(e:rzoo) needed signs for her public transphere projects so I thought, "I know a local steel and aluminium machining factory, I could ask them." i placed an order weeks ago on the phone, and then just never heard back. I kept emailing and calling and time and time again, the boss was out of the office and know one knew about where my signs were or that they were even ordered.

Great Lakes Pressed Steel totally didn't follow through on the order, which made me look like an idiot. So much for working with local business. I guess I leanred my lesson, next time I will just order something on the internet. (e:rzoo) ended up buying plastic.

Tom asks the dreaded software question. Sometimes, I think he is great - sometimes. DJ spooky had lots of interesting stuff to say but also seems to really strain to tie everything to his previous degree in the philosphy. I don't know how much he had to justify everything that he was saying. He kind of talks as though he is insecure with something. Sorry to get all diana troy. This will make a great poem.

I hate listening to people asking questions to hear thmeselves speak. Especially when it takes four minutes and they have to take a dramtic deep breathe instead of a pause.

Note: Someday I would like to give a speech and tie everything to botanical metaphors. I do now wonder if remixing does cause a loss of roots.

My final thoughts: Only now is music a commodity because you package it and copy it so easily.

Terry and I drove down ferry from east to west at like 2am in effort to test the mapping project. We drove from the como mall to the home and it mapped the whole trip perfectly. Sorry to hear you were ill (e:southernyankee).

Here is the light up sign that jesse made for our poetry reading. I wish I could get a better pic of it. It lights up. I will get a pic of it tommorow.

What a weird day!

Paul Visco, a professor in the digital media arts program at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., said he worries about competition, pricing and the future of graphic design.

"It seems as though much of the recent innovation between the two software giants was brought on by healthy competition. They had an array of software packages that had the same purposes, e.g. GoLive and Dreamweaver, Illustrator and FreeHand, Photoshop and Fireworks. If there is no longer any need to compete, then they might not continue to develop new products. It will effectively create a monopoly in graphic design."

Visco also voiced concerns about pricing. "Adobe can now say $1,000 for Photoshop, and companies and designers won't have any other choice. Look at Microsoft. Once you get really big like that, nothing matters."Quoted from: Analysts: Merger Works for Adobe, But Customers May Suffer

I was really most concerned about a single toolkit approach to graphic design.