Monthly Archives: November 2009

Don’t close this browser win­dow until upload is complete.

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Are we ever really finished uploading the celestial orb? Wih the MacAir, the "don't close" message is seemingly non-existent. When I worked in a Microsoft environment, I knew that the order to not close the window meant REALLY do NOT close the browser window... fatal system crashes would occur. *Update: In 2010, this type of message rarely occurs for the every-day web surfer. We have enough RAM to consider completing myriad tasks and objectives. The CPUs of old didn't have enough memory to download a new program or software package while performing other functions. The reason for the warning appears to be one for older CPUs. ... read more

Fluxus Mass Instal­la­tion. Fluxus Energy ensures its completion.

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So is the mass a prayerful object of "happening" historical OR is it a volume, a spatial, reference? And what of this New New Fluxus? It is sublime. It is critical to the on-going idea that is Fluxus. Yes, it may be dead but Fluxus doesn't die anymore than Van Gogh is dead because if you leave your energy behind when you move to the next level, aren't you still here? Fluxus Energy continues to flow even if the blood in our veins is stilled and powder. ... read more

Vin­tage Match­Books size C8 — ISO paper size.

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Do you ISO or do I?

Found out something truly fascinating today when I perused a knowledge lidbit (which is slightly more than a tidbit) concerning what the dimensions of a piece A4 paper is. Come to find out, standard paper sizes are based on a single aspect ratio of the square root of 2 or  [√2 = 1:1.4142] The way to figure out dimensions is to fold an A4 size piece of paper in half, do it again, again, again... ad infinitum. Wikipedia puts the explanation of paper sizing standards thusly: "The main advantage of this system is its scaling: if a sheet with an aspect ratio of √2 is divided into two equal halves parallel to its shortest sides, then the halves will again have an aspect ratio of √2." ... read more

Not like a loser, but the win­ning runner.

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Hard to fathom but the truth is, "yes, I am reading Dante - The Divine Comedy I: Hell because I enjoy it." You can grab your own copy of it by clicking on the link. The reference method used above is suspect and extremely questionable. No one's required The Assemblagist to utilize Turabian or any manual of style since 1993. Point is, you get it, don't you? The particular paperback copy in my possession is translated by Dorothy L. Sayers. It's a Penquin Classic edition which sold for $.95 in 1962. A college text utilized by both my ex-brother-in-law Russell Rogers and my deceased sister, Ann Heinold Cutler. Since Russell can go to hell and my sister is in some pleasant after-space, reading this print of Hell seems entirely appropriate. ... read more