Small, but good: Charley Parker, Bradley Burston, Paul Monday, and Alex Waterhouse-Hayward (again).
Charley Parker · He’s an artist I’ve long admired for the wonderful Argon Zark; and his blog lines and colors is a must-subscribe if you care about pretty pictures. Online art from someone new pretty well every day; not all will appeal to everyone, but a lot appeals to me.
Gaza · Have you noticed that it’s going really, really poorly? Ha’aretz’s excellent Bradley Burston offers Nine immoral solutions for Gaza - a guide.
Data · Paul Monday’s Why one bit matters isn’t actually about technology, it’s about why one person cares about technology. Boring storage technology.
Alex Again · Regular readers know that I’m a fan of Alex Waterhouse-Hayward. I’ve had long-stashed bookmarks for three pieces he wrote one after each other back in January that I keep failing to find a good context for. But they don’t really need it. I recommend these:
These days, when I publish pictures, I sometimes get emails from Alex showing me how I could have photoshopped them better. I smile every time.
Comment feed for ongoing:
From: Other Mark (Mar 07 2008, at 09:03)
RE: Paul Monday’s Why one bit matters
That article really sums up why I have sat in more boring data standards meetings than I could ever count. Someday, it may all make a difference.
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From: Daniel Haran (Mar 07 2008, at 09:21)
Re the Gaza article, this passage struck me as surprising:
"Seven years of rockets. Rockets launched toward civilian populations, schools, a college, rockets that slammed through private homes, children's bedrooms in the blue collar Israeli town of Sderot. More than a thousand rockets a year for seven years, directed at kibbutzim which for decades had supported an end to occupation and the rise of a Palestinian state."
Is this an accurate portrayal, and if so, what's up with that kind of strategy? Are the Hamas leadership completely clueless, or trying to provoke all-out war by alienating the most moderate elements of Israeli society?
Let me disclaim I don't know much about that part of the world; I really can't fathom the justification for using rockets on the people that want to give you a state.
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From: David Smith (Mar 07 2008, at 10:25)
I enjoyed the links to "Asymptotes, Sine Waves, Bell Curves & Beverly D’Angelo" but thought that the "sine wave" connection had to be her Veronica Lake-ish hair...
Must be a generational thing.
Thanks.
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