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mechanick exercises

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If you’re going to be in New York in early June, this announcement, via SHARP-L, might be of interest to you:
The New York Chapter of the American Printing History Association is pleased to announce a lecture by Mark Batty, of Mark Batty Publishing, Ltd., on June 2, 2004 at the Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY at 6 p.m. Mr Batty will be speaking on the complexities, trials and tribulations of making a new edition of Joseph Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing (1683), the first book ever written on printing and printing types. The text, edited by bibliographer John Lane, has been extensively annotated and expanded for scholars and artists in the fields of printing, typography and the graphic arts. The new edition is based on that of the Oxford Univesity Press (1962), edited by Herbert David and Harry Carter.
The event is free and open to the public. More information about the event is available on the APHA website calendar. For information about the New York Chapter, contact its president Lowell Bodger at 212 777-0841 or write to APHA-NY, PO Box 1074, New York, NY 10278.

so much beauty (2)

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There are many beautiful things on the world wide web. This, from the people who brought you this, is one of them

comparing the weblog systems

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Via Slashdot:

prostoalex writes “The question of the best weblogging system out there arises quite often, especially after the new licensing scheme introduced by MovableType. Here’s a rather detailed breakdown of currently popular blogging and content management systems. Out of 11 software packages, 10 run on any server with variations of Perl/PHP and MySQL/PostgresSQL, and one requires Windows and .NET Framework. 4 are licensed under GPL, 3 are under BSD. Mark Pilgrim explains why licensing is suddenly important.”

task list on steroids

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In a recent conversation, my grandma was impressed with how much time off I get during the summer. And it’s true. With the exception of the following responsibilities, I have a three-month vacation. What to do? What to do?

The fall semester begins in thirteen weeks. One week of that will probably involve visiting family and friends in Georgia. For the rest, I have the following task list, which I hope to refine gradually:

  • Orality / literacy
  • Critical literacy studies
  • Theorizing media in transition
  • Early modern print culture
  • Eighteenth-century Methodism
  • Writing
    • Book proposal
    • Article on eighteenth-century Methodist periodicals
    • Article on eighteenth-centurry Methodist preaching
    • Article on authorship attribution study of a particular preacher’s sermons
    • Revising a few grant applications for resubmission and mapping out grant deadlines
  • Travel
  • Work on my academic portfolio in preparation for my third-year review next January
  • Computing
  • Teaching
    • Re-read the plays
    • Watch the films
    • Read Corrigan’s book on writing about film (thanks for the recommendation, Chuck!)
  • Prep for Histories of Writing, Reading, and Publishing
    • Much of this preparation will take place as I complete the reading listed at the top of this entry.
  • Plan next year’s involvement in the UMKC Arts & Sciences Honors Program
    • Create budget
    • Year-long colloquium
    • Honors section of English 225
    • Academic Service Learning: Partnership with University Academy
    • Honors conference in the spring.
    • Digital honors journal

    In short, summer is a busy time for those of us who work in academia!