Link to Jackie Goss' There There

You may know Jackie Goss' work already. I thought I'd paste some links to some of her Flash projects.

Have a look at "There There", which she often presents as silent "movie". It takes advantage of the scalability of Flash vector graphics:
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/art/webart/jackie_goss/loader.swf

Her new media page:
http://www.jacquelinegoss.com/projects.html

Chris

dastardly microsoft

So we're learning to do internet coding and learning, if we don't know already, that different browsers sometimes render code in unexpected ways. yesterday i had an experience that made me suspicious that microsoft may be unfairly using this fact. i have an msn email account. sometime ago i began having trouble logging in. on my first log-in attempt, i would be told my password was wrong; invariably, however, i would be logged in on my second attempt. after putting up with this bug for too long, i called msn help yesterday, only to be told that the problem was with firefox. firefox browsers now must be logged in to msn email twice before a connection is made. they told me i should use the latest version of explorer, but the latest version of explorer isn't made for macs. is microsoft creating bugs preventing smooth usage of msn email with macs and with firefox?

Another Code Resource

The W3 Schools website is a place I go to learn how I can use different tags or parts of code. I just wanted to share it with everyone, because it's pretty easy to use, and will help with more than just html and CSS. There are sections for php, flash and SQL as well as many others.
Happy Coding!

conyers not dingell

one of the problems with our current political situation is that our political scene is so scandal-ridden that concerned private citizens cannot master the details of all they would follow. in class yesterday i mispoke: i said that john dingell, a US rep from michigan, was considering starting impeachment proceedings. it wasn't dingell, rather it was john conyers, also a US rep from michigan. here's a link to a story:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/11/conyers-said-hes-on-the-edge-of-starting-impeachment/

I was referring to the third paragraph of this story in connecting it to the interactive graphic seen in class displaying interlocking corporate power. Here is that paragraph:

'Conyers expressed fear of what might happen following an impeachment, fear of installing a Bush replacement or losing an election. The “corporate power structure”, he said, would not allow impeachment without unleashing “blowback.” Conyers told Ellen Taylor and Manijeh Saba: “You need to be more than brave and courageous. You need to be smart.”'

the us senate has now voted to give the telecoms immunity for violating the law when they cooperated with illegal federal requests for assistance with illegal surveillance. the senate has been bought & paid for with corporate money. the board members of those corporations are the unelected pullers of the levers of power now. don't bother saluting the flag; salute the bosses.

very short list strikes again

the latest email from very short list links to a site that may well interest class-members:

www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/381/Website/donald-judd-
or-cheap-furniture/?tp

take the quiz. see if you can tell the difference between cheap furniture and donald-judd-designed, high-art, minimalist furniture. i scored just 58%.

code this site, why don't ya?

http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/377/Web_video/hema-commercial/

click this link to visit a site with a link to a fantastic dutch website. when you reach the dutch site, give it a few moments, during which it will do nothing, and then it will surprise and amuse you.