glassy medium
In his book of essays, The Same Ax, Twice, on the nature and intents and results of historical restoration, Howard Mansfield also describes the endless bric-a-brac of televised conversation.
“The answers don’t matter. The questions don’t matter. The subject is only a pretext. The flow is all that matters. TV is about itself .it will eat anything it must to survive – no item of trivia is too small, no sorrow too vast, not to be swallowed entire.”
hypnerotomachia poliphili
Octavo’s editions of digital rare books now range across rare book libraries and famous imprints each imaged from a unique original.
accessories, not replacements
James Beaven in American Libraries (August) contends that ETDs (electronic theses and dissertations) cannot assume the role of preservation format, but must be considered as accessory
reading modes for archival copies on paper copy and microfilm. We can always discard the archival copies when digital preservation mastering is developed. This is “a much better outcome than staring at a thesis in a DVD box without the capability to play it.”
live journals
Seth Morabito at
Open Book has kindly posted images from FotB with his own perceptive commentary. This link has resulted in an immense traffic from the live journal and random image community.
Live journal is currently posting at a rate of Current 14516 per hour, 242 per minute. Random image sites are scrolling kaleidoscopes of strange views.