what katie saw

just a wee k8, in orbit. (this is my personal tumblr. my academic one is here.)

[qwear]

Genderflux Releases new Galaxy Collection; Sonny Ditches old Tees. 

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[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday: Linotype Typography

In our last Typography Tuesday post, we brought you a specimen book of typefaces from the Ludlow Typograph Company. This company had developed a typecasting system to compete against the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Mergenthaler Linotype was founded in the late 1880s to market Ottmar Mergenthaler’s revolutionary Linotype Machine that could compose and cast entire lines of type on the fly, in one sitting, right from a keyboard. It dominated the typecasting industry (Monotype Corporation was its closest competitor) for a good part of the 20th century, and an army of typefaces were designed specifically for that system.

If you’ve ever seen a Linotype Machine – particularly if you’ve seen one in operation – you know that it’s a ridiculously complex contraption that would make Rube Goldberg or a steampunk enthusiast proud. With its 90-key keyboard, scores of brass matrices in interchangeable magazine cartridges, pulleys, levers, channels, trimmers, shunters, flaming pot of molten lead (and, we suspect, several squirrels on a treadmill somewhere in its innards), and its steaming, whirring, clanging, industrial noises straight from the bowels of hell, it is an absolutely delightful horror that would leave even Artemus Gordon wide-eyed and grinning from ear to ear.

To counterbalance that image, we present the elegantly designed, 1923 Manual of Linotype Typography produced for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Brooklyn, N.Y., by William Dana Orcutt and Edward E. Bartlett, both of whom had long associations with the company. The book was composed and set by Bartlett’s Barlett-Orr Press in NYC, and printed and bound by Orcutt’s Plimpton Press in Norwich, Massachusetts. The manual showcases Linotype’s numerous typefaces with style and elegance “to aid users and producers of printing in securing greater unity and real beauty in the printed page.”

Aside from the typographic presentation, we love the frontispiece of the deeply-shadowed “Hand That Keeps the World Informed,” and are especially drawn to the end papers which use the v-shaped Linotype matrices and circular Linotype mold disks as decorative elements.

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Cushing Memorial Library and Archives is pleased to announce that it is now able to offer free, limited online public access to select titles in the Sandy Hereld Memorial Digitized Media Fanzine Collection. Since the collection was first initiated in 2013, access to its materials was previously restricted to only those with a Texas A&M-approved ID until additional permissions could be obtained from the fanzine creators who contributed to the collection.

As the collection becomes more of an important resource for understanding the development of fandom, Cushing Library sought the approval from writers and editors of the Hereld Collection to make their contributions publicly accessible. The collection, which is an unparalleled assembly of media fanworks that document generations of fans’ continued creative engagement with media productions, consists of thousands of digitized images of media fanzines, letterzines, and club newsletters — dating from the late 1960s through materials published online or in print in 2015.

Among the creators who have given their permission are Morgan Dawn, Janet Quarton, Sheila Clark, Devra Michele Langsam, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and M. Fae Glasgow. Cushing Library anticipates that public access will continue to grow as more authorization is granted.

A few of the impressive productions chronicled particularly well in the Hereld Collection are: Beauty and the Beast (1987-1990), Blake’s 7, Doctor Who, The Professionals, Star Trek, Star Wars, and Starsky & Hutch. Additions to the collection continue steadily, with fanzines relating to numerous other productions, such as the Harry Potter book/movie series, Due South, Miami Vice, Simon & Simon, and many others, including a bevy of stories from multiple fandoms.

Sandy Hereld, for which the collection is named after, is a living, digital tribute to a popular and prolific fan writer in the 1990s and early 2000s — who was also one of slash fandom’s most visible fans. Hereld lost her battle with cancer in 2011, but her legacy of work continues to touch lives and inspire fans. She was the founder of Virgule-L, the first Internet slash mailing list, began hosting numerous other mailing lists and fan sites, and helped create the annual “Vid Review” panel at the Escapade convention, which is the longest-running slash fan convention and became the model for serious conversations about vidding as an art form.

The Sandy Hereld Memorial Digitized Media Fanzine Collection can be accessed at: http://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/149935.

[aka-arduinna]

Wow, Sandy would be so happy to see this. This is fantastic.

♥

[meeedeee]

(whistles innocently)

This is the correct URL:  http://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/149935

Sandy’s paper collection is at the University of Iowa (along without thousands and thousands of zines.) Although the paper zines cannot be checked out or loaned through the inter-library system, the Iowa Fanzine Archives special collection is open to the public. If you or a friend wants to donate zines from their collections, contact the OTW’s Open Doors team.

Texas A&M University has a smaller paper collection (but growing and still accepting donations). They have also launched this digital collection which has been named after Sandy Hereld.  Only a teeny fraction of the digitized fanzines in the collection can be made available to the public for now.

TAMU also has started collecting filk in case anyone is looking for a home for their collection.

