Good Warren Ellis quote...

Warren Ellis said today:

Density isn't just about words. It takes longer to take in, say, a Jon J Muth painting than it does to read sixty words. Similarly, eight bars of "Deep Blue Day," say, carry a higher cognitive load than, say, eight bars from any Killers song, because the former is art made with intelligence and layers that reward consideration and the latter had one good single and turned into an overblown bar band.

Which is all to say: space has cognitive load too.

The Da Vinci Code cast and crew...

Someone just pointed out to me that on IMDb Leonardo da Vinci is down with a credit as one of the artists working on the movie The Da Vinci Code.

Now, I'm not a fan of either the movie or the book, but I think that's hilarious and delightful. And maybe it gives my "Time Traveller" icon even more significance....

The Sarah Jane Adventures...

Initially I hadn't planned to watch The Sarah Jane Adventures. I don't much like most kid's shows, and even though Sarah Jane was delightful in "School Reunion" I hadn't much interest. Then I saw a trailer for the show, and thought, "I want to watch that." The mark of a really good trailer.

( So I watched it. )