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Archive for December, 2005

Our First Official Contributing Illustrator

Friday, December 16th, 2005

Open, meet One Neck Hates You.
One Neck Hates You is the work of Edinburgh based comix artist and illustrator Iain Laurie. When not working on his childish, seedy little drawings he enjoys watching the Chevy Chase film “Fletch” on a loop and solving crimes with a supernatural element.
“Here’s a wee xmas card to you [...]

Out Here in Mexico. Chapter 3: The Trip South:

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

The Trip South
by LK
I decided to let Cloey rest in Nuevo as her transmission is questionable. I was on a chicken bus with my board and a few other basic necessities by the end of the last work day, Southbound. Out of the resort and back into the Latin America I remember. Heat. [...]

The Problem with Open and an Open Proposal.

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

The Problem with OpenJournal and An Open Source-Inspired Proposal:
A comment that turned into a new plan for OpenJournal.
by Risa Dickens.

skip the preamble and take me straight to the problem and the proposed solution, please.

Part 1.
Editing Openness: Lessons from Open Source.
I’m really glad Christian drew the issue of edited openness into the comments about [...]

Barking dogs and squeaking birds: a brief literature review

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

by Yohei
My next door neighbor’s dogs, little rabbit sized things, are always barking. Footsteps in the hallway or quiet talking, any hardly perceptible sound can set off the yapping. But I don’t mind the barking so much as the man bellowing “QUIET!” every time they do. Despite their size, they’re fully grown [...]

Out Here in Mexico. Chapter 2: Arrival.

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Arrival
by LK
We finally rolled into Puerto Vallarta in the state of Jalisco (the home of mariachi music, and tequilla for better or worse) to haggle with the local marina about our boat storage fees for our other boats. We arranged a Panga (the typical name for the ubiquitous Mexican styled all purpose 20 footish [...]

Out Here in Mexico. Chapter1: The Drive

Monday, December 12th, 2005

The Drive, by LK.
I crossed the border on October 29th in a Mexican made VW Jetta named Cloey. The car belongs to my crazy french lesbian housemate / co-worker, but we are sharing her down here. I think she is happy to be home so far and seems to love the dirt roads.
My [...]










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