I recently had a flick through Glut: mastering information through the ages by Alex Wright and was intrigued by the story of Paul Otlet, who in the 1930s dreamt up an information retrieval system that seems to foreshadow the modern world wide web.
Behind the Typedia logo design
Not only is Typedia a very attractively designed resource site, the owners and designers have very generously shared an insight into the creation of the site logo. A great example of the professional back and forth that can go on with any creative project.
My micro life: 2:44pm, 23 August 2009
I think Orval is my favourite of all the beers that taste like Vegemite and saddle.
My micro life: 2:34pm, 21 August 2009
What sort of dinosaur is Dorothy, exactly?
How did she survive the KT event?
Should she really be flaunting her non-extinctedness?
Christopher Green’s recollections of Clarion South
Australian speculative fiction writer Christopher Green looks back on some notes taken during the Clarion South workshop.
Tiny icon factory
Huge and ever-growing (user-submitted) collection of 13×13 icons.
Rewriting as animated GIF
Elizabeth Bear captures the pain and insanity of writing with an animated GIF showing her edits, rewrites and total redrafts of a single paragraph over an hour. Made me feel both elated and depressed; the first because I could take comfort in shared pain, the second because I realised how much of my life I have expended doing just this.
My micro life: 8:46pm, 15 August 2009
Can’t help feeling that if you’re watching The Bill on a Saturday night, you’re basically saying to the Grim Reaper, “Yep, I’m ready”.
My micro life: 7:43am, 14 August 2009
My daughter just asked me to “run like an emo”. I had already slipped over on my own tears when I realised she meant “emu”.
My micro life: 8:16am, 10 August 2009
It’s just gone 8.00am and I’ve already picked up one piece of human poo with my fingers.
My micro life: 12:06pm, 4 August 2009
Saw a woman at the playground, alone, dressed in black, pushing an empty swing.
My micro life: 9:21am, 30 July 2009
When delivery men bring me parcels I am invariably in my dressing gown. I can’t help feeling bad about that.
Found object: 6:23pm, 29 July 2009
Once the penguins consumed every inch of human flesh aboard the Gratitude, they scavenged the ship for porn.
My micro life: 10:36pm, 28 July 2009
Back from an introduction to first aid. Asked instructor to do session backwards so I’d end up with a licence to kill.
Found object: 6:19pm, 26 July 2009
For “Ready for anything” I think you could safely read “Ready to get knob out in public”.
Found object: 8:47am, 25 July 2009
It’s happened to all of us. “Be careful,” says the lady at the Salvos. “Your antique bargain may be a sink of malignancy.”
(jovike)
Top 10 magical grimoires
Selected by Owen Davies, professor of social history at the University of Herefordshire. Davies has "written extensively about the history of magic, witchcraft and ghosts".
Found object: 8:41am, 24 July 2009
My micro life: 10:01am, 20 July 2009
I feel the presenters on Play School may be overstating somewhat the purview and import of the ‘Hokey-Pokey’
My micro life: 7:57am, 14 July 2009
Dreamt I was asked to play bass for Sonic Youth. They wanted to go in a doom rock direction, and Kim Gordon wanted to go shopping.