Just Renewed My Artistic Licence... 01/12/2004 Yesterday I was complimented for this sentence in the Journal: "I fingered the event for days before, until it was as dog-eared as a favorite book." I admitted immediately that the idea was stolen from another author; but could not give proper accreditation since I don't remember where I read it.This morning my son, Mad (AKA the Bubaker), and I had a conversation that touched on this matter of the theft of ideas. Rather than attempt a complete re-hash of the thing, I will put an edited version below (edited because we tend to talk on two subjects at once - I have removed the other subject, that's all).thebubaker: when you have time I'll show you the prettiest site on the netgone_away_2000: Thanksgone_away_2000: Won't be long nowgone_away_2000: Okay. I am at your disposalthebubaker: you may have seen it before... but this guy blows my mindthebubaker: http://alazanto.org/thebubaker: so purtythebubaker: I wish I were that goodgone_away_2000: Very nicegone_away_2000: If a tad artythebubaker: it's so clevergone_away_2000: You see the clever code - I don'tthebubaker: the floats ... drop shadows... texturesthebubaker: damn he's goodgone_away_2000: Yes I saw thosethebubaker: yeah the CSS is poetrygone_away_2000: All in good time Mad - your approach is a little different but in your own way you are as goodthebubaker: *faints*gone_away_2000: There are many sites like his on the netthebubaker: nahthebubaker: but one daythebubaker: I've never seen another like thatgone_away_2000: It's almost a fashion in the arty farty worldthebubaker: Hmmmgone_away_2000: I look at arty sites occasionallygone_away_2000: The fonts and squiggles - so passéthebubaker: lolgone_away_2000: Little sign of true adventure and daring - great coding but not much design originalitythebubaker: you really should hang out with my lot moregone_away_2000: Yeah?thebubaker: yeah... you sounded like Three for a momentgone_away_2000: Tasteful, I admitgone_away_2000: LOL Yeah rightgone_away_2000: And the colors - they're almost stock for an arty sitegone_away_2000: Oooh the guy can't spell toothebubaker: he can't?gone_away_2000: No - whither instead of wither Hahahahagone_away_2000: Alazanto really is a spelling joke....gone_away_2000: Entelechial instead of intellectual? ROFLOLgone_away_2000: He talks BS toothebubaker: I didn't actually READ the copy on alazantothebubaker: I just went "ooooohhh ahhhhh"gone_away_2000: Seriously, this Alazanto guy is a BS merchant - just a coder with unlikely ambitionsthebubaker: so purteeeeegone_away_2000: Seen plenty of sites just as goodthebubaker: what's he goin' on about?gone_away_2000: Difficult to see through the BS - I think it's just a blogthebubaker: ahhhgone_away_2000: Never be overawed - take lessons where required and know that no man has it allgone_away_2000: I stole the dog-eared event BTWgone_away_2000: As an examplegone_away_2000: Artists are allowed to do thatthebubaker: yeah I guessgone_away_2000: Stealing is not only allowed, it's expected - a form of compliment, a homage eventhebubaker: we are allowed to "borrow" it's truegone_away_2000: It's true - you know all those great classical symphonies?gone_away_2000: They're all based on folk tunesthebubaker: really?!gone_away_2000: Yesthebubaker: bloody hellgone_away_2000: College professors make a living by going through TS Eliot's poems and indentifying his sourcesgone_away_2000: It doesn't detract from the greatness of his poetrythebubaker: and Old Bill Shakey borrowed every classical storyline from Cicero etcgone_away_2000: You see, it's truegone_away_2000: Very little is new under the sun - it's all in how you combine itthebubaker: true truegone_away_2000: What I like about your site is its clean and (apparently) effortless designgone_away_2000: There's no BS therethebubaker: simple... it isgone_away_2000: Unless you count my pagethebubaker: PFFFTthebubaker: But it's simple cause I didn't dare add more in case I broke itgone_away_2000: Matters not - you use what you know to its greatest advantagegone_away_2000: No man knows everythingthebubaker: aww shucksthebubaker: thankee Dadgone_away_2000: We do what we can within our limits and learn as fast as we canthebubaker: yupgone_away_2000: Just the truth Madgone_away_2000: Having seen Alazanto's site, you can mimic him, if that's your desirethebubaker: I couldn't do his graphical style anywhere near as wellgone_away_2000: But the real trick is to take what you really like and use it with other things so that no-one can see your indebtednessthebubaker: but the code? yeah I reckonthebubaker: Like my white bordersgone_away_2000: Yesthebubaker: they're inspired by another sitegone_away_2000: Yes, you see what I meangone_away_2000: Hmmmm I think you may have given me some blog materialthebubaker: yeah? Kewlgone_away_2000: I shall save this
Clive
Way And I stand by my assertion to my dear wife recently, that the best damn layout to come down the pike (the pike runs along side the infamous tube, where things are always going down)was Playboy. Boys, boys...I mean the text layout. Crikey. (what in the hell are ya'll talking about anyway? Isn't this Ebay?) Date Added: 01/12/2004
Gone Away Funny, I don't remember the text layout... Date Added: 01/12/2004
Way Okay. So I lied. Date Added: 01/12/2004
Katie My dear sweet Mad... How can "your white borders" be inspired from another website??? When you were showing me the roughs of your new redesign, don't you recall that I suggested using white? That's neither here nor there, just a reminder:P Date Added: 15/12/2004
Mad Uh-oh caught out! In that case it's the thickness of the borders that was "inspired" from another designer and all credit to you for the white suggestion :D Date Added: 15/12/2004
Gone Away Hi Katie :)
Could white borders be the boundaries of a Canadian farm in winter? Date Added: 15/12/2004
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