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Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.--Gore Vidal
VIRUS ALERT: 'I Love You' Bug Hits Computers. An email attachment named ILOVEYOU has crippled government and business computers in Asia and Europe, according to AP (the full story is in the link). This is similar to the Melissa virus in that it automatically forwards the attachment to all the address in your Outlook Express address book. I received the virus attachment today, but I have a personal policy of not opening email attachments for which I have not been informed of in advance, by voice. Be careful.
The Atlantic Monthly has an archive list of articles on Digital Culture.
This looks interesting, Sublime Anxiety: The Gothic Family and The Outsider.
I was Library Conservator at Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library from 1976 until I moved to Austin in 1981. The superb Special Collections, put together largely by A. Dean Larsen, has at its core a fine collection of Aldines. My good friend and successor, Robert Espinosa has designed a beautiful digital exhibit, The Legacy of Aldus Manutius and His Press. Drop in and spend a little time looking around.
Hay-on-Wye (Y Gelli), a small village in Wales with 34 independent bookshops. Browsing heaven!
Have you ever heard of a fore-edge painting? If you've never seen one, or if you want to know more about them, here is a sampling from the University of Florida, Rare Book Collection.
If you like Herbals, don't miss Flora Danica Online, a project by the National Library of Science and Medicine in Denmark.
Check out Argon Zark by Charley Parker.
From Stanford, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls. This is a fantastic online exhibit and scholarly presentation. Don't miss the section on print processes . There are 2364 images to browse via the Image Browser, a visual treat.
Descriptive Bibliograhy: An On-Line Tutorial by Stephen Ramsay. The model for the tutorial is Peter Brubach's 1550 edition of Seven Tragedies of Sophocles.
The Digital Fact Book. A good place to look up those obscure digital terms.
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