Online catalog
Hi, I've got boxes full of stuff from the 90s and some of it is good and some is crap, but I've finally gotten to cataloguing all that stuff and providing online access to the catalog - I would like to receive any comments and ideas for the search/presentation interface: http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org/archive/ Most of the stuff is visual poetry and mail art and related documents and ephemera. Thanks Cheers, Jukka MENU BANAL http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org PHOTOGRAPHY
get people windshield doors
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Re: the book of space
Wonderful. Noted. ...huge on the side of a building. -Peter Ciccariello http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/ -Original Message- From: phanero [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA Sent: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 05:15:11 -0800 Subject: the book of space bdbdbd, a a a ]]]--+ :s-aid siamese lavinia to androidicuss coriolannus with a hop and a fart, cherish the protean fluidity we have.. the book of space is a living treasure.. http://www.phaneronoemikon.org/images/collages/livingtreasure.jpg
Re: Online catalog
This looks like a great collection - the only suggestion i would have for the catalog is to rearrange it alphabetically by name in some way. It would be easier to browse that way. I'm wondering id there's more or if this is just a start on what you have. It's wonderful that you are cataloging it - extremely valuable to do that. thank you! John At 03:07 AM 2/6/2006, you wrote: Hi, I've got boxes full of stuff from the 90s and some of it is good and some is crap, but I've finally gotten to cataloguing all that stuff and providing online access to the catalog - I would like to receive any comments and ideas for the search/presentation interface: http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org/archive/ Most of the stuff is visual poetry and mail art and related documents and ephemera. Thanks Cheers, Jukka MENU BANAL http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org PHOTOGRAPHY __ Dr. John M. Bennett Curator, Avant Writing Collection Rare Books Manuscripts Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Av Mall Columbus, OH 43210 USA (614) 292-3029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.johnmbennett.net ___
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Spread phone
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Nates dog
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26/365, Tommy
Tommy taught me two things: nothing's so important it can't wait five minutes, and a ton can be done in five unpanicked minutes; and, read through a new recipe once forwards, once backwards, once more forwards, then throw it away. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
Re: the book of space
heh.. maybe a pic of an endangered local flower or animal would be better.. we have this interesting rock rodent up here that i've actually seen and its so pretty, and incredibly fast it looks like a mouse with rabbit ears sort of, or something like that. i just liked this old strange adventures cover. i'm trying to go back and pick up a few of those. i usually only go to the comic book store about once a year, and i always get the old dc comics w/ mystery or something like that in the title.. sci-fi or spooky, the last time i also got a House of Secrets and a Haunted.. The House of Secrets is a 12c issue with the character Eclipso who is Hero and Villain in One Man.. This issue has The negative eclipso.. There's also Prince Ra-Man: Mind Master who is projecting a giant maroon hand to block what can only be described as a molten blue electric airplane fish with metal mouth tentacles.. these comics are the choicest The Haunted issue is Beware, Here comes Shutan! Which has this incredible gothic fountain set high on the top of a castle, and a kind of, well, what to call him, a demonic gentlemen kind of a dark elf but wearing like a fedora and a flowing black rain coat with a big leather belt, brown trousers and knee high leather boots and a big burly cane with a steel knob which he brandishes ruthlessly. he's coming down a staircase to a giant stone devil head with water pouring from its lips... heheh its a Charlton comic .. from the 20c period I liked this one especially because of the Charles Stross novel i read a few months ago where alien collective consciousnesses trades in uploaded minds as currency/drugs which i like because of a dream i had as a teenager of a similiar thing involving using people as cards or some such they were in these stiff suits and rolled in cartwheels into a vaporization tank.. I think the aliens were huffing human smoke like taking a bowl. can't remember exactly. anyway, i like to try and remember old dreams from many years ago. my 'insane' cat has come into my room. i havent even seen her in weeks. poor thing is so crazy.. cant get close to her.. thanks for looking at the ugly thing! i think when i put the sem circuit on there it kind of overdid it, some stuff got covered up that i wanted.. i always screw something up.. you can still barely see the hypotenuse pharoah with his mentula stuck into space.. what's that old adage