[Baren} the mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking Baren Digest Friday, 5 May 2000 Volume 11 : Number 998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gayle Wohlken Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 09:24:57 -0400 Subject: [Baren 9596] Re: Baren Digest V11 #997 > I've also noted that when doing a > search of one's own name, oftentimes postings made to Baren come up. Roxanne, I typed in my name, and quite a few of my postings to Baren came up, so this is probably happening to all of us. But that's what the world wide web is about. In fact, that is how I have found people I've lost touch with. But an advisory to write posts that won't incriminate us would be wise. Thanks, Wanda, for the updates on the archives. In fact, just the other day I was happily going through them to find something I needed to know, and it was there. I made a small daub, according to Eli Griggs' instructions and it works! I was able to print 11 yesterday, instead of the usual four and its laborious q-tip cleaning of the board each time. Thanks, Eli. Gayle Burton, Ohio (USA) ------------------------------ From: ArtfulCarol@aol.com Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 11:27:14 EDT Subject: [Baren 9598] Re:Franconi Roxanne; If this is any help to you I think Frasconi was teaching at SUNY, Purchase (NY) last year. I am trying to find out if he is teaching in Sept. because I am interested. Carol Lyons Irvington, NY ------------------------------ From: "Maria Arango" Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 08:27:44 -0700 Subject: [Baren 9599] spam, schpam, & search after 5? > ...and furthermore, having gone to where those links in my Sherlock program > take me when I type in my own name, I wish to heck I hadn't written a Oh noooo!!! The virtual world out there must think I'm some kind of derrrrranged drunken Charrrrro dancing the nights away in a red t-shirt surrounded by wolves...ohmygosh! Here are some solutions to spam (some are real, some are in jest, your pick): - -don't respond - -use the delete key when you don't like the subject of the e-mail without opening it - -add the sender to your "blocked senders" list or similar setting in your email program - -painstakingly reply to all those emails following carefully the "unsubscribe" or "remove" instructions usually at the bottom of the email - -create an alternate identity in your e-mail program, one with an invalid return e-mail address, and only use that identity to send e-mails out - -alternatively, block out mail from *all* addresses except the ones you specify - -get a free e-mail account like Hotmail or Netscape, fake your profile and use that to post to this and other dangerous lists; never check your incoming mail in their websites and the mailbox will be dutifully emptied every 2 MB or so - -don't ever write any e-mails to anyone ever, hide in your homes, don't answer the phone, don't send snail mail to anyone and after about 12 years nobody will ever bother you again ever; you will probably get a lot of prints done that way as a bonus - -take spam as your only food on a very long hike and you will get to kinda likit The world wide web search engines, of which there are hundreds, maybe thousands by now, has these things called "spiders" or "robots" that go crawling around everywhere and collect mostly names and e-mail addresses. Those e-mail addresses and names sometimes get matched up with the sites you frequent, making up a profile of sorts. Those profiles are then sold at a hefty price, I might add, to e-mail list buyers which could be anyone. Anyone then e-mails spam across the web, selling and promoting all kinds of stuff. Baren posts aren't anymore the culprit than any other post or even your "private" e-mails to trusted friends and families. After all, those "private" e-mails sit in a virtual mailbox somewhere for quite a while between send and retrieve. Companies that provide e-mail back up their virtual drives, including e-mail boxes. An 11 year-old hacker can get into those, not counting all the employees of the company. Let's face it, we're naked out there! Much health and humor to all, Maria ps, please make sure you drink enough water to counter the high-sodium content in spam <><><><><><><><><><><><> Maria Arango, Printmaker Las Vegas Nevada USA http://www.printmakingstudio.com maria@mariarango.com mariten@lvcm.com <><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ From: Roxanne Sexauer Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 11:53:37 -0800 Subject: [Baren 9600] Re:Frasconi Carol - I studied with Antonio at SUNY Purchase & was the first person to be granted an MFA in Printmaking from that institution. Write me off list if you would like more info about my experiences with the program. One of our BFA grads, Cassandra Hooper, went to grad school there, and now teaches there full-time, having replaced Margot Lovejoy. Another of our BFA's, Karen Kimura, also attended grad school at Purchase, so I can share other perspectives beyond my own. Why not come to grad school with us in sunny CA? Our shop is bigger, currently under renovation, & the winters are much less dismal. Jamie - Thanks, would love that information when you get it. We have just returned from a rather late spring break, face finals towards the end of the month. Wanda - As to why one would do a web search on one's own name, oftentimes my work turns up in exhibitions that I am not even aware of. It's a good way to check up on your work's longevity beyond your own protective aegis. As an academic, one must always provided detailed evidence of one's scholarship to one's peers and one's administration. Instead of "publish! publish! publish!" it's "exhibit! exhibit! exhibit!" By doing a search, I just found that I was in an exhibition titled: The Press of the Text: Rare Books and Artists’ Books of the 20th Century. This was held in the Special Collections Department, University of Missouri, Kansas City University Library. I had no idea. You don't really have to "dig" at all, just try a variety of search engines under your own name. Maria- I find your postings delightful! I think I have the best composite notion of who you are from both your work and your wit. However, the downside to being too open on a public forum such as this when it comes to tenure politics and faculty hires is incalculable. I hesitate to say more, but can assure you that this can be quite critical. Roxanne Sexauer Long Beach, CA ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V11 #998 ****************************