Gibberings
Dad told me never to use XTREE when he wasn’t in the room.
July 18, 2008 ~ 10:04:21 PM * -07:00ST
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Log # 326
Young Pirate
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Eliza Gauger on February 24th, 2008 ~ 04:16:23 AM
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Log # 322
I’m Selling These Fine Cotton Pillowcases
eBay auction for Jack Sparrow pillowcase. Sorry, mom. It had to go.
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Eliza Gauger on February 23rd, 2008 ~ 02:09:16 AM
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Log # 306
New on Etsy: Voyage of the Rusty Pearl
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9352550
A story told in glints, patinas and sea-spray, committed to a square of paper and a fading recollection. Leave this in a trunk in the attic, for your grandchildren to find.
A unique, hand-made necklace. A portrait of a tall ship amidst a clutch of chains, pearls, and tiny keys. Each component has been carefully treated and antiqued, and assembled in a graceful, yet sturdy drape. The “glass” on the ship is waterproof, yet ancient-looking, with slight oxidization around the edges.
This is a necklace that will last you a long time, barring any misadventure involving flames or industrial solvents. But really, aren’t those the best kind of misadventures?
Chain is 15″ long and fastens in front for easy handling.
Bigger photos available at Etsy.
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Eliza Gauger on February 4th, 2008 ~ 03:21:05 AM
Slotted into Etsy, Fashion, Pirates, The Sea |
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Log # 149
Dave vs. Goliath Update 2: Wassco Ahoy, Bambi Bye Bye
Some quick updates, since I’ve been busy and haven’t caught up with the SA thread in a few days:
1. Goldman’s “Goodbye Bambi” logo has been removed from his site, following a post by goons. There was much discussion on SA about the hair trigger of the Disney legal team, and the Disney “piracy hotline” was called. As reluctant as I am to reinforce Disney’s megalomaniacal grip on ancient intellectual property, I think the ends justify the means in this case.
2. The giant Todd Goldman evidence repository located at Mike Tyndall’s site is now being mirrored at ThirdProject.net.
3. What the fuck, can’t he even spell “weenie” right?
4. Stickypig has suggested to me that Goldman is pulling the biggest performance art stunt ever devised. It is, in fact, more difficult to trace five images to create a shitty cartoon, than it is to simply draw a new one. Does this say something profound about the “remix culture”, or is Goldman just a psychopath? Goon Mythrandir has a similar hypothesis:
It’s no secret that he’s an asshole, but I just realized that everything I’ve heard about this guy doing– from his art thievery down to his bullshit interview comments and asshole behavior when cornered– is complete douchebaggery. Which got me thinking; maybe he’s actually a brilliant artist, and his real “art” is that he’s become the ultimate despicable character and wants to see how the world reacts.
It’s the only logical explanation for how someone can be “the perfect asshole;” down to the most mundane detail of their lives. That takes effort, and a real asshole would need to have at least a couple redeeming (or at least neutral) qualities. I’ll bet he even has an “asshole” way of making sandwiches or starting his car or something.
5. Kelly states that he cannot discuss details of the case, and will not speak to the press at this time.
6. The Consumerist is on board.
7. Kelly also confirms that Chris Wass of Wassco (original artist from which a great deal of Goldman’s tracings have come) has been contacted about all this, and should not be sent any more email on the subject.
8. Goldman is now altering existing designs on his site, such as changing the face on this clipart fat kid, (original can be seen on the magnet, new face [taken from the Boys Are Stupid image] on the sticker) presumably to make them “different” enough to pass as original work in court.
9. The comment thread at Table of Malcontents is alive and simmering with rage, albeit with the absence of commentor “Totally Wrong”, lone defender of Goldman, who had his IP traced to davidandgoliath.com.
10. In the case of Rogers vs. Koons, (thanks, goon ruth232) we find hope for a reasonable outcome, should Dave vs. Goliath go to court: The Court found both “substantial similarity” and that there was access to the picture. The similarity was so close that the average lay person would recognize the copying. Thus the sculpture was found to be a copy of Rogers’ work.
11. On April 26, Kelly closes the thread and says there will be an update on the weekend or the following Monday (April 30). But…no update yet. We’re rooting for you, Shmorky.
This list has been added to the megapost, and crossposted to my LJ.
