Fame at last

Its all true. Especially the bit about the Dundee Cake.

Amateur Digital Edition Du Jour

The Secret Museum of Mankind

Published in 1935, the Secret Museum is a mystery book. It has no author or credits, no copyright, no date, no page numbers, no index. Published by "Manhattan House" and sold by "Metro Publications", both of New York, its "Five Volumes in One" was pure hype: it had never been released in any other form.

Advertised as "World's Greatest Collection of Strange & Secret Photographs" and marketed mainly to overheated adolescents (see the 1942 Keen ad, left), it consists of nothing but photos and captions with no further exposition.

Good example of the type of quirky digital edition only a keen amateur would put together. And what a strange imperialistic text....

Reading Online

.... and this passed me by when it came out. Excellent overview by Charles Arthur of the Guardian on why reading stuff on screen is difficult.

Underwhelmed by "e-lit"?

Interesting discussion going on over at the Guardian blog, regarding whether

the brave new world of digital literature has been largely anti-climatic.

Worth checking out the comments.

Internet Checks

We all have our set of "essential" websites we have to check first thing in the morning. Depending what mood I'm in, I'll have a sneaky peek at fffound, or http://www.booooooom.com/, (or etsy, if I'm in the mood for shopping), to see what the "creatives" are up to these days. I was particularly taken by this work by Nicolas Burrows. Sums up how I've started the day for the past 15? years...

quote of the day

... from the film "You, Me, and Everyone We Know"

Housewares Saleswoman: I think everything's gonna be computerized in twenty years.
Sylvie: Soup won't be computerized.
Housewares Saleswoman: Why not?
Sylvie (exasperated): It's a liquid!

Fun with advertising

The new advert for the Nintendo Wii on youtube is genius. Keep watching...