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Doodle of the Day for November 24, 2008

Nov 25, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  No Comments

I try to draw every­day. Mostly I only have time for doo­dles and such like, but you might find them kind of fun, so here is my first doo­dle of the day!

Doodle of the Day for November 24, 2008.

Doo­dle of the Day for Novem­ber 24, 2008.

O Devine Poesy…

Nov 24, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  3 Comments
Mosaic of the Muses, Roman Museum of Sabratha, Libya. by Sebastià Giralt

Mosaic of the Muses, Roman Museum of Sabratha, Libya. by Sebastià Giralt

Make this site live for us in its many bear­ings, O Muse…

In the great book “The War of Art” by Steven Press­field he details how he begins any cre­ative ven­ture by call­ing on the muses for suc­cess. He does this by recit­ing the open­ing lines from the T.E. Lawrence trans­la­tion of The Odyssey; when Homer calls on the muses to speak through him and aid him in recit­ing the tale of the return of clever Odysseus to Ithaca. This seems like a good idea to me, espe­cially for my first post. So here is my call on the nine muses for aid and inspi­ra­tion for this blog, port­fo­lio and podcast.

“O Divine Poesy, god­dess, daugh­ter of Zeus, sus­tain for me this song of the various-minded man, who, after he had plun­dered the inner­most citadel of hal­lowed Troy, was made to stray griev­ously about the coasts of men, the sport of their cus­toms, good and bad, while his heart, through all the sea­far­ing, ached with an agony to redeem him­self and bring his com­pany safe home. Vain hope-for them. The fools! Their own wit­less­ness cast them aside. To destroy for meat the oxen of the most exalted Sun, where­fore the Sun-god blot­ted out the day of their return. Make this tale live for us in all its many bear­ings, O Muse…”

- from the Odyssey, by Homer; Trans­lated by T.E. Lawrence

I just watched a great lecture…

Nov 20, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  No Comments

I just watched a great lec­ture on the pat­tern, design and map­ping of the uni­verse, I highly rec­om­mend it. http://tinyurl.com/69yjua

You can download a great book …

Nov 20, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  No Comments

You can down­load a great book CSS: The Art & Sci­ence of CSS from Site­point dur­ing the next 14 days for free. http://tinyurl.com/57gcnc

@hroulo We did a couple of buc…

Nov 17, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  No Comments

@hroulo We did a cou­ple of bucks. A two dol­lar bill to be exact

Just took a class on paper man…

Nov 12, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  No Comments

Just took a class on paper man­u­fac­tur­ing. Then saw the amaz­ing Thorni­ley Col­lec­tion of antique type. A must for typophiles!

@hroulo NOOOOO! Darn you techn…

Nov 11, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  No Comments

@hroulo NOOOOO! Darn you technology!

@justcreative http://twitpic.c…

Nov 11, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  No Comments

@just­cre­ative http://twitpic.com/l54e — Great col­ors. Very classy look with Tra­jan & an ele­gant graphic set off against the sanserif typ …

In case you were being too pro…

Nov 10, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  No Comments

In case you were being too pro­duc­tive, here’s a way to stop that habit! http://tinyurl.com/6rmmqs

I am listening to the great al…

Nov 8, 2008   //   by Devlin   //   Uncategorized  //  No Comments

I am lis­ten­ing to the great album Col­ors by Ken Nor­dine. Word Jazz! http://www.wordjazz.com Great for the designer!

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