I've noticed that the Rich Text Editor (that tool bar with the buttons for bold, italic, etc.) has been acting weird. First, it wasn't allowing some of you to put line breaks in your blogs. That should be fixed now. Second, as you write the text is in a smaller font. It's not a huge problem, just harder to see. I think I know how to fix this. And lastly and most annoyingly, whenever you hit enter for a line break it skips a line.

Like this. I'm being told that this is standard (even if no one likes it) for Rich Text Editors. Apparently we're stuck with this. I'll keep an eye out though for a fix. In the mean time, you and hit shift + enter to get a single line break.
See, it works =)

Cai Guo-Qiang is the artist behind the permanent installation in the lobby of the Seattle Art Museum, Inopportune: Stage One. (first picture) It seems he strung up the exact same piece in New York's Guggenheim; the same title and everything. (second picture) No one's sure whether this is kosher, but it's a great exhibit none the less. And for those so into this piece that they wish there was a sequel, you're in luck. Inopportune: Stage Two (third picture)

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Formatting, you foul beast! All I want if for my web pages to look and certain way but you would not have it. I am on a quest through the intelands into your very bowels, where there are strange and unfamiliar tongues. The inhabitants carry on in PHP, CSS, HTML and JavaScript. If I could only find the words, I could express my needs and they would surely respond. But woefully, I am speechless. Yet I will pitch camp and weather this conflict, immersing myself in the culture until I pass as resident. Only then, the locks will be loosed and your form will become mailable.

Ok, glad I got that out. So, April 16 was Fashion for the Sole. It was a fashion show put on by Sound Magazine to benefit Home Alive, a Seattle based anti-violence non-profit. The event showcased shoes by Fluevog along with 8 Seattle area designers and boutiques. Hair and makeup by Habitude Salon. Who is that sporting the pom on the runway!?

This evening I had the privilege of seeing the brilliant and legendary Ursula K. Le Guin reading from her new book, Lavinia.  She is best know for her highly lauded novels The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, both of which landed the Hugo award and Nebula award.  The Earthsea series was also hers. If you've never ready Le Guin, I highly recommend it.

Louise Hindsgavl is a ceramics artist whose latest collection of white porcelain figurines can be found in the Mindcraft exhibition at Zona Tortona in Milan.  He depicts distorted human bodies fused with the heads and appendages of fawns and horses.  Such typically innocuous element are melded together to produce a jarring composition.

Though you are probably rolling eyes and wagging fingers at the lack of noticeable changes in the site over the last couple days, I swear hours are being logged. I'm trying to work out the menus and pages for the groups section. Stay tuned for some rad new features. Wiki, anyone?

Role call, part 3:

Mike (my brother for just over a year now)

JonnyRocket (welcome, whoever you are)

Last Sunday I attended the Seattle Grand Slam, an annual slam poetry event the determines who will represent our city at nationals. It is at these spoken word exhibitions that I am moved by the power of words. So often we hear language that poisons and unravels; so it is refreshing to hear compositions of such sublime beauty. And bolstering the words is the impeccable and passionate delivery. To me, this is one of the most moving and impressive artistic disciplines.

This is Danny Sherrard who performed at the Grand Slam. He took nationals last year.

If you're like me, you've been sucked into the world of blog reading as a primary source for news, info and entertainment. If this is not you, start searching for blogs of interest on just about any topic you could imagine. For those who care, my regulars are: Engadget (tech), Webware (web), MoCo Loco (design), Art Culture (art), and Scientific American (science). Needless to say, I sometimes spend a lot more time than I should going back and forth between sites, checking for updates and trying to catch up on old posts.

Enter RSS feeds. See that little square, orange button at the bottom of this page? They allow you to subscribe to a blog. Then if you sign up for an RSS reader, such as the highly recommended Google Reader, all of your subscribed blogs are sent to you automatically! New posts just show up and are added to the river of news. I just set this up yesterday for myself; I feel like it's Christmas. Efficiency gets me really excited for some reason.

So, if you're trying to keep up with any other blogs besides this one, it would behoove you to subscribe to all your websites. If you have any questions about this leave a comment and I'll help you out.

The latest choreography from Seattle's Zoe Scofield, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't

On Thursday, Wax Artistic's experienced it's highest traffic day yet! A whopping 15 people took time out of their busy schedules to check in on what we're doing here. It may not sound like much, but I'm stoked! We've even had visitors from Belgium and New Zealand. The site's growing!!! Thanks, everyone =)

If you notice to the right, there is a beautiful new calendar. See those colors, they were originally a hideous purple and pink when I installed it. But I tracked down the lines of code and reconfigured them to "awesome." Eventually I'll add a form to allow you guys to add your own events. Until then, I'll try to keep you guys in the know.

Theo Jansen is a kinetic sculptor. He fuses art and engineering in assemblies that resemble skeletons of animals that are power by the wind. He was featured in this BMW commercial.

Not much work was done on the website today. I was busy memorizing the presidents. However, there is a new menu to the right showing recent content added by users.

My new favorite blog is webware.com; it discusses all things Web 2.0. I even found this entry on Web 2.5 and Web 3.0! What!? I had no idea these next iterations of the internet had been defined. So if you're interested in what's in store for the internet, then check it.

Now for new member role call:

Sarah G. (for some reason she signed up twice. Why'd you do that?)

Maggie Baxter (check out her first blog entry)

Mom (the giver of life)

Kate Juergens (my Hotlantian girlfriend)

TINY AND BLOODY Dawn Cerny's paper soldiers in the waiting room of the Henry Art Gallery (Seattle); from her show, We're All Going to Die (Except for You), 2008

My polls are busted! I was getting a little dismayed by the lack of participation on the site poll. However, with some feedback from Sarah G. I realized that they weren't working properly. Apparently, there is a bug in the Advanced Polls module that should be fixed at the next update. Until then, polls are down. Actually, I think simple polls will still work.

Shout outs to new site members (in order of registration):

1. Asdo

2. Ryan Roberts

3. Kelly Bauerson

4. Kim George

5. Elizabeth Hampson

6. Kelly Morrow

7. Dana Goodman

I'm thinking I might make Wax Artistic t-shirts for the first 10 or so.

And finally, for you viewing pleasure. I present Andy Bray with his premier video project. Genius. (Yep, as of today I can now embed video. Woot!)

I am now able to insert photos into my blog! I'm pretty sure logged-in users can do so as well. However let it be known, the user interface for uploading an image is ugly and a little confusing. Hence, I see this as more of a temporary solution to add color to the blogs.

This is a photo from the Tate Modern in London. It was an exhibit on urbanism. The wooden models are graphic representations of population density in various major cities around the world. It was stunningly effective!