[archiemcphee]

Today the Department of Impossible Cuteness wants to cover their fingers in these awesome sets of enamel rings shaped like adorable animals. Made by Bangkok-based artist m e r r y m e, each set of adjustable rings can be worn together as a trio so their entire bodies hug one finger or on three separate fingers for two extra hugs. In the case of this squirrel ring, they’re worn separately so that the little critter appears to be snacking on a tasty acorn:

m e r r y m e’s rings and other impressively cute pieces of handmade jewelry are available for purchase via her DAINTYmeBOUTIQUE on Etsy. Head over there for more photos and info.

[via Design You Trust]

[notalkingplz]

[notalkingplz]

sad idiot

[k8inorbit]

This song is my spirit animal.

[viergacht]

Wish I knew the context for this.

[dongsanddamns]

I’m going cross country skiing immediately

[dcwomenkickingass]

Not a Joke: DC Comics Announces Animated Version of The Killing Joke

During SDCC DC Comics announced that Bruce Timm is making an animated version of The Killing Joke. 

I’m not joking - the are making an animated feature of the comic that features Barbara Gordon being shot, stripped and sexually assaulted.

Yes, they are making an animated feature of this:

Yeah, that other disturbing panel is below and some pretty blunt talk.

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[k8inorbit]

Umm...

[radiostorm]

But nobody likes women’s sports… Right?

[hockey2k5-deactivated20161122]

This is so cool. 🇺🇸⚽️

[iguessyoucanjustcallmev]

Honestly, this is the most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed.

[k8inorbit]

Kinetic Art at the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 7/4 - 9/6/2015

[k8inorbit]

Obessessed with this song right now. The moment where they start singing in the round is what makes it for me.

[k8inorbit]

If you aren't already enjoying the Dope soundtrack, I'd like to suggest that you get on that. :)

[nprbooks]

Image courtesy of Marvel

Step aside, Peter Parker: There’s a new Spider-Man joining the Marvel Universe.

Since his creation in 2011, the character Miles Morales, the half-African-American, half-Latino version of Spider-Man, has occupied Marvel’s Ultimate Universe — a side realm of Marvel that reimagines various superhero story lines. But after the conclusion of a massive crossover event called Secret Wars, which sees this alternate universe destroyed, Morales will be bringing his brand of web-slinging heroism to the mainstream Marvel Universe.

And I, for one, welcome our new arachnid overlord.  Hear the full interview here!

– Petra

[nprmusic]

Listen: Songs We Love 2015, So Far

Listen to all of our favorite songs (so far) this year, by either shuffling the entire list or picking a single genre or one of the mixtapes created by NPR Music staff and member station hosts.

[brehaaorgana]

“Running of the interns outside the Supreme Court 6/26/2015″

[brehaaorgana]

RUN INTERNS, BRING THE GOOD NEWS TO THE PEOPLE, hol y shit i did nto fucking realize. this happens.,vine.

LET ME FURTHER ELABORATE ON THE HILARITY OF THE BEST AMERICAN POLITICAL PRACTICE TO EXIST, “THE ANNUAL RUNNING OF THE INTERNS”: 

RECORDINGS ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. SO WHEN A DECISION IS MADE, COPIES ARE HANDED TO MEMBERS OF THE PRESS INSIDE THE BUILDING IN A PRESS ROOM WHO THEN LEAVE THEIR ROOM TO HAND THE COPIES OF THE RULING TO THEIR INTERNS (WHO AREN’T ALLOWED INSIDE THE PRESS ROOM) 

(PICTURED: INTERNS FROM 2013, WAITING FOR THEIR RUN)

AND THEN THE INTERNS HAVE TO DELIVER THE COURT RULINGS WHILE THE JUSTICES ARE ANNOUNCING THEIR DECISION INSIDE THE COURTROOM ITSELF. 

SO THE INTERNS RUN THROUGH THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING FROM OUTSIDE THE PRESS ROOM TO OUTSIDE, ACROSS THE PAVED WALKWAYS, AND DOWN THE STAIRS OF THE COURTHOUSE AREA INTO THE BROADCASTING PRESS PEN IN THE STREET.

(A PREVIOUS YEAR’S INTERN RUN WINNER)

INTERNS ARE TOLD THEY MAY TO THROW SOME ELBOWS IF NECESSARY.

 AND ALL ARE RACING TO BE THE FIRST TO DELIVER THE COURT RULINGS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE BROADCASTERS WHO ARE WAITING TO GO ON AIR

PICTURED IN FRONT IS YESTERDAY’S INTERN WINNER LAUREN WHO SAID SHE “JUST LIKED TO WIN” WHEN SHE PULLED CLEAR AHEAD TO DELIVER THE OBAMACARE RELATED DECISION. 

KEEP IN MIND THE DECISIONS READ ON THE BENCH ARE POSTED ONLINE A FEW MINUTES LATER SO THIS WHOLE PROCESS CURRENTLY EXISTS BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO WAIT THAT LONG. 

TRULY A GREAT AND HILARIOUS AMERICAN TRADITION. 

[breakthecitysky]

It’s my favorite part of opinion days, truth be told. Last year someone slo-moed the kids running out from the first ACA ruling and set the action to the theme from Chariots of Fire. It was epic.

[k8inorbit]

Chemical Brothers ft. Q-Tip, “Go”

(And some Michel Gondry, for good measure.)

[k8inorbit]

Seinabo Sey, “Hard Time”