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Adorable Kant Quote of the Day

“But it is noteworthy that if we secretly deceived this lover of the beautiful by planting in the ground artificial flowers (which can be manufactured exactly like natural ones)…and he discovered the deceit, the immediate interest that he previously took in them would disappear at once…” (Critique of Judgment, Sec. 42) I like to think [...]

Posted 17 March 2009 Adam § , § Comments (0)

Back to the ‘henge

I threatened long ago to write more about Stonehenge, but as the experience faded into the past, so did the excitement about writing about it. Nevertheless, there is more to be said and it seems to want to come out. So after the jump, history and the sublime.

Posted 12 April 2008 Adam § , , , § Comments (2)

Old School

We took one trip to Oxford with the big group in the last few weeks. I also briefly visited Cambridge when my folks were here. The students were excited about the multitude of Harry Potter-iffic sites at Oxford. But I’m sure we were all struck by the the architecture most of all. The same goes [...]

Posted 01 April 2008 Adam § , , § Comments (1)

UMR Logi and Wordmarks

With our new name here at UMR (in January we will be Missouri University of Science and Technology) comes all sorts of interesting design choices. The latest public one of these is the new logo: I don’t mind the whole large S & T, mining axe design and the overall design wouldn’t be that bad [...]

Posted 17 September 2007 Adam § , , , § Comments (1)

New Theme

Ok, so I’m sticking with this design for the near future. I’m not happy with it, but shooting for perfection is counter-productive. Meanwhile, I see my competition (and sole commenter to date) over at A Ku Indeed! has a beautiful new theme. I really like that look and wish I would have found it first! [...]

Posted 09 September 2007 Adam § , , § Comments (1)