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Outlawing Crafting

By David W. Boles on February 18, 2010 7:37 AM | 7 Comments
Today, I propose we enact a new rule when it comes to the Art of Human Living:  Outlawing Crafting.  I realize this idea may be less popular than Jonathan Swift's "Modest Proposal" -- commoditizing children by eating babies in the time of economic hardship -- and I'm sure there are some among us who will also accuse me of treachery against the American Spirit.  We live to pretend to recreate Art from the junk of others.

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Trapped by Proprietary Technology

By David W. Boles on April 28, 2008 10:31 AM | 2 Comments
Beware of the curse of proprietary technology!

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Proof of Life: Dying to Blog

By David W. Boles on April 9, 2008 9:40 AM | 4 Comments | 3 TrackBacks

You and I know blogging is a job -- and a genetic obsession -- and now, thanks to The New York Times, everyone else knows blogging is killing us all.

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The Blogging Pain of Moving Parts

By David W. Boles on April 4, 2008 6:20 PM | 1 Comment
There is nothing worse in the world than moving a blog from one publishing platform to another.

I am presently oozing pain and suffering rivulets of blood loss today as my Urban Semiotic blog suffers against a threatening weekend of technical support inaction and un-styled blog content and borked URLs.

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WordPress Censorship or Technical Glitch?

By David W. Boles on March 30, 2008 1:12 PM | 3 Comments | 3 TrackBacks
As we live and die and publish and perish on the web together, it is never a delight to be told your work is suddenly missing from publication. 

I was informed yesterday that my article, "Urban Semiotic Articles Deleted from Google?" had gone missing from my Urban Semiotic blog hosted on WordPress.com.

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  • David W. Boles: I have to say the Circuts machines look like a read more
  • Kathakali Chatterjee: I am so glad I absolutely do not do "craft"! read more
  • Gordon Davidescu: Bedazzlers are the spawn of Satan. Cricuts are actually useful read more
  • David W. Boles: What are your thoughts on Bedazzlers and Cricuts? https://www.mybedazzler.com/ http://www.cricut.com/ read more
  • Gordon Davidescu: Avast! I must confess I am all about crafting but read more
  • David W. Boles: Yes! Eggshells, ribbons, yarn, string, twine, Elmer's Glue, glitter, buttons read more
  • Kathakali Chatterjee: I was familiar with "craft" work from eggshells, coconut shells read more
  • Gordon Davidescu: Then of course, you have spam blogs -- which don't read more
  • David W. Boles: I do think most people copy and paste Rich Text read more
  • Gordon Davidescu: That's right, David. I wonder how many people copy HTML read more

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