Tag Archives: Cultural
Textual web apps
Another couple of “Web 2.0″ apps which may turn out to be of some use: Chris Locke, in his capacity as Chief Blogging Officer, points to LibraryThing, where we are offered the opportunity to catalogue our books, and to network … more…
Modern Alchemy: Tincture of Winchester
I am partial to smoky flavours — smoked cheese, smoked fish, smoked tea, all that good stuff — so the Tincture of Winchester candle, apparently named after the rifle and giving forth, according to this here online brochure, an aroma … more…
Absquatulations
No sooner than I welcome absquatulate into my vocabulary (see previous post), I find Plep linking — amongst a great many other things in a fabulously rich and varied catch-up post — to a photo essay on life in a … more…
Brian Eno lecturing
Brian Eno lecture, 3rd November, Liverpool Hope University. Part of the Liverpool Biennial. The lecture link is branded under the BBC’s Listen Again concept, which makes material available for seven days after broadcast. I’m listening to this nine days on, … more…
The Guild of Book Workers’ 100th Anniversary Exhibition
Timothy Ely, Coil, 2005 Drum leaf binding with black leather spine; pastepaper endleaves; text in ink on paper. This unique manuscript was drawn between New York City, Colorado Springs, and Colfax, and tracks the labs, events, and cycles of Nikola … more…
Anticipating fireworks
Sorry to be so lame, but I’ve spent the day re-tooling the template and style sheet – not massively different on the surface, but a shade lighter underneath. Anyway, I’ve let the day go by without even considering posting some … more…
Shock and Awww…
Doc Searls revisits a story I noticed on BoingBoing a while ago, regarding the aftermath of a controversional photography exhibition in LA recently, pointing to a story on the LA Times site (which may well have scrolled off into SubscriberWorld, … more…
Blaine
I wandered down to Tower Bridge a couple of lunchtimes ago, and milled with the throng beneath Blaine’s box for a while, munching thoughtfully on my sandwiches. Blaine rolled onto his side. People waved. Blaine waved. What’s he doing in … more…
Ballet, already: A Christmas Carol
I should tell you that I went to the ballet last night. I didn’t know this was going to happen; I had this vague idea that I was going to be taken to see a ballet sometime around xmas, but … more…