Archive for the 'Rants' Category

No Time

September 6, 2009

Time. I wish I had more of it. Earlier in the year, our business was quiet and we filled our time and rode out the recession developing new products. I put aside press projects since I didn’t even have the cash to buy paper. Now, when I most need to work on artistic pursuits, the [...]

And I Was Just Joking!

February 14, 2008

The PC icon changed yesterday. Now I’m worried…..

Demon in the Machine

February 11, 2008

I’m a Mac guy. Have been since a good friend sat me down in front of a Mac Classic back in 1992. Prior to that, I worked in DOS, so you can imagine the paradigm warp that took place. Well, maybe you Window lifers can’t, and that’s OK. For 15 years I’ve been vaguely aware [...]

Letterpress is Dead. Long Live Letterpress.

February 4, 2008

A Pub, Somewhere in Europe, circa 1500 C.E. — Five scribes, Friedrich, Franz, Hans, François and Gustav, are sitting around a table drowning their sorrows. This new-fangled printing press turned out not to be just another block printing fad. It’s spreading across Europe like the plague, putting calligraphers and scribes out of business! Five more [...]