The Cartoonist

Saturday, October 26, 2002

There's a new picture on my 3D site. A Ghostship... http://homepage.mac.com/ralfzeigermann/3D-Gallery/PhotoAlbum3.html 8:31:28 PM     |

Oh. Siegfried Unseld is dead. Nach langer Krankheit: Siegfried Unseld ist tot - Kultur - SPIEGEL ONLINE: " Siegfried Unseld, einer der bedeutendsten Verleger der Nachkriegszeit, ist tot. Er starb in der Nacht zum Samstag." 3:05:14 PM     |

Where's Captain Kirk? Enough for today. 1:22:10 PM     |

A weblog by an american living in England...funny, he notices exactly the same things I do. http://www.tessandmark.com/blog/ 1:14:17 PM     |

A typography website. In german. http://www.typografie.info/portal/ 12:16:07 PM     |

Interesting blog from Berlin (in english) about Apple, OS X, Berlin and all sorts of other stuff. http://www.spamdude.com/blog/ 12:09:56 PM     |

It's not always Helvetica then: reduce to the max. For about three quarters of a century now, the phrase 'Neue Schweizer Grafik' ('New Swiss Graphic Design') has been more than a denotative combination of words -- it has become a brand name... [xBlog: The visual thinking weblog | XPLANE] 12:03:18 PM     |

Arrgh! UK Doc Marten production gets the boot. Business: Dr Martens says it is closing its British factories and moving production to China with the loss of 1,000 jobs. [Guardian Unlimited] 11:57:20 AM     |

blooger.com being hacked: Blog site back up after hack attack - Tech News - CNET.com 11:52:48 AM     |

Rob - Stranded on the crazy planet - will return early next week. Meanwhile, have fun with the chicken, or cock, or whatever. 11:45:37 AM     |

Thursday, October 24, 2002

A very good Ian Fleming/James Bond Website. And the Ian Fleming Foundation. I like it. http://www.ianfleming.org/index.shtml 10:17:26 PM     |

Perhaps I should give this some thought...oh, the book is online. And another one. Have a look: http://www.saveloomis.org/ 8:39:29 PM     |

Alright then... if I'm being asked so kindly...it's in german, though. And I am not going to translate it. 8:15:56 PM     |

Shields up! Engage. spacetoday.net: ISS radiation shielding not as good as hoped: "ISS radiation shielding not as good as hoped Posted: Thu, Oct 24 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT) Upgraded radiation shielding on the International Space Station is not working as well as expected, New Scientist reported Wednesday." 5:46:58 PM     |

No cartoons before the weekend. Got work to do. Proper work. :-) Good Blog resources are here: http://www.blogroots.com/resources.blog 5:24:01 PM     |

Wednesday, October 23, 2002

A slang dictionary: Useful! Dictionary of English slang and colloquialisms of the UK: "A monster online dictionary of the rich colourful language we call slang... all from a British perspective, with new slang added every month." 4:45:52 PM     |

German encyclopaedia from 1732 (!): Diese Version des Zedler bietet zwei Zugriffsmöglichkeiten: 1. die Navigation in den im Grafikformat digitalisierten Buchseiten (Anm.: Das erste Stichwort ist ca. alle 20 Seiten explizit angezeigt, dann muss innerhalb der Bilder "geblättert" werden) und 2. einen Index mit allen Stichwörter des Zedler. Ein Klick auf das Stichwort führt direkt zur Buchseite (siehe 1.) (Version 1.2 vom 18.06.02). Zedler, Lexikon: Stichwortsuche und Images 3:23:11 PM     |

German dictionary from 1811: Alle vier Bände des Grammatisch-kritischen Wörterbuchs von J.C. Adelung in der Ausgabe von 1811 sind nun als Volltext und Image verfügbar. Adelung, Wörterbuch: Volltext und Images 3:21:05 PM     |