space exploration is sexual exploration... Is that a surrealist thing? Did I dream that? which kind of makes me think of tom thumb's nights: http://www.phaneronoemikon.org/images/tombthumbknight.jpg Thanks, Peter.. - Original Message - From: Peter Ciccariello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 6:09 AM Subject: Re: the book of space Wonderful. Noted. ...huge on the side of a building. -Peter Ciccariello http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/ -Original Message- From: phanero [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA Sent: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 05:15:11 -0800 Subject: the book of space bdbdbd, a a a ]]]--+ :s-aid siamese lavinia to androidicuss coriolannus with a hop and a fart, cherish the protean fluidity we have.. the book of space is a living treasure.. http://www.phaneronoemikon.org/images/collages/livingtreasure.jpg
Re: Online catalog
Hi John - Thanks for looking at it and commenting... Well it's just sort of a beginning, a couple of nights cataloguing, I have no idea how much there is in total. I never counted even the boxes... It's such a mess because I've attempted to organize the thing at least twice along the years, trying different systems and then given up some reason or other. About browsing - I would like to get comments about the usability of the interface, the data itself is stored in a text database and it is possible to present it in a variety of different list formats. I'll create a browse list for author names next. I haven't even thought about scanning stuff yet, but I'm going to provide low resolution images of at least some of the pieces. Thanks, Jukka On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, John M. Bennett wrote: This looks like a great collection - the only suggestion i would have for the catalog is to rearrange it alphabetically by name in some way. It would be easier to browse that way. I'm wondering id there's more or if this is just a start on what you have. It's wonderful that you are cataloging it - extremely valuable to do that. thank you! John At 03:07 AM 2/6/2006, you wrote: Hi, I've got boxes full of stuff from the 90s and some of it is good and some is crap, but I've finally gotten to cataloguing all that stuff and providing online access to the catalog - I would like to receive any comments and ideas for the search/presentation interface: http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org/archive/ Most of the stuff is visual poetry and mail art and related documents and ephemera. Thanks Cheers, Jukka MENU BANAL http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org PHOTOGRAPHY __ Dr. John M. Bennett Curator, Avant Writing Collection Rare Books Manuscripts Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Av Mall Columbus, OH 43210 USA (614) 292-3029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.johnmbennett.net ___ MENU BANAL http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org PHOTOGRAPHY
Re: Online catalog
It sounds to me like you are doing exactly the right things - excellent, John At 11:43 AM 2/6/2006, you wrote: Hi John - Thanks for looking at it and commenting... Well it's just sort of a beginning, a couple of nights cataloguing, I have no idea how much there is in total. I never counted even the boxes... It's such a mess because I've attempted to organize the thing at least twice along the years, trying different systems and then given up some reason or other. About browsing - I would like to get comments about the usability of the interface, the data itself is stored in a text database and it is possible to present it in a variety of different list formats. I'll create a browse list for author names next. I haven't even thought about scanning stuff yet, but I'm going to provide low resolution images of at least some of the pieces. Thanks, Jukka On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, John M. Bennett wrote: This looks like a great collection - the only suggestion i would have for the catalog is to rearrange it alphabetically by name in some way. It would be easier to browse that way. I'm wondering id there's more or if this is just a start on what you have. It's wonderful that you are cataloging it - extremely valuable to do that. thank you! John At 03:07 AM 2/6/2006, you wrote: Hi, I've got boxes full of stuff from the 90s and some of it is good and some is crap, but I've finally gotten to cataloguing all that stuff and providing online access to the catalog - I would like to receive any comments and ideas for the search/presentation interface: http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org/archive/ Most of the stuff is visual poetry and mail art and related documents and ephemera. Thanks Cheers, Jukka MENU BANAL http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org PHOTOGRAPHY __ Dr. John M. Bennett Curator, Avant Writing Collection Rare Books Manuscripts Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Av Mall Columbus, OH 43210 USA (614) 292-3029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.johnmbennett.net ___ MENU BANAL http://jlehmus.sdf-eu.org PHOTOGRAPHY __ Dr. John M. Bennett Curator, Avant Writing Collection Rare Books Manuscripts Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Av Mall Columbus, OH 43210 USA (614) 292-3029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.johnmbennett.net ___
