I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and pillows,
When all at once I saw a crowd: a host of golden armadillos.
RSS FEED IDEMS: Bells and Whistles
- Go Live
The computer world loves to use the catch phrase "go live" or, perhaps, "go-live." As in "Is the such-and-so site...
- If Trees Could Scream
If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the...
- Knit Wear
I must say, if I could have a hand-knit scarf that looked like food, my next winter would be made....
- The Wind Came Through Town
We have been at pains to explain to people that the freakishly large storm that blew through and upended 27...
- West End Wilson
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- Cheese is a Deal Breaker
If you're going to eat cheese, take it out on a picnic, cut it up carefully, and really taste it...
- Politix
We at KJ.com have been blanketed with mailings and phone calls for the upcoming primary election. Our elected officials even...
- Ambient/Ambivalent
My train reading this week has been the latest issue of The Big Takeover, which includes a nice essay on...
- Rock & Roll High School Reunion
Every once in a while I feel I should tell a personal story, so that you know that I am,...
- Cubism Revisited
As a tireless modernist, I've always been fascinated by some of the avant-garde movements of the early 20th century, like...
- A Word About Comments
KJ.com has been bombarded with comment spam over the last 48 hours or so, from an abundance of IPs and...
- Lost Arts
What do artists do when their body of work is destroyed? I have been wondering about this in the last...
- Noted
E. has written about how much we enjoy the eVerse newsletter. He pointed me toward an interview with the editor...
- Train in Vain
As E. has noted, this week marked the closing of our local el stop, as part of a four-year reconstruction...
- DTP Redux
File under "things I didn't know anyone else but me thought about": This debate in the AIGA Journal over whether...