A minor earthquake (4.6) occurred while I was watching Letterman tonight. The house creaked but the ground did not shake too much. It only lasted a couple of seconds. I immediately reported it on the Caltech USGS website, and they already had received over 150 reports!
Friends and neighbors, I have a new favorite artist. Presenting Y0UNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES. She uses Flash to set quickly flashing words to a jazz soundtrack, in a very stark white on black minimalism that punches you in the face, and glazes your eyes over as you try to keep up with the message. In an interview with Young Hae Chang, Thom Swiss draws out this remark on locating the tone of the artist's work:
As for the look of our work, we do what we can. We've never been interested in graphic design (a lot of Web artists--and even writers-- start out or double as graphic artists). There are hundreds of fonts, millions of colors, and we don't know what to do about that.
She also goes on to talk about the joy of creating new work, saying that "it's more satisfying to create than to criticize". Creating takes a million times more effort, but is a billion times more satisfying. Links: more commentary, won a Webby in 2001.