A freebie

Saturday, May 2, 2009, in addition to being Derby Day is also the day many comic book stores will be handing out a free comic book! (I heard this story on NPR.)

If you aren't sure why a comic can be an art form, an intellectual stimulus, and just plain fun - read Scott McCloud's book 'Understanding Comics : The Invisible Art' [PN 6710 .M333 1993]. Mr. McCloud goes back to the Mayans and Egyptians to give examples of comic art as history.

Fascinating- and you thought comics were just about super heroes.

Get something to read at your local comic store on May 2, 2009.

-kls

My goodness gracious

The View is four years old. I need to sit down and fan myself. Thank you for reading and commenting.

On July 1st our 'view' will change as we officially merge with Chattahoochee Tech and Appalachian Tech. We'll offer more resources, which will give us more to talk about!

Policies and procedures will change. Resources will increase!

I'm going to rest for a moment while I contemplate what we have done.


-kls

Passing of the Old Guard

A giant of the early world wide web has passed into memory . . .

Geocities was a service that allowed users to set up and create their own personal websites. During the mid and late 1990's, Geocities was perhaps the main service for web surfers to create their own pages. Each Geocities account was assigned to a 'neighborhood' within Geocities based on the subject of the website. Example: 'Hollywood' designated websites related to entertainment. Users could even navigate within the neighborhoods by clicking on house icons that corresponded to a website (or just typing in the website's url to get there).

The interface and technology used by Geocities became a bit dated as 2000 rolled around, and Yahoo! acquired the service. Another death blow to Geocities was the growth of services such as MySpace and Facebook that required less maintenance to create and maintain a personal account.

Technology, like information, changes, and Geocities is now on the shelf with 8-tracks and BETA vcr's.

JWF