The Wayback Machine is a great place to find obsolete information

Hey boys and girls!

I actually used the wayback machine to fix a
computer!

Gateway had stopped supporting an older Solo 2500 laptop they
made in 2001, and the current web page no longer carries the patches,
upgrades, and fixes for it. So, I went to the wayback machine, typed in its archived URL for Gateway, and they displayed the Gateway pages for 2001, 2002, and
2003. I was able to download the patches and fixes I was looking for from
there.

Pretty cool!

Input to Wikipedia: December 3, 2005

My new posting is available on Wikipedia under the heading Digital Art Talk, where I look at the definition supplied for the topic Digital Art as "Swatkins". At issue is the focus on the tool instead of digital art in a more holistic sensibility, similar to how the arts in general are defined on Wikipedia. One would not discuss a famous painting, and limit the dialogue to the paintbrush, or the brand of pigment used. In much this same way however, digital art has been proceduralized, stigmatized as unworthy of belonging to the community of Art.

I will be keeping an eye on this discussion, and hope to see it proceed. Mostly, I look forward to it getting an acknowledgement of any kind! (Even bad would be nice...:)