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Things we find interesting. Items including (but not limited to) Temecula, the Yantis family, literature, technology, science, computers, the Internet, horses, and teaching. Items will be added to this weblog as we find them. With luck and time there will be new things to read about every day, so check back with us frequently. Posts not currently on the main page are available in the archive. Established December 6, 1999
Friday, May 12, 2000
zapspot Do you like Solitaire? Admit it, you do. And what about Tetris? You’ve killed a few moments playing that, haven’t you? Now, how would you like to get a free life-long supply of games, which are as fun, simple and quick as Solitaire and Tetris?
Wordperhect
Wordperhect is the first in a series of major new commissions from artists for the ch2 space.
As word processing software becomes ever more advanced, with the ability to correct syntax and spelling errors, these familiar programmes begin to impose a standardised corporate language onto our writing - subtly altering its meaning. Working with the programmer Jon Pollard, Takahashi has produced a new and fully functioning online version of these platforms which undermines this dehumanising process. Reclaiming the initiative back from the software, Word Perhect presents an idiosyncratic hand drawn interface leading to a set of functioning but strangely altered tools.
Forest Fire Lookout Association Home Page The Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA), founded in 1990, is an organization involved in research of former forest fire lookout sites, ground cabins and early forest fire detection methods. Anecdotes of Lookout operators both past and present are documented. The organization encourages efforts of public groups and others in the restoration of forest fire lookouts.
The Mozart Projec t New this month: reviews of two easy-to-use guides to Mozart's music. They are A Listener's Guide to Mozart's Music and The Mozart Starter. Both are brief and personal, a perfect way to introduce yourself (or a friend) to the music of this composer. Upcoming: reviews of Robert Gutman's long-awaited Mozart: A Cultural Biography, just published, and Ruth Halliwell's The Mozart Family, out last year.
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