It’s official. Jeffrey Zeldman officially kicks fucking arse. As another expensive online project folds, so the little man takes a stand:”The Web is not in trouble. Big businesses are, when they think they can own or master it. Bye-bye, Big Content. Adieu, global agencies. Thanks for stopping by. Now step away, and let those who’ve always understood this medium take it where it needs to go.” [the rest of the article] [the godlike Mr Z]
How can I go forward when I don’t know which way I’m facing? How can I go forward when I don’t know which way to turn? How can I go forward into something I’m not sure of?
How can I give love when I don’t know what it is I’m giving? How can I give love when I just don’t know how to give? How can I give love when love is something I ain’t never had?
You know life can be long, and you got to be so strong and the world is so tough sometimes i feel i’ve had enough.
Today on Barbelith: The Death of Pop – “More than anything else, this is what’s killed pop – a self-consciousness has crept in, a knowingness that’s half decadent and half neurotic.”
American Beauty score on the stereo, sitting in a duvet looking out of the window at the sun on the trees, tapping on a keyboard. My teeth feel unbrushed and uncomfortable, my mouth is dry, my leg keeps bouncing and I’m reading about humans and psychoactive drugs.
Dan has been obsessing about the new movie AI for ages – to the extent of creating a whole community for the film and the online game. I’m finally beginning to realise why – the New York Observer’s review is astonishing.
I’m wondering at the moment if I could make money by doing really strange things – like collecting envelopes of my hair and auctioning them on Ebay. Or maybe I could do that thing that Japanese girls do – wear a pair of underpants for a day, get them vacuum-sealed and sell them to frustrated old men.
I am, at this moment, trying to build a full weblog design without using any tables or images or spacer gifs of any kind. None. Not a one. I’m finding it challenging, but not impossible. But my one issue is in trying to introduce a bit of glamour into it. Does anyone know any sites that are pure CSS that look really sharp?
You know, I think those Blogger chaps are getting a bit big for their boots: click here. This is a joke by the way.
Today on Barbelith: Tarot in a nutshell – “A magician consults the tarot to examine the causal influences surrounding a situation or action which might not otherwise be consciously available to him or her.”
New useful weblog: status.blogger.com – started by Ev to keep everyone calm during down-time. While we are at it, you should probably go vote for Blogger in the personal site category of The Webbies.