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Saturday, May 17, 2003 |
 Saturday. Time to feed the spambots:tkzb@okvgfvw.it, fgzwefnk@nivio.ch, uuav@vfxeeewcxaam.ru, bkszyt@vxqduhug.it, pfnoexwv@ofetkrffiyyczzt.com, sohhql@usjtldozh.tv, jqkccd@gvunhufxcoyajmz.com, novwzmpf@iahyrjqkakqp.ca, pdwj@olbuwb.de, fkdqqheomh@vfsgtouo.st, cig@zbbl.de, hvlnagb@ampe.eu, mburljwo@bzwqyb.de, okkwenfhro@kgzveyppbpceeqbq.fr, gjfuwzdvf@ozijrucjbr.com, kxc@oisfqbujzmvrzal.it, eabhil@jqharvkwtk.pl, kntaklnap@pyhwjypblbvbedscq.pl, ihpaonb@maushvflurbvkofkrvdg.tv, pjkuovbzgg@jzhbduu.st
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Friday, May 16, 2003 |
 Illustration Now! Women and Nature is a wonderful exhibition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Beautiful image galleries."Drawing on library strengths in the Cairns Collection (American women writers 1650-1920) ,history of science, natural history , and the University Archives , this exhibit explores the relationship of women and nature. Themes of the exhibit, which honors the 25th anniversary of the Women?s Studies Program at Madison, include nature writing, scientific illustration, and women's careers and training in the natural sciences." Via das kollektiv.
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 Miniatures in Motion. Arline Smith creates 'Toy Theatres', although the term 'toy' doesn't really fit here."Established in 1998, Arline Smith's "Miniatures in Motion" specializes in the creation of unique automata for the discriminating collector. The miniatures are undertaken on a commissioned basis, with each concept being designed and developed by Arline herself. The finished piece is a one-of-a-kind miniature that would enhance any private or public collection."
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Thursday, May 15, 2003 |
 Repeat #3.Lots of Helvetica there, I'm afraid. Nevertheless beautiful posters, which you can send to friends as e-cards: Swiss Poster History
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 Repeat #2.Harry, go and get the car... I'm kind of busy working on a pitch for the next three days, so I can't promise any new cartoons. Instead a link to an especially peculiar item of German TV-history: Der Kommissar. ("I said so, didn't I?" - "Yes, you said so." - "That's what she said, Herr Kommissar") Fabulous: "Während Robert, Walter und Harry (später Erwin) ihre Schreibtische in einer Linie am Fenster haben, muß Fräulein Rehbein in der Ecke zwischen den Türen ihre Arbeit verrichten; der Kommissar hat einen wohnlichen Raum ganz für sich allein."
11:42:18 AM |
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 Repeat #1.A must-read for any Alien living in England. Most of the book is online at http://f2.org/humour/howalien.html. And the publisher is here: Penguin UK Home Excerpt:
Now I should like to give you a little practical advice on how to build an English town.
You must understand that an English town is a vast conspiracy to mislead foreigners. You have to use century-old little practices and tricks.
1. First of all, never build a street straight. The English love privacy and do not want to see one end of the street from the other end. Make sudden curves in the street and build them S-shaped too; the letters L, T, V, Y, W and O are also becoming increasingly popular. It would be a fine tribute to the Greeks to build a few [phi] and [theta]-shaped streets; it would be an ingenious compliment to the Russians to favour the shape of [reversed-R], and I am sure the Chinese would be more than flattered to see some [chinese-character]-shaped thoroughfares.
2. Never build the houses of the same street in a straight line. The British have always been a freedom-loving race and the "freedom to build a muddle" is one of their most ancient civic rights.
3. Now there are further camouflage possibilities in the numbering of houses. Primitive continental races put even numbers on one side, odd numbers on the other, and you always know that small numbers start from the north or west. In England you have this system, too; but you may start numbering your houses at one end, go up to a certain number on the same side, then continue on the other side, going back in the opposite direction.
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 This is your Bishop Information Minister speaking. Today is official Repeat Day. Because the person known as The Cartoonist is too lazy posting any new stuff, I am going to post old entries from the archives today.And thanks to Kosmonautentraum for the German Propaganda Posters link.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003 |
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Tuesday, May 13, 2003 |
 They've done it again! Bremner Bird and Fortune - their latest show was called Beyond Iraq and a hard place, and it was fab. Transcripts and video clips of the show are due to follow."The Bremner Bird and Fortune team returned with an hour long special on Iraq after the war. So it's over. But is that really the end of the story? Why was Bush so keen to go to war? Why was Tony Blair so keen to back him? Why is it nothing at all whatsoever to do with oil? And after they let him down so badly, will Tony Blair ever trust the electorate again? Rory and the Johns return for an hour long special that explores the events of the past few months and looks ahead at what, and who, is next."