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Eliza Gauger on May 3rd, 2007 ~ 11:21:19 AM
Slotted into Artwork, Comics, Depressing, Digital, Future, Hate, Paintings, Pirates, Table of Malcontents, The Internet, Wired |
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Log # 130
February 8th, Tacoma, ALL AGES: Abney Park, Stolen Babies and Estradasphere
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Eliza Gauger on January 17th, 2007 ~ 08:07:42 PM
Slotted into Music, Pirates, Seattle |
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Log # 54
Our Home Forever Is: OUTER SPACE
I’m doing shots of strong-brewed Lady Grey in too much cream and Splenda while I book a flight to the godforsaken southwest with one hand and draw stuff with the other. I tell you these things because I’ve started getting little emails and IMs from humans, asking me things about stuff (thanks, actually. it’s nice.). Sooooo I think I cleared everything up, there.
And I should mention that I have an embarrassment of cupcakes just clogging up my fridge (and my lower intestines) and if you want a fresh cupcake, now is the goddamned time. You can drop by and I’ll slide one into the airlock for you. That counts as “social activity”. This last batch has cherries on top.
Big news tonight about gamedev for Windows:
Just un-embargoed:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10458Talking on the eve of its Gamefest event in Seattle, Microsoft has
revealed XNA Game Studio Express, a new product which will allow
indie developers and students to develop simultaneously on Xbox 360
and PC, and share their games to others in a new Xbox 360 ‘Creators
Club’.
I’ve been ordered by my editor to drag my flyblown carcass to a relevant speech on the topic, early tomorrow morning, to “cover it” like some sort of real journalist.
Jesus wept I’m busy.
And I forgot to use a tea cozy.
I keep getting spam emails about the tip of my penis being too sensitive. I thought I told you not to tell anyone about that.
“Cosmos (Outer Space)” off the new Tatu album is basically a They Might Be Giants Song sung by Russian lesbians. I really don’t think you can go wrong. It’s on my “Space and/or the Future” playlist, yes.
Zoetica is back from the Motherland, and has ticked over another year, AND has a very small present on the way. Hand-delivered by carrier pig.
And because I know that nobody reads anything without a giant photo carved into it, here’s a picture of my head. I like my green hair.
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Eliza Gauger on August 14th, 2006 ~ 01:15:11 PM
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Log # 44
Stupid.
I am currently wondering where I can find the contact information for whoever was in charge of hiring Amanda Riley for the History Channel show, True Pirates of the Caribbean.
The actress playing Mary Read had her corset on BACKWARDS the entire show.
Fuckin’ amazing.
EDIT: Ahahaha, I think I found her: http://www.myspace.com/nakedwardrobe
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Eliza Gauger on July 9th, 2006 ~ 10:15:13 PM
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Log # 40
Dead Man’s All-You-Can-Eat Calamari Buffet
I went to see Dead Man’s Chest opening night, first showing, all that nonsense. It held my attention all the way up until Squidbeard (played by a Bill Nighy who’s good to watch, but very undefined) gets doublecrossed by Jack for the first time. He’s on deck, surrounded by his fishy crew. And he opens the treasure chest…and there’s nothing inside…and he grits his teeth and tilts his head back and yells SPAAAARROWWWWWWWW and the camera zooms wayyyyy out.
I think that was when I knew for sure the movie was dead, and wasn’t coming back.
There’s a voodoo lady that’s damn keen, and the cursed crew of Innsmouthy fishpirates is neat, but Depp cakewalks, Bloom snores, and Knightly is unremarkable. There’s about a dozen plotlines and they’re all stupid.
There’s some genuinely fun swashbuckling, some vaguely interesting slash (the Sparrow and Elizabeth scenes could have been fun, maybe, if it weren’t so completely overwhelmed and if Sparrow was actually a character in this instead of a Hot Topic screenprint) and actually for about the first half of the film I was having a good time. But it’s two and a half hours long and once the poorly-animated Kraken shows up and the swordfights and explosions start in earnest, they DO NOT STOP. And you just sort of go numb and slump over in your seat.
And then you leave, feeling mightily abused.
That said, there’s a fabulous preview for a movie about a natural history museum and what happens there at night, which is something I was remarking to my friend about, when I went to the Field Museum in Chicago a few weeks ago. My concept was more of a zombie movie where the infection gets into the mummies and skeletons in the collection, but this is almost the same idea.
