The Cartoonist

Saturday, November 23, 2002

Mr Sherlock Holmes still resides at No 221b Baker Street. 48 out of the 60 stories by Conan Doyle are online as PDF or Palm DOC files (or both), many of the old Strand Magazine illustrations by Sidney Paget, sound files and links. Game's afoot...! 11:33:27 PM     |

I wish I could retire with 58... Furones to replace Conrad at Leo Burnett. thestar.com.my Nov 23 2002 11:11AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] 6:20:24 PM     |

Here's another cartoon with The RatSwine... 4:46:19 PM     |

Found a nice James Joyce Image Gallery on the web. Via the James Joyce Portal, one of the most comprehensive websites about Joyce and his work. 12:54:12 PM     |

Friday, November 22, 2002

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This is getting worse... View an ad and get something free at some Web sites. Reuters Nov 22 2002 2:16PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] 9:26:16 PM     |

Lots of Bruno Bozetto (my hero!) links at ::: koewi.log :::: "Im Laufe der Jahre hatte ich schon den Namen vergessen, genauer: einfach nicht mehr dran gedacht. Bruno Bozzetto." Great stuff, Robert! 7:47:19 PM     |

More fishy stuff...Controversy over 'new life' experiment. Education: An American experiment to create new life forms could take place in the UK without public debate, a biotech watchdog warns. [Guardian Unlimited] 7:38:29 PM     |

Something fishy going on? Adverstudies: pharma ad agencies producing medical "research". Scary-as-hell story about advertising agencies who specialize in pharmaceuticals getting involved in "research," commissioning studies in support of their clients' dope and pushing editorial boards of scientific journals to adopt their conclusions. Via [Boing Boing Blog] 7:33:02 PM     |

Strange. I always thought the people in Apple's 'Switch' campaign were real people who have 'switched'. But in the interview Feiss also reveals how she landed the Apple advertisement by accident. She's a friend of Hamilton Morris, the son of documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, who directed the ads. The pair went to watch some ads being filming in Los Angeles one day and there happened to be a couple of open spots. Both she and Hamilton were filmed, and their spots were chosen for the campaign. Does that mean she just read a text from a piece of paper? Something out of the keyboard of an ad copywriter? She never 'switched' in reality? And neither Hamilton? In that case it could have some legal implications for Apple... Switch stoner speaks. Ellen Feiss, the Switch ad stoner poster girl has broken her long silence and given an interview to a college paper. Link (viciously slashdotted site, here's a vanilla text mirror) 4:50:35 PM     |

Looking at some of my really old books, I came to realise quite a few of them are due for repair. The netbib weblog found a Simple Book Repair Manual on the web. 4:16:15 PM     |

Just another weird idea I had this morning: The RatSwine! 2:19:02 PM     |

Mrs Peel, we're needed... A huge The Avengers site can be found here: http://theavengers.tv/forever/welcome.htm The website features complete episode guides, images, links, whatever you want. 12:06:33 PM     |

Have I already mentioned the fab XML tutorial? XML Tutorial In our XML tutorial you will learn what XML is, and the difference between XML and HTML. You will also learn how to start using XML in your applications. 8:51:41 AM     |

Very interesting article on OS X: MacFixIt - Comments on Jaguar by anonymous Tenon Engineer: "Mac OS X, Apple's new operating system based on BSD Unix, offers Macintosh users greater flexibility, stability, and multitasking ability than previous versions of Mac OS. Although it has many strengths, Apple still has more to do in a number of areas relevant both to a Unix and server environment. " 8:48:56 AM     |

The Mookse and The Gripes, the last illustration out of eleven: And there were left now an only elmtree and but a stone. 8:13:47 AM     |

Nobody has ever said you are allowed to actually dance in a pub... £5,000 fine for dancing [This is London: London News] 8:02:08 AM     |

Thursday, November 21, 2002

Oh, that's really good to know. No longer sleepness nights, tossing and turning in bed while thinking of asteroids. New study lowers odds of asteroid impact. A powerful impact like the one nearly a century ago in Siberia may take place... [spacetoday.net] 4:13:14 PM     |

The couple on the left are La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, and they were photographed by my friend Jutta Brandt, who finally has her own website packed with photos - concerts, portraits, landscapes... 9:42:15 AM     |

This is indeed a bit surreal: Mars attracts. Mark Oliver on a maverick society intent on reaching the red planet. [Guardian Unlimited] 9:28:17 AM     |

Wednesday, November 20, 2002

Another interesting german weblog is this one: http://www.industrial-technology-and-witchcraft.de/ PCs, Macs, OS X and computer related stuff in general. 1:03:17 PM     |

Fantastic! And very funny. Reimund, you will like this. In german. ::: koewi.log :::: "Blickwinkel Stadt. Schuhladen. Über der Tür das Logo als Wortbild. Pumps. Meine Frau geht drinnen auf Jagd, ich stehe gelangweilt draußen und nehme einen Schuh aus dem Regal. " 12:40:27 PM     |

The car that never was. A probably very expensive portfolio about Andre Franquin's Turbot Traction 1. Pure art. Wonderful. 11:54:02 AM     |

