Please Mum, I'd like some more red blood cells on my half!

'Nuff said. Go here to get your fix.

Moving Forward

I might be moving this blog towards a digital repository for my dissertation research and progress shortly. For those of you who have been delighting in my posted “go see this!” links, I apologize, but assure you that much of my content will still be me deferring to others' ideas. After all, it was Anatole France who said, “When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.”
That said, my dissertation research is, well, just beginning. Or, more specifically, just beginning to begin. I’m worried, and tired already.
So goes life, yes?
Oh yeah, go read this: How to make an Origami Burger (for my friends on the low-cal, high fiber diet).
Does it relate to my dissertation? No, of course not. But it is still entertaining, is it not?

Proust Was a Neuroscientist

I was perusing Amazon tonight and came across Jonah Lehrer's Proust Was a Neuroscientist.

I was intrigued by the title, and am hoping to order it (as soon as I get paid). Lehrer's book is doing double-duty, talking about science and art in the same textual breath, pointing us to several artistic big shots who were preempting scientific progeny of later decades in their own, early, artistic works.

One of my favorite sentences out of the reviews?

"...this collection comes close to exemplifying Lehrer's stated goal of creating a unified third culture in which science and literature can co-exist as peaceful, complementary equals."

Imagine that.

Elit 2.0

I was looking on the internet the other day for electronic literature material, and came across Mark Marino's helpful posting "Guide to Elit 2.0." Marino lists a number of web 2.0 tools, and then points us to compelling works that might be considered "elit" using these tools.
Facebook doesn't just have to be for stalking our friends, after all.

Electronic Bookshelf

Perusing the internet, I ran across Deena Larson's "Virtual Bookshelf," which lists several e-lit pieces according to the time they take to read. Lo and behold, the new media piece that I published with Caren Beilin is on the bookshelf.
Very cool find.
Also a very nice intro to some electronic literature that doesn't (necessarily) take a lifetime to read.

Typopoetry

My friend and comrade, Guido Alvarez, has just self-published his first book, Breakthrough_typopoetry.
You should all go check it out.
Then you can go to Lulu.com to buy it here.
Guido describes this project:

Breakthrough is my first experimental book of "typoetry": A hybrid product of typography, photography, and poetry. The ultimate goal of this product is to finance the completion of my Ph.D. studies in Media, Arts and Text at VCU and to start a career in media production using self-publishing technology to achieve it.

It is certainly not your average beach read, though I suppose you could call it a bathroom book.

Pipe Cleaning Fun.

Pipe cleaner + typewriter keys + shake-your-booty music.
A match made in heaven.
Visit David Bressler's creation here.