10:51:26 AM |
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 Exterminate! I always wanted to post some proper Dalek links. Here they are:First, there is The Dalek Builders Club, the first website dedicated to building full size Daleks. Blueprints, props, pictures, press cuttings, it's all there. Even a 'Constructing Davros' link. Unbelievable. Then there's The Dalek Data Acquisition Team Website, where you can download accurate Dalek Data as PDF files. The Dalek 3D Resource has 3D models of Daleks for download as well as a gallery of wonderful 3D renderings. Another 3D-Dalek site is the Dalek Extermination Page, with POV-Ray renderings, info etc. Finally, lots of Dalek links are at Dalek Links. Where else. Oh, another one - Dalek toys and models at Comet Minatures.
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Wide Angle. Before there were movies, there was the Panorama. The Bill Douglas Centre runs a nice Panorama Exhibition. Thanks, Robert!"The Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection includes a wide-ranging sample of items relating to one of the nineteenth century's most influential ways of representing the world: the Panorama. The examples listed here illustrate only a few of the various forms of this large-scale medium and the ways in which it permeated cultural life for over a century."
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 Cut and Paste. Haunted Paper Toys are at The Toyshop. Via Linkfilter."Here you'll find a variety of rather unusual paper toys, all free for you to print out and enjoy. The toys include a hearse, coffins (with occupants), headstones, an entire playable board game, a gloomy little haunted house, a rusty old-style robot, and a few other dark delights. So pick out some toys, print out the pattern pages, and with a few common supplies like scissors and glue you're ready to create all these strange little curiosities. I hope you'll enjoy them all."
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Sunday, May 11, 2003 |
 This is your Bishop Information Minister speaking. The person known as The Cartoonist will not be able to follow his duties tomorrow as a so called 'Weblogger' or even 'Blogger'. In fact he's going to be too busy crawling deep into certain other peoples backsides in the futile hope of getting some more freelance work as a designer. He will be back on Tuesday. Maybe.If you ask me: They should throw this unholy impostor into the deepest dungeon of Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Nobody's asking me though - I'm just the messenger. But if that guy was in Paderborn or Rome, I would have taught him!
6:48:52 PM |
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 Nothing Underground. Nevertheless fabulous. And absolutely hilarious. This website had me in stitches. Dean and Nigel have the ability to 'blend in'. Just go and watch; see also the 'Covent Garden' picture below.Via Going Underground.
1:29:19 PM |
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"tube"Going Underground again. And here is Annie Mole's Going Underground Weblog. Annie is the webmaster of the 'Going Underground' website below and is now probably mad at me because I questioned the aesthetics of the main site. The blog looks great, though!
10:30:06 AM |
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 Johnston Underground. The official typeface of London Underground Transport can be bought here."The legendary sans serif design developed by Edward Johnston for the London Underground system in 1916 is available for the first time as a commercial font in an exclusive arrangement with the London Transport Museum. The font, as well as the all-caps bold version, is true to the original design, plus full international characters are also included. The extras feature graphic elements inspired by the design motifs of items including maps, tile patterns and seat covers."
10:23:34 AM |
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 Going Underground. I've blogged that before, and although the website is as ugly as a rotten banana, Going Underground ist still the best website about the Tube.
Andy Wharhol's most famous comment was something like "in the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes". Well in the tube it's very easy to become famous or a celebrity in about two minutes. If you want to get everyone staring at you on the tube try these simple tips: 1. Talk to the person next to you! (this simply isn't done) 2. Get your bag/arm/leg stuck in the door (not to be advised to do this too often) 3. Talk loudly into your mobile phone 4. Wear sunglasses in the middle of winter and sob into your handkerchief 5. Become a busker 6. Say how much you enjoyed travelling on the tube when you leave 7. Give a round of applause every time an announcement is made 8. Say "why, thank you so much" when the immortal words " mind the gap" are announced 9. Finally, smile (this is a major faux pas on the tube, it will certainly get you some strange looks).
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Ads from the Comic Books. 
Tilt. 
Really big toys. Have at look at the 
Get your sunglasses out. Gary Santoro has produced some colourful stickers. Check out his 
Poot! 
They move. Animated paper models are at 
How to ... Don't know how to get that adjustment layer in Photoshop working? Trouble with a Poser animation sequence? At 
Repeat #4.
Swiss on three wheels. Look, look. The Swiss again. A company called 
Fun on three wheels. The good old Messerschmitt Kabinenroller. Here's a 
Life on three wheels. 
This is your Cartoonist speaking. The Bishop Information Minister is an idiot. I'll post some stuff later on today.
This is your Bishop Information Minister speaking. The person known as The Cartoonist is too busy drawing cartoons today and will not be able to post anything today towards his pathetic weblog. Serves him right.
Grrr... 
Tsk. Tony is getting a lot of Flak lately. Wonder why. 
A different kind of Underground. Fifty. Happy Birthday, 
Abandoned Stations. There's a certain obsession with abandoned tube stations. Two excellent websites are 
Damp Tunnels. The 
Souterrains and Subways. The picture on the left shows the Camden Catacombs. I didn't even know that something like this exists. Amazing. More tunnels, air-raid shelters and everything else that's deep down under London and other parts of England is at 
Because it's Sunday. And the sun is shining (well, sort of). Let's make this Sunday a London Underground Day, shall we?