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Physics News Update 764
PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Physics News Number 764 February 6, 2006 by Phillip F. Schewe, Ben Stein, and Davide Castelvecchi A SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACE, devised by scientists at UCLA, greatly reduces the friction felt by a fluid as it moves across the surface. It does this by inducing a blanket of air to lodge between nano-posts built onto the surface; the air keeps the fluid from coming into contact with the solid surface (see figure at http://www.aip.org/png/2006/247.htm ). This arrangement is a sort of upside-down hydrofoil, the marine design in which the friction between ship and liquid is lessened by minimizing the contact area, and this in turn is accomplished by keeping the larger part of the hull above the water on pylons. The UCLA scheme is also a bit like an air-hockey game, in which a quasi-frictional effect is achieved by having pucks float across a table pierced by holes feeding forced air under the puck. In the new work, a forest of posts one micron in height are etched across the substrate surface. The posts will thereafter trap air which in turn permits fluid flow above with greatly reduced friction. Such a scheme has been tried before, but the UCLA researchers have the sharpest posts and the highest yet density of posts so far. This is important for certain areas for fluid research and for prospective microfluidic applications; the fluid levitation is maintained even when the fluid is pressurized. Applications are also likely at the macroscopic level. For example, submarines and torpedoes coated with the slippery nanoengineered material would glide through the sea under much less propulsion. How effective is this approach? It's difficult to specify a single drag-reduction amount since so many factors are at play: the surface area, the liquid speed, the viscosity, the fluid pressure, the gap width of the channel, and so on. For instance, a 90% drag reduction can be achieved for a channel gap of 10 microns; a 55% reduction for a 100 micron gap; and a 11% reduction for a 1-mm gap. Therefore, a figure of merit often used by the researchers is the slip length, which is roughly the extrapolated distance beneath a solid surface at which a no-slip boundary condition would hold true (again, see the figure). A large slip length is good; and the UCLA team has observed the largest slip values yet seen, even under pressurized conditions. (Choi et al., Physical Review Letters, upcoming article; contact Chang-Hwan Choi, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) LOOKING FOR BLACK HOLES IN THE ATMOSPHERE is one of the prominent missions for the newly built Pierre Auger Observatory. Black holes can arise from the collapse of heavy stars but might also, according to theoretical particle physics, be produced when cosmic ray particles (especially neutrinos) with multi-TeV energies pass very close to a particle within our atmosphere. The ensuing air shower of secondary particles would be sensed on the ground in Auger's huge array of detectors, which began their work in 2003 (see figure at www.aip.org/png ). A new analysis of this hypothetical black hole production process, however, questions whether many such mini-black-hole events would occur. According to Dejan Stokovic (Case Western Reserve University) and his colleagues, the same process that encourages black hole creation in cosmic-ray neutrino scattering events at the TeV energy level (rather than at the impossibly inaccessible 10^19-GeV level, referred to as the Planck energy) also should hasten the decay of protons to an extent not seen in experiments designed to look for them. Therefore, Stokovic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) argues, the robust stability of the proton militates against an expected mini-black-hole production of several hundred events over the Auger Observatory's active period from 2003 to 2008. This doesn't necessarily mean that no black hole events would seen, but probably not as many as were once anticipated. (Stojkovic et al., Physical Review Letters, 3 February 2006) *** PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE is a digest of physics news items arising from physics meetings, physics journals, newspapers and magazines, and other news sources. It is provided free of charge as a way of broadly disseminating information about physics and physicists. For that reason, you are free to post it, if you like, where others can read it, providing only that you credit AIP. Physics News Update appears approximately once a week. AUTO-SUBSCRIPTION OR DELETION: By using the expression subscribe physnews in your e-mail message, you will have automatically added the address from which your message was sent to the distribution list for Physics News Update. If you use the signoff physnews expression in your e-mail message, the address in your message header will be deleted from the distribution list. Please send your message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leave the Subject: line blank.)
