Leaving January 31
Listened to "Countdown to Ecstasy" by Steely Dan at work. Left work around 6ish.
While looking for a podcast related to "The Heptameron or Magical Elements of Peter de Abano" I came upon this curiousity, called "Agrippa (A Book of the Dead)"
Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) is a work of art created by science fiction novelist William Gibson, artist Dennis Ashbaugh and publisher Kevin Begos Jr. in 1992.The work consists of a 300-line semi-autobiographical electronic poem by Gibson, embedded in an artist's book by Ashbaugh. Gibson's text focused on the ethereal, human-owed nature of memories retained over the passage of time (the title referred to a Kodak photo album from which the text's memories are taken). Its principal notoriety arose from the fact that the poem, stored on a 3.5" floppy disk, was programmed to encrypt itself after a single use; similarly, the pages of the artist's book were treated with photosensitive chemicals, effecting the gradual fading of the words and images from the book's first exposure to light.
After geeking out on that for a bit, I found what I was actually looking for, and took a little nap. Then finished the post for February 1st.
Now for "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie".
While looking for a podcast related to "The Heptameron or Magical Elements of Peter de Abano" I came upon this curiousity, called "Agrippa (A Book of the Dead)"
Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) is a work of art created by science fiction novelist William Gibson, artist Dennis Ashbaugh and publisher Kevin Begos Jr. in 1992.The work consists of a 300-line semi-autobiographical electronic poem by Gibson, embedded in an artist's book by Ashbaugh. Gibson's text focused on the ethereal, human-owed nature of memories retained over the passage of time (the title referred to a Kodak photo album from which the text's memories are taken). Its principal notoriety arose from the fact that the poem, stored on a 3.5" floppy disk, was programmed to encrypt itself after a single use; similarly, the pages of the artist's book were treated with photosensitive chemicals, effecting the gradual fading of the words and images from the book's first exposure to light.
After geeking out on that for a bit, I found what I was actually looking for, and took a little nap. Then finished the post for February 1st.
Now for "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie".
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