Headlines make the news sing: In addition to 100,000 serious-minded, seeking education gawkers dropping by, several other blogs linked to the post on the ancient animation. Far and away the best headline on any of those links: “So who’s whistlin’ now, Steamboat Willie?”
(What? Who is Steamboat Willie? Here, it’s history; you can look it up.)
Stumble It!
March 18, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Oh no need to get rid of them, they can be disabled on an individual basis.
I’m old fashioned, I worked on computers back when we had steam driven transistors, so this new pop up stuff drives me nuts. (I miss command line.)
If you like them, keep them, I already disabled them on my browser, so I have no complaints. (Except about these dinky small comment windows. I need to go back to keeping a text editor window open and copy and paste. I notice I create numerous typo’s when posting to WordPress Blogs.)
The real question is, do you think the copyright on the goat is still enforced? The Medean Ibex motif is not the only animation. The standard of Ur narrative is arguably interactive by virtue of it being part of a musical instrument. Certainly the Bull Lyre and Queen’s lyre in the UPenn museum fall into that category.
March 18, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I use the previews a lot. I’m willing to scrap ‘em if enough people complain. I think you and Pam are the only ones, so far.
March 18, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Speaking of animation, what’s with the new javascript pop-ups? Figured out how to get rid of them easily enough. Crikey, this short attention span culture is going to drive me underground sooner than later.
March 18, 2008 at 11:16 am
Haha I remember the spoof in the simpsons of steamboat willie
March 18, 2008 at 7:03 am
ROTFL… ah, you mean there are people here who don’t know Steamboat Willie?