Re: Writers Forum
Lawrence Long time no hear about you best Lucio BROn 2/5/06, Lawrence Upton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Writers Forum Workshop met on Saturday 4th February 2006 at Camden PeoplesTheatre. There was a very wide range of material including live improvision.A number of publications were launched by Writers Forum. Chris Funkhouser; Lambda_MOO Sessions_£3.00 + £1.50Nicholas Johnson; Hassell;£5.00 + £2.00Alaric Sumner; Conversation in colour£3.50 + £1.50Alaric Sumner; The Inherence of Instability 2 £3.00 + £0.70Lawrence Upton; Easy Kill£5.00 + £2.00Lawrence Upton; Sculptural Calligraphy 1£4.00 + £1.00Nico Vassilakis; The Amputation of L Mendax£3.00 + £0.70(Prices are for UK. Ask for elsewhere. Sterling payments only until we can get through the thick skull of PayPal to open the account again)Later, we moved on to the local public house...The next meeting will be on Saturday 25th February 2006Assemble from 3.30 pm to 4 for a meeting from 4 - 6(PLEASE try to be there by 4) at Camden Peoples Theatre cnr Drummond Street and HampsteadRoad, tube Warren StreetWe can cope with more participantsAmong publications available will be a reissue of _Hassell_ by Nicholas Johnson, _Easy kill_ by Lawrence Upton and _The Inherence of instability3/4_ by Alaric SumnerLater still are coming are reprint and later still a new title of DougJones; 2 from Martin Gubbins; 2 from mIEKAL aND; 2 reprints of Alan Sondheim and a new title from himand moreSee you all on 25th February 2006
in their house nobody
in their house nobody loves anybody everybody 's sick with something no one cares and everyone fears no one loves him/her and this is true no one does because in their house everyone awaitsthe time when someone elsewill die that each might be alone and rich and powerful thus irresistible although no one is likely to be anything because in their house nobody loves anybody everybody has moved on their minds have long ago erased their hearts are never coming backsheila e. murphy
Google Makes The Best Poetry
Google Makes The Best Poetry Someone should study me now, Google hacks are fun. They screw up every single word I put in here, just about. They're good at sorting documents for relevance when it comes. This is to make the poem seem very simple - it has a nursery ... Most poetry isn't out to prove a point; rather, most good poetry attempts a Warning Poem - Good Judgment About Warning Poem. I give to you my favorite poem: The More Loving fences make good neighbors. Courtney loaned me a book the other day: (And not just for poetry. All good things are sticky on the web.) Once, in 1994, searching for common words made results less fun, however following these words 12 Chicago Vowel Movers made her a good writer. I hate a LOT of Dickinson's poetry, some good keywords. start searching. Make sure you do more than one search. Different searches will give you different sites. this opens the virtual door to ambiguity, love poetry web sites, very good, serious sites with beautiful love poetry, ranging from classic to - This makes me feel today is Valentine's Day! Probably not a very good idea in the first place combining Google Poem with cut-up.cgi - you've got Gysin smiling. Catch a Poet makes writing far more rewarding for me. They've convinced me that understanding and appreciating good poetry can't help but make all writers writers. These Old Poems: Rehabilitating The Worst In Poetry! A poem is one in which the form of the verse and the joining of its Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be Oh no wait, make it Osama butt pancake lube explosives yay! 23 Brad Sucks - Google Suggests Poetry! Over at this article, the author says that you can actually make up poetry from using the Google Suggest feature. One of his examples are: back in the saddle! It's tremendously important that great poetry be written, it makes no jot of difference No good poetry is ever written in a manner twenty years old, 26 Eclectic Refrigerator: Jazz, Poetry, Politics, Anything Googletry. A couple of other poets and myself have a pretty good burrito. Google would make money through the program, of course, but that alone does not prevent the company from all sides of the spectrum, you know. But he does make one very good statement: How to Write Bad Poetry - Plus, topics for persuasive writing about limitless expressions, right? So in that sense, make your lines a great read, make your brain work on complex stuff, In essence it's not a very good idea in the first place to combine a Google artist, make something, a poem, a word, a painting. Anyone interested in learning to write good poetry should experiment with different forms, like haikus and sonnets, etc. But first - you Poets potentially make good marketers because we read poems and ads in almost identical ways! Good Morning Thinkers! Authors benefit when they are paid for their work, not when Google makes money. How to Read a Poem - a good poem is