A Blander Blog

Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous Sucking | 43 Folders
…as I struggle to absorb the insane physics of capturing light with some glass and a black box, I accept upfront that the improvements to my actual photos will be slow, incremental, and, largely undetectable to anybody but me…
A must read post.

[Read more →]

Peter Sagal - Blog » Blog Archive » David Foster Wallace
…towering above everyone else…his sheer brilliance, his curiosity, his unbounded appetite for observation and thought and analysis…
Also see Gawker, which includes a 2005 Wallace quote regarding suicide, and the NY Times obit. Both via John Gruber’s Daring Fireball.
While I was, admittedly, not [...]

[Read more →]

Robert Giroux, Publisher, Dies at 94 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
Mr. Giroux made his mark on the inside, as editor in chief, shaping the house’s book list and establishing himself as the gold standard of literary taste. The publisher Charles Scribner Jr., in his memoir, “In the Company of Writers” (1991), wrote, “Giroux is [...]

[Read more →]

Trip Inside This House: 10 Questions
What if “The Hokey Pokey” really *is* what it’s all about?
Ten questions for the incomparable Kris Thompson posed by the indefatigable Valis Hertel.

[Read more →]

Abigail Washburn tour diary - Regina to China and Somewhere in the Middle :: Dear Diary :: Paste
When I first came to China I was overwhelmed, and I wasn’t even sure I liked it. As a westerner it struck me as a caucaphonous, treacherous, malodorous mayhem…

[Read more →]

I Love Typography: The Rather Difficult Font Game: The Hall of Fame
Rather difficult indeed. I scored a 23 out of 34 on the first run through. Exactly average. Sounds about right.

[Read more →]

Danny Hellman has realeased volume one of his TYPHON compilation. Purchase information is here and a description, with samples, here.

[Read more →]

Slack-a-gogo
AotM alum Dale’s blog presence has content out the wazoo (check out the long and varied list of links) including, though not limited to, images of his sketchbooks. I didn’t know he had cartooning in his veins, but am glad to have found out as he’s got lots of splendid doodles. He even [...]

[Read more →]

ellen_datlow: Thomas M. Disch RIP
I’ve just found out that Tom Disch committed suicide in his apartment on July 4th. He was found by a friend who lives a few blocks away…
Posted using ShareThis
Disch’s Wiki entry.

[Read more →]