what i did and said

Technology is the 800 pound gorilla in the room whenever I want to create anything. What software, hardware, tool, repository of knowledge, how-to, etc...can I download, buy, use, access, refer to, etc...that will make the process easier, faster, cheaper, different, more useful, etc...? Invariably, after a quick search of the trusty tubes, there is always something that I find that will make the process easier. And yet, I am likely to still go about things the old fashioned way (as a printmaker, that usually means heading to a litho-stone or an etching plate or a block of wood). Even though technology shows me that there are easier ways to do things (or that the process could be completely automated for me), and usually gives me ideas that I will use, it also shows me that anyone can achieve the same ends using the same means. As I mentioned earlier, one of the values that the internet can't subvert and reproduce endlessly is originality or uniqueness. I am not the only person to notice this phenomenon. There are a number of subcultures that have decided that the internet is about empowering our individual creative minds and not about creating uniformity. Below is a roundup of like-minded Luddites who shun the easiest and fastest and make use of the net for dissemination (or maybe just amassing fame or fortune).

How to make just about everything.

The softer side of the web.

The meat market.

Not a trend I get, but undeniably awesome.