Comments for The Spiral Staircase

Comment on Landscape vs. Portrait by JimmyBean

JimmyBean — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:45:15 +0000

I don’t know if I said it already but …This blog rocks! I gotta say, that I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks, :)

A definite great read..Jim Bean

Comment on Vertical Drinking by jan holland

jan holland — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:06:16 +0000

Since most municipal water supplies are bad, people buy bottled water with all sorts of additives or even plain with added????. There is no free, pure, good water to drink so the choice between water, sugarless or sugared soft drinks, and booze makes little difference. Social behavior is ageless so it seems the politicians have found another way to tax.

Comment on Vertical Drinking by Kathleen Maher

Kathleen Maher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:15:35 +0000

I wonder what organization’s behind this Prohibition in increments. Who makes money–the bars big enough for everyone to sit down?

Comment on Landscape vs. Portrait by Brutus

Brutus — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:58:57 +0000

I thought we were already a culture more keen on visual literacy resulting from miniaturized eye-hand coordination

Interesting observation. Fine motor control used to be the domain of craftsman and artists. Of course, the literate typically developed penmanship that looks positively florid by today’s meager standards. But yes, the miniaturization of our dexterity and field of vision is a curiosity.

Comment on Landscape vs. Portrait by Kathleen Maher

Kathleen Maher — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:18:58 +0000

My guess was that the cell phone would become a total media center: showing videos; making videos; sending texts; twitters (tweets?); sharing and storing photos; putting thumb-paintings on the cover of a die-hard magazine; all manner of quick-silver “networking” as well as games, music, newly composed ring tones, voice mail, what have you. And, it fits in your pocket.
I have a cell phone I rarely use, mostly because it’s so old and limited. The newer ones I’ve seen offer a portrait screen, landscape, or square, depending on how one holds it.
Further, I thought we were already a culture more keen on visual literacy resulting from miniaturized eye-hand coordination.

Comment on Waning of the Typographic Mind by Landscape vs. Portrait « The Spiral Staircase

Landscape vs. Portrait « The Spiral Staircase — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:39:02 +0000

[...] The introduction of the widescreen display for computers clearly moves the computer away from being a work machine towards being an entertainment device. Any argument that it can be both simultaneously strikes me as hollow, along the lines of the TV being an educational device. If the computer does eventually become the complete home media center and replace the TV and stand-alone stereo system as hoped by many technophiles, perhaps it will be fulfilling its destiny, with obvious implications for further debasing the literacy and erudition of the general public. [...]

Comment on Living Among Refuse by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:36:52 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Feline Piano Concerto by Brutus

Brutus — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:24:38 +0000

Since you’re telling me to lighten up, Curly, it’s clear that you haven’t read enough of the blog. I’m definitely not a light character (I spell definitely correctly, BTW). Or maybe you have read enough and you’re just in the wrong place.

You also ask, “who says only humans have ability?” Well, I do. And not even all humans at that. The whole point of high art, such as the piano concerto, is reduced to nothing if it can be done by a cat. Sure, it’s a funny video, even appealing, but the joke’s on us. I guess not everyone recognizes that.

Comment on Feline Piano Concerto by Curly Wurly

Curly Wurly — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:59:57 +0000

Oh and as for your blog title, I am definately Ascending and certainly these damn spiral staircases make me QUEASY…

Comment on Feline Piano Concerto by Curly Wurly

Curly Wurly — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:58:20 +0000

Come on … in a really uptight world we need some BLOODY levity … and who says only humans have ability … learn to RELAX and learn to LAUGH. As for Ms Maher why the heck would it make you queasy, its just a little kitty wacking the key board and you are ready to toss your cookies…SHEESH!