October, 25, 2005 archives

here’s something i didn’t know about bertram grosvenor goodhue, the architect of the los angeles central library: he also designed a couple of font faces, cheltenham and merrymount.

this article from wired news about the short life of game addictions is great. i like the comparison to other types of short-term addictions.

pretty much everyone in the small world of warcraft guild i was in appears to have decided to stop playing at just about the same time.

lately i’ve been playing katamari damacy which is delightfully strange. i also picked up the sequel, we love katamari, so i hope my interest in the game doesn’t burn out before i get to that. the sequel also has a two-player co-op mode that sounds like either a lot of fun or grounds for a screaming match.

another library fun fact: hartley alexander burr, who was responsible for the iconography in the library’s design, was the founding chair of the philosophy department at scripps college in claremont. (the women’s college just south of harvey mudd college.)

when i saw that burr was responsible for the iconography, i mean that he worked with goodhue (the architect) and lee lawrie (the sculptor) to plan the library’s theme (“the light of learning”). he came up with the texts that are inscribed on the original building and incorporated into some of the sculptures. the three had first worked together on the state capitol in lincoln, nebraska. and goodhue and lawrie had worked together before on many projects, including the national academy of sciences building in washington, d.c.

out of time by r.e.m. and music to shag by by various artists are two albums i got via barterbee, working on closing out my account before it costs me money. nevermind by nirvana and a couple of movies should also be on the way.

the barterbee idea is interesting, but the selection of items turned out rather mediocre. (not that i contributed a whole lot of really exciting items to the pool.)

because i know you’ve been itching to buy prints of my photos, i’ve gone ahead and enabled the print-ordering feature for everyone. (you have to sign up as a flickr user first, i believe.)