I understand we need to be prepared, but we don’t need to have government-produced ads designed to increase the anxiety our children feel about terrorism.
Category: Life & Everything Else
What happens when the wallpaper is obsolete?
Susannah, soon to reemerge with a mission in her capable hands, sent email pointing to this Slate piece about digital editions of art, including wall paper that is digitally printed. I wonder about having the wallpaper, or any electronic edition, becoming obsolete or buggy. Granted, you get the Adobe Illustrator file used to generate the wallpaper print, but a CD deteriorates and Illustrator files eventually don’t open in new versions.
When I think of all the data I’ve lost over the last decade, it seems like we save less of value and a lot more crap.
Does anyone know the relative pixel value of a velvet Elvis print? So, which is worth more, aesthetically and economically, the high-res print or the crappy velvet Elvis?
Angry Americans with Guns
A showdown between deer hunters, one armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a bad attitude, over a hunting platform in a tree led to five deaths. This isn’t a knock on the guns or the gun-owners, it’s an excellent example of how frayed nerves are here in the good old U.S. of A.