Monthly Archives: October 2007

So long, Fup

Posted on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 by David Gorsline

Fup, mascot of Powell’s Books, has passed away.

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Memorable

Posted on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 by David Gorsline

John Dean generally puts his biography subject, President Warren Harding, in the best possible light, but he does quote this assessment by H. L. Mencken of Harding’s speechmaking: It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me … Continue reading →

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On the road

Posted on Monday, 29 October 2007 by David Gorsline

Google Maps’ search features have become more forgiving, so that a state-by-state search for thoroughfares named Gorsline turns up usable results: Gorsline Street, Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York (I’ve visited here once) Gorsline Street, Rochester, New York Gorsline Road, … Continue reading →

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Scrape

Posted on Thursday, 25 October 2007 by David Gorsline

Robert Hass reflects on abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter in the poem “Time and Materials.”

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Summer Garden

Posted on Tuesday, 23 October 2007 by David Gorsline

Naturally, Miss Dawn Astra reciprocates Ambrose Hammer’s love, because all the time she is Julius Smung’s sweet pea, the best she ever gets is a free taxi ride now and then, and Julius seldom speaks of her as an artist. … Continue reading →

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Guys and Dolls update

Posted on Tuesday, 23 October 2007 by David Gorsline

It’s been a busy, busy couple of weeks, but we are comfortably moved into the theater and we’re on a glide path to opening on Friday. Crew are working out the logistics of scene shifting. Here’s hoping all works out … Continue reading →

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Nothing Sacred

Posted on Sunday, 14 October 2007 by David Gorsline

Firebelly Productions takes on George F. Walker’s Nothing Sacred, an adaptation of Ivan Turgenev’s novel from 1862. Walker, Canadian taxi driver turned incendiary playwright, is not one to be pigeonholed, and nothing bespeaks this fact like the current offering, a … Continue reading →

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To from whence it came

Posted on Friday, 12 October 2007 by David Gorsline

Sources are ambiguous about the precise meaning of Hollanderize in Adelaide’s line from “Take Back Your Mink”: So take back your minkTo from whence it cameAnd tell them to Hollanderize itFor some other dame. While most indicate that it is … Continue reading →

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In Walked Bud

Posted on Wednesday, 10 October 2007 by David Gorsline

Happy birthday, Monk. (Thanks to Robot Wisdom for the tip).

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This week’s photographic narcissism

Posted on Monday, 8 October 2007 by David Gorsline

My entry for Lifehacker’s Show Us What’s in Your Pockets gallery: Arranged in the top of the handmade jewelry box that I use to collect it all at the end of the day, here’s what goes in my jeans pockets, … Continue reading →

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Some links: 20

Posted on Friday, 5 October 2007 by David Gorsline

The Washington Post has initiated an editor-moderated catalog of local blogs.

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Best efforts

Posted on Thursday, 4 October 2007 by David Gorsline

Cory Doctorow forms an interesting analogy about dealing with the firehose of internet information flow: There was a time when I could read the whole of Usenet — not just because I was a student looking for an excuse to … Continue reading →

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Lime green

Posted on Thursday, 4 October 2007 by David Gorsline

David Pogue reviews a beta version of the XO, the controversial “$100 laptop” device from One Laptop Per Child. As has been reported elsewhere, to help drive down unit costs, a donate-one-get-one program will be in place for a limited … Continue reading →

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Upgrades: 3

Posted on Tuesday, 2 October 2007 by David Gorsline

After an irritating couple of hours fumbling about with the WordPress documentation, I came up with this fragment to draw the dynamic part of my left sidebar: <!– Begin – Links from the ‘Links Manager’–> <?php $link_cats = get_categories(‘type=link&orderby=ID’); foreach … Continue reading →

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Upgrades: 2

Posted on Tuesday, 2 October 2007 by David Gorsline

Once again WordPress has reworked the category system: WordPress 2.3 introduces our new taxonomy schema. Any plugin that queries against the old table will break horribly. Plugins that use the category API should be fine. This means that this code … Continue reading →

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