like reaching a mountain summit - Here are a few steps you can take to make the climb a bit easier. Writing poetry is a skill, and people improve when they allow themselves to make mistakes and learn from them. A poet who writes a good poem every time will make canes, an old pine in a fine spot, Therefore, good erotic poetry - Poor spelling aside, there are elements of a good poem there, an ocean - good poetry about wool fills me. We're happy if everyone realized, all at once, that hating most of the poetry you read doesn't mean you don't like poetry; it just means the current situation with poetry makes less sense. I was trying to work with good material from not so good poems and old poems and I didn't see anything good about death. The struggle, the journey, that makes poetry live and stick in our craw - a couple of other poets and myself have suicide poems in them. (say though, he could have done better than google that last line.) PS I had to read this poem more than once to have it make sense. I have always had my own ideas on what makes a good poem. PS PS I still feel a need to say that I have found lots of good poetry in the name of all that is good and holy! (Hm. That will make a few people smile and my love weep.) _
Re: in their house nobody
I really ike this one Sheila. I like the odd fibrillation of it, The distorted synchronism. Is that me, or is it there? -Peter Ciccariello ARTIST'S BLOG - http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/ -Original Message- From: Sheila Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA Sent: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:15:34 -0800 Subject: in their house nobody in their house nobody loves anybody everybody 's sick with something no one cares and everyone fears no one loves him/her and this is true no one does because in their house everyone awaits the time when someone else will die that each might be alone and rich and powerful thus irresistible although no one is likely to be anything because in their house nobody loves anybody everybody has moved on their minds have long ago erased their hearts are never coming back sheila e. murphy
Re: in their house nobody
Thanks very much, Peter. I did intend what you are picking up, and I'm glad it emerged that way for you. I appreciate your reading and responding! SheilaPeter Ciccariello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really ike this one Sheila.I like the odd fibrillation of it,The distorted synchronism.Is that me, or is it there?-Peter CiccarielloARTIST'S BLOG - http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/-Original Message-From: Sheila Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CASent: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:15:34 -0800Subject: in their house nobodyin their house nobodyloves anybody everybody's sick with somethingno one cares andeveryone fears no oneloves him/her and thisis true no one doesbecause in their house everyoneawaits the time whensomeone else will diethat each might bealone and rich andpowerful thus irresistible althoughno one is likelyto be anything becausein their house nobody lovesanybody everybody has movedon their minds havelong ago erased theirhearts are never comingbacksheila e. murphy
Poem as neural network
The Inner Landscape of Poetry. http://www.cgi7.com/peterimages/neural.htm -Peter Ciccariello http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/
Re: Poem as neural network
wow - beautiful, Peter.Peter Ciccariello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Inner Landscape of Poetry.http://www.cgi7.com/peterimages/neural.htm-Peter Ciccariellohttp://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/
requiem
Her smile worked all through her. Her presence just in front of me accounted for the likelihood of future daylight. Otherwise I hurt with my surroundings. Shame might have dissolved because of her commitment to the things one talks about en route to and from school, a center that included stage left and conjugation. I was never really sixteen. Her picture in the top left of the newspaper beautifully written now is vibrant. She is wearing glasses and her smile reminds me I am older now than she was when she drove us up the snow-filled hill. The poem of mine I knew she liked besides the one about my father when he died was one that started 'a woman wants to be a daughter all her life.' I grew up thinking honesty would be impossible to take unless one could agree with all authority. Her children said things. Each one in her family used words. I knew only formulas that had no harmo! ny. I listened to her children's voices find a level I could only imitate. Once her husband a true genius turned to me and marveled over something that she had just done: synthesize the first act for a man who'd missed a plane and had entered right at intermission. I am fondest of people who exude convictionthat their partners transcend anybody's wildest luck. Sheila e. murphy
