Record Card The Daily Heller: Spinal Tap, by Steven Heller. A blog post about a chapbook focussing on Ootje Oxenaar’s book spine designs, made for his own personal library. Notes A great idea, and an interesting way to curate your own bookshelves. This post is part of The Library. All library records can be accessed …
Thoughts
City Roads
Record Card City Roads: a website which “renders every single road within a city”. Notes A different type of map: quite beautiful, in a stark way. This post is part of The Library. All library records can be accessed here.
A Digital Ecosystem
It has been exactly a year since I ever-so-quietly shared our first post on Elosa. Even now, barely anyone – only a handful of friends and family – knows about the site as, apart from quietly adding it to one of my personal email signatures, I haven’t really told anyone about it. It has been …
Dun, Dun Duuun!
Record Card Dun, Dun Duuun! Where did pop culture’s most dramatic sound come from?, by Amelia Tait. A discussion of the development and role of the three-note sting in film, radio, and television soundscapes. Notes Interesting and fun commentary on the history and importance of something that is now predominantly used in a light-hearted way …
Old Book Illustrations
Record Card Old Book Illustrations: a website dedicated to showcasing illustrations, searchable by a series of tags and each with descriptive accessibility text, featured in old books. Includes details of artists, illustrations, and books. Notes A website in which to get lost! This post is part of The Library. All library records can be accessed …
Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace
Record Card Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace, by Stephen Wolfram. Detailing Lovelace’s life, her work with Charles Babbage, and an analysis of her work relating to the Analytical Engine. Notes A thorough and readable introduction to Lovelace, Babbage, the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine, with a particular focus on Lovelace’s contributions to universal …