Very funny animation: http://www.markfiore.com/animation/catchem.html 10:08:12 AM     |

The 'Payphone Project' contains thousands of payphone numbers, with photos, stories, and links related to pay phones and phone booths throughout the world. Via Linkfilter. 9:56:14 AM     |

Alien Autopsy? 'Illegal' public autopsy to go ahead. A German professor has vowed to carry out a public autopsy on Wednesday despite a government warning it is illegal. [BBC News | Front Page] 9:35:49 AM     |

Tuesday, November 19, 2002

BTW: That website's great! Lots of photos and 360degree panoramas of London - worth a visit! London photos - photographs of London street scenes, architecture, stations and more! 9:20:25 PM     |

Decadent Berlin! We always knew about that. But you can find similar stuff in Old Compton Street. It doesn't look like it, I admit, but then in London we're not that decadent! Hrmpf. Photo by Gabi. Via Der Schockwellenreiter 8:45:57 PM     |

This is cute: Apple I replicas, built to order. Nice story on a guy who's building replica Apple I PCs, duplicating the machines that The Steve and The Woz built in their garage. The I's will be built to order, but unless Apple licenses out its Apple I ROMs, it won't be functional. Via [Boing Boing Blog] But who wants Apple I replicas? Mhm...I still have a Dragon 32 somewhere in the loft... 5:22:19 PM     |

Andy's chest. If God showed up tomorrow and said Do you want to be President? No. Do you want to be in politics? No. Do you want to be a lawyer? No. What do you want? I want to be a rythm guitar player. It's Lou Reed and his official website is here: Sister Ray Enterprises, while one of the best sites about him can be found here: The Wild Side of Lou Reed, maintained by Olivier Landemaine, who also runs The Velvet Underground Web Page. And there's always The Andy Warhol Foundation. Photo reference: Andy Warhol, artist, New York City, August 20, 1969 Richard Avedon (American, b. 1923) Gelatin silver print; 154.3 x 123.8 cm (60 3/4 x 48 3/4 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York © Richard Avedon 5:09:11 PM     |

I'll leave that to Armin. He's much better at commenting on those things than I am. Guardian Unlimited: Some tips on DIY protection against terrorism Better safe. Barely a day goes by without some new warning about an imminent terrorist attack. But what exactly can we do to protect ourselves? Should we be looking for a bunker? Where do you buy a gas mask? And is it safe to breathe on the tube? 2:00:59 PM     |

Changes. This page is getting longer and longer and it takes quite a while to load. So I've changed the 'days per page' from 7 days to 4 days. Meaning: If you want to read items older than 4 days, you have to navigate through the calendar in the top right corner. And I'm still having the flu. So don't expect any new cartoons before next week. Probably tomorrow I'll scan in the last Finnegans Wake illustration and maybe something from my sketchbooks. Right at the moment I'm freezing, although the heating's turned on. 1:50:12 PM     |

How to find a blog: Diary-like Web sites can be funny, brilliant or just plain dull: There's something for everyone Lots of tips from The Wall Street Journal. Via Der Schockwellenreiter 8:55:16 AM     |

Monday, November 18, 2002

The German Standards - Deutsche Standards are now online at http://www.deutsche-standards.de/out/marken_des_jahrhunderts/ A nice compilation with pictures of famous german brands and background information about the companies (in german). The author, Jörg Kriechbaum, used to be a copywriter at GGK Düsseldorf. 6:06:27 PM     |

Awesome Raymond Loewy drawings of the Studebaker 'Avanti' automobile. Via BoingBoing 5:23:25 PM     |

Nice one! victorian book arts. A recent Metafilter entry and subsequent comments bring us some excellent links to examples of Victorian bookbinding, printed materials, including... [Typographica] 5:12:57 PM     |

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Maps, maps and even more maps: Map, maps, maps: All about "The World of Maps - Die Welt der Karten": "Maps, spacial data and GIS on the Internet - and how to find them. Links to catalogues of map holdings, map collections and map archives,map curatorship and map history, map institutions, map events and many others ...." 9:20:18 AM     |

And another item about pure greed: GlaxoSmithKline boss on £7m says it's not enough. Business: Demand will test shareholders' new right to block big pay awards. [Guardian Unlimited] 9:02:32 AM     |

Sunday, November 17, 2002

Because there was another Edgar Wallace flick on German telly just now, here's a link for all the fans: http://www.latarnia.com/krimi And the Edgar Wallace Society is here: http://www.edgarwallace.org/ 5:19:06 PM     |

Speed back to normal. Pipex was suffering from another Denial of Service attack. 5:10:59 PM     |

Pipex or BT have screwed up again. My dsl connection is slower than dial up at present. Time to read a book. See you tomorrow. 2:05:32 PM     |

Now this is absolutely fantastic. Create your own face, or, better, the suspect's face. Great. Flash alert, but it wouldn't work without Flash. Via Koewi.log. 12:27:25 AM     |

We don't need any terrorists. We can do it all ourselves: Extinguisher causes club chaos [This is London: London News] 12:10:21 AM     |