to theold plum grove where I can sit in silence and think drink.A vision gleaned from a book I am reading: Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mile. Perhaps, more on this idea when I have finished the book.Photo from Belgianchocolate on flickr- Some Rights Reserved

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-61897049433018997292009-08-06T20:36:00.009-04:002009-08-07T09:26:48.874-04:00

On August 5, 2009 over at Snarkmarket.com there is a post about the phrase ETAOIN SHRDLU (the most frequently-used letters in English, in order, as lined up on old typesetting machines). Robin opines that Etaoin Shrdlu must be a character. "Yes", says Robin, "Possibly Celtic/Croatian. Possibly a poet. Possibly a spy. Possibly a poet/spy."And, then he tosses out this lighthearted challenge:

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-49193928143215931102009-08-06T18:03:00.007-04:002009-08-07T09:29:27.561-04:00

Well I guess we fucking won't!Just had to post this really smart article suggesting the main stream media can learn something from Matt Taibbi's takedown of Goldman Sachs.And, I am feeling pretty haughty believing I was ahead of the curve on this line of thinking. See evidence here. Ok, so I have inflated myself a little. BFD.CJR article via Snarkmarket ( :

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-65438008772072257062009-08-05T23:40:00.004-04:002009-08-07T09:29:47.303-04:00

Oh and it looks like another F the coffee table too.Throw down a few books, magazines, a coffee cup and a Mac and I think I could live here.via desiretoinspire.net

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-8327435532375508152009-08-05T23:37:00.004-04:002009-08-07T09:30:06.800-04:00

Pretty simple.via dwell.com

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-7743280700269550482009-08-05T10:19:00.005-04:002009-08-07T09:30:22.507-04:00

Its like a tasteful carnival.Sorry- no source credit .

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-82318498247244115152009-08-04T19:37:00.002-04:002009-08-07T09:30:51.340-04:00

Yes, uber-dexterous robot hands! I am so glad they repeated each action in slow motion.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-89150868654364050542009-08-04T18:51:00.004-04:002009-08-07T09:31:09.552-04:00

A bit cutsey on the color scheme but I am quite sure I want to live in a scaled down version of this A-frame...on a mountain of course.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-72403113959444163992009-08-04T15:52:00.002-04:002009-08-07T09:31:27.931-04:00

from Tim O'Reilly

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-78905377089587235972009-08-03T17:59:00.002-04:002009-08-07T09:32:42.546-04:00

Everything I see that is over the top cool is European.Via Unplggd

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-6436835749513092612009-07-29T23:50:00.003-04:002009-08-07T09:33:01.181-04:00

Yoiks...must be another dimension.via visualize us

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-85432872438389674862009-07-28T10:49:00.005-04:002009-08-07T09:36:31.108-04:00

On the death of the healthcare bill:This whole business, it was a litmus test for whether or not we even have a functioning government. Here we had a political majority in congress and a popular president armed with oodles of political capital and backed by the overwhelming sentiment of perhaps 150 million Americans, and this government could not bring itself to offend ten thousand insurance men

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-83500782611090847392009-07-28T10:45:00.002-04:002009-08-07T09:34:22.335-04:00

Is this funny...for dancers?

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-72805121150437219672009-07-21T16:59:00.017-04:002009-08-07T09:34:46.411-04:00

In The Corporate Media State Has Deformed American Culture , Chris Hedges notesStuart Ewen's, attack on the ideology of "objectivity and balance" that has corrupted news, saying that it falsely evokes the scales of justice.Balance and objectivity creates an idea where both sides are balanced,” ... in certain ways it mirrors the two-party system, the notion that if you are going to have a Democrat

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-86769381758058265712009-07-18T15:57:00.022-04:002009-08-07T09:36:09.865-04:00

Several months ago, I took my head out of the home décor blogs when I read these:The Quiet CoupThe Big TakeoverThen, spent many hours (daily) in online reading to get an understanding of the US/global economic meltdown. Remember, I was reading Apartment Therapy and purchasing crafts and art on Etsy. (Ok, I still do but much less!)Fill a few brain cells with these:Financial Crisis for

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-30569670794826964252009-07-18T09:36:00.004-04:002009-08-07T09:36:53.003-04:00

The wonderful online world. Look, I've found a carnatic music film. I have pre-ordered!

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-56009669953645560672009-07-17T23:16:00.001-04:002009-08-07T09:37:24.989-04:00

and this is why.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-14197729865798032852009-07-17T22:42:00.004-04:002009-08-07T09:37:52.039-04:00

This just had me laughing out loud. Here is the info on this fantasy prequel.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-79833688272118987162009-07-17T22:33:00.003-04:002009-08-07T09:38:13.638-04:00

Oh yeah!Tokyo of course.

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-33179133794167580452009-07-17T15:44:00.003-04:002009-07-17T15:47:39.077-04:00

The Interpretation from YouWorkForThem on Vimeo. See full info at Booooooom.com

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-24418907528991707312009-07-17T15:28:00.005-04:002009-08-07T09:38:40.368-04:00

Love this painting.At Booooooom.com

Betty Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722421199351039944.post-5409162226167854722009-07-17T07:26:00.007-04:002009-08-07T09:39:03.965-04:00

Looking back along the chain of ideas that have become our digital world.TwitteriPodInternet

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