May 7, 2003
I personally have read almost no blogs in the last three weeks. Today is the first day I’ve even made a stab toward getting back into it. I’ve caught up on Avedon, CalPundit, Max Sawicky, Timothy Burke, Kieran Healy, Henry and Maria Farrell, and Soundbitten. Next: the lime-green expanses of Jim Henley. Pray for me.
UPDATE: Okay, it was worth it. “Second-rate online dictionaries have been the cause of more unnecessary grief than all the nation’s Lite Rock stations put together.” How could I have doubted? [08:47 PM]
In case you hadn't already heard--Dear Raed is back and there's much to catch up on.
If you think that's lime green, our monitors have way different color values. Looks more like sage to me. That's all. I have no substantive comment to make. Move along now.
Patrick, be sure to read the latest on Brad De Long's blog. The Ten and Thirteen year olds are making some remarkably erudite comments as of late, and Brad gives them a nice summation about why life is much better now than it was way back when. And Kevin Drum would be at a loss on economic matters without Brad telling him what to think. Me too, of course... ;-)
Mary Kay-
It's navy on lime on white on my monitor. The lime is a bit washed out, maybe lime sorbet, but no way is it sage. There's no gray in it at all.
Gee, isn't it great to be back to the deep subjects of Electrolite?
Oh, and hey, Patrick. Dude. Good to see you back.
--Ulrika
Sage? I kind of like that. "My blog is sage." However, my eyes work more like Ulrika's than Mary Kay's, which is why I've long considered myself part of the League of Extraordinary Sherbet-Colored Blogs with Ginger Stampley and Avedon Carol.
Yes, it sure is good to have Patrick back, eh? I would say we need a wise and caring federal program to regulate his absences for the good of all the countries working families.
Hmmm. The background of Jim's log looks to me like the paler parts of the lower right hand color on this page
http://www.sfsu.edu/~jtolson/textures/sort/green/britegrn.htm
Okay, I'll grant no grey in it.
But lime green is more the color of the background here.
http://www.non-aol.com/namedcolors.php?bgcolor=limegreen
Yes, indeed. I do enjoy these lovely meaningful Electrolite discussions. I don't know about a government office to regulate availability though. I mean what's enough for one might be too much for another. Know what I'm saying?
Oh, it's quite simple. It's "#CCFF99".
Problem solved.
(Why, yes, I do spend too much time on computers)
Ah. Then it's "Pale Dull Spring", according to the Stand Color Space.
Yeah, right. It's green enough that even I, deuteranomalia inflicted, can dope out that it's green.
Re: the dictionary complaint, I'll point people at the still-not-up-and-running-but-should-be-soonish Eat More Words, a group formed to get cut-rate access to the online OED by (among others) Judith of 20 Things.
Green is one of the colors that is very much affected by local monitor conditions. And, because of gamma differences between Mac and PC monitors, green can look very different on a Mac and a PC.
So you're saying it's not that easy being green?
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