And another one! The Penny Magazine of the Society for the diffusion of Useful Knowledge: "This page represents an effort, begun by Laurie Dickinson and Sarah Wadsworth as part of the graduate seminar English 8330: Illustrated Periodicals (Fall 1995) at the University of Minnesota. Our purpose is to make available electronically some of the key issues of the Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, a popular illustrated weekly of mid-nineteenth century Britain. The publications from the first volume include the full texts of the Preface to that Volume and the text and images from the very first issue of the periodical. The publications from the second volume are of four issues in which the Penny Magazine itself is used as an exemplar to demonstrate the history and technologies of commercial publishing. These four issues are presented in full-page graphical image format and as illustrated annotated texts. In addition, we will be making available bibliographic information and critical essays which pertain to this series." 1:09:56 PM     |

The Penny Magazine is simply fantastic. The german edition (Greno 1985) is long out of print; here is the original and, best of all, it's online. Fabulous. The Penny Magazine, published every Saturday, was aimed at the working class. It was part of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge's program for liberal reform. for its reader, however, it was a source of information on subjects of general interest: everyday things like tea and coffee, well-known places in England, a series on animals and birds of Britain, descriptions of prsent-day manufacturing, even an American alaman and a serial of a personal account of an immigrant's problems. Poetry was published, too, and there are several illustrations in each issue. Penny Magazine Online Home Page 12:42:52 PM     |

Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Now that's what I call art! Ladies and Gentleman, here's Moritz ® Reichelt: studio ® - artist's profile: "Besides painting, making music and designing record covers, Moritz Reichelt does set designs for several films and TV productions. For more than 6 years he is doing illustrations for the German magazine "Tempo" under the pseudonym of Marie-Claire de St. Rocaille." 6:56:57 PM     |

Raumpatrouille Pic of October: Frogs landing on MZ4! 4:57:22 PM     |

Brilliant website/log. Very funny: http://searchrequests.weblogs.com/ 4:14:17 PM     |

No Rob today. But another page from my sketchbooks... 4:07:11 PM     |

No idea what's going to happen there, but at present it's a very nice and clean layout - something you can't say about my pages, because I've no idea how to change the templates... David Stewart's Radio Weblog: "This page is a mess at the moment because I am messing around with the templates and editing the HTML. I wonder if it's a possibility to prevent access to the weblog whilst maintainance is underway?" 3:46:52 PM     |

I wonder what he might be doing these days. Is he still in Hamburg? Scheuer 3:29:52 PM     |

Andre Franquin link number 3: AndrÈ Franquin: "Franquin died on 5th of January 1997. His work will live on..." 2:51:10 PM     |

Andre Franquin link number 2: Franquin est Modeste... 2:44:07 PM     |

Andre Franquin link number 1 (in english, dutch and french): Gaston - Guust: "Official site of Gaston Lagaffe, a great character created by Andre Franquin" 2:41:22 PM     |

YUK! Dribbleglass.com--Ugly Toes Contest: "You asked for it. OK, that's pretty unlikely--but here it is, anyway. The first annual "World's Ugliest Toes Contest." 2:15:25 PM     |

And the song 'I got laid on James Joyce's grave' by the New York band Black 47 is here; free as in 'free beer' (MP3): http://www.black47.com/titl.htm 2:07:10 PM     |

More literature: Work in Progress: A James Joyce Website 2:03:41 PM     |

Spamfighting! BBC: Looking forward to a spam-free future. [Scripting News] 1:32:14 PM     |

Good old Whitby... Independent News: "Dracula's abbey reveals site of Iron Age village Archaeologists digging land adjoining Whitby Abbey have discovered a new and unexpected dimension to the site's colourful past. " 1:18:32 PM     |

Monday, October 21, 2002

Rob. Again! 2:37:41 PM     |

Sunday, October 20, 2002

Some proper literature for you guys. The George Gissing Website: "This site celebrates Gissing's achievement and publishes material on Gissing's life and works. It also acts as a clearing-house for information about Gissing studies." 9:05:16 PM     |

And another London link. Cockney Online: "To be a true Londoner - a Cockney, you have to be born within hearing distance of the bells of St. Mary Le Bow, Cheapside, in the City of London." 5:23:52 PM     |

Another interesting german weblog. The guy apparently likes Raumpatrouille Orion, reason enough to mention him here. Wurchlog: "Anscheinend braucht es nur einen superfreundlichen Comiczeichner und schon verwandle ich mich in einen stotternden Idioten." 2:40:20 PM     |

Rob again... 2:16:16 PM     |