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“The Cuisinart® Classic Style 2-Slice Electronic Toaster, with its handsome chrome finish, evokes the memories of a bygone era but has all the technology of the 90’s.”
—http://www.cuisinart.com/catalog/product.php?product_id=62&item_id=105&cat_id=14
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I want to be one of the artists of the cathedral that rises on the plain. I want to occupy myself by carving out of stone the head of a dragon, an angel or a demon, or perhaps a saint; it doesn’t matter; I will find the same joy in any case. Whether I am a believer or an unbeliever, Christian or pagan, I work with all the world to build a cathedral because I am artist and artisan, and because I have learned to draw faces, limbs, and bodies out of stone. I will never worry about the judgment of posterity or of my contemporaries; my name is carved nowhere and will disappear with me. But a little part of myself will survive in the anonymous and triumphant totality. A dragon or a demon, or perhaps a saint, it doesn’t matter!
—Ingmar Bergman
Check out these (mostly) awesome covers for the books from Millipede Press, which “is “dedicated to bringing the finest in horror and crime fiction back into print.”
I’m wrapping up David Goodis’ Nightfall right now, but intend to read the pictured book shortly. Huggable Maine native Stephen King says: “Trying to imagine what might have happened if Raymond Chandler had written The Exorcist is as close as I can come.”
Most of the books have worthwhile extras (short stories, introductions, etc.) too.
The sister company, Centipede, seems to do limited run fancy books and has a $1500 edition of Modcult-approved BoTNS on the way.
(↝via viridian list)
Didn’t the viridians go out of business after the market was flooded with cheap, chinese knock-offs?
AVC: The whole idea seems the opposite of cynical, though you’re often pegged as cynical.
ZG: I’m not cynical when it comes to things that are important. I’m cynical about pop culture and all that horseshit. I’m more at peace on that farm. I love it. I have no idea what I’m doing at all, but it’s just fun… There’s just something inside me that wants to cultivate land.
way to use the quote feature i added for you.
“This site shows a particular Ship of the Day. The site will concentrate on ships entering the Port of Rotterdam on that same day. Archives are available with many more characteristics and pictures.”
(↝via telstar)
Hanging in the halls of the computer museum, they had these awesome photos by a guy called Mark Richards.
I wonder if he’ll let me use the ‘Dead Start Program’ one as an album cover. Can’t link cause of this flash business.
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“So the first answer to Why Now? is simply “Because it’s time.” I can’t tell you why it took as long for weblogs to happen as it did, except to say it had absolutely nothing to do with technology. We had every bit of technology we needed to do weblogs the day Mosaic launched the first forms-capable browser. Every single piece of it was right there. Instead, we got Geocities. Why did we get Geocities and not weblogs? We didn’t know what we were doing.”
—Shirk-master
SAGE operator’s terminal. The light pen, which was shaped similar to a handheld power drill or gun, is resting on the console. The terminal’s desk contains a built-in ash tray just left of the light pen.
(↝via Computer Museum, Mr. Jimbo Wales’ Wonderful Electric Brain)
Forget Delivery, Dinner Out Here Means Cooking
For Mr. Vail and his neighbors, “cooking” must often include a working knowledge of gardening, canning, charcuterie (every couple of years, he turns a whole moose into sausage, liver pâté and jerky), brewing and electrical engineering.
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