Well, the first quarter of Born Smart? is up on the web now.
We’ve been adding two “digitally-remastered” pages a week since October. Aside from the tone-removal and colouring process, part of the task is updating where we can, but leaving it be—warts and all—in most other cases. There are too many places where we say “but we could draw/design that better now!” Must resist the urge. Still, there is one particularly irksome page that is going under the knife in a few weeks…
The worst of it was updating a chart on page 23, which took five days of researching that no one has tried to create in a number of years, and there are a number of recent scientific battles going on that make it a minefield. I was very grateful for the help (during the pre-Christmas rush, no less) of T. Michael Keesey, who does an interesting blog called Parry and Carney: each week there’s a dinosaur cartoon, and an essay about recent news about reptile in history or goings on in the Cretaceous and thereabouts. He’s a good man—and thorough.
And we could get nowhere in French without the proof-reading and supplementary translation work of Mireille Messier too.
We’re not promoting this yet, because bigger things are afoot for Doodle of the Week soon—but first we have to get back to a regular work schedule, don’t we Photon?
If you haven’t checked ‘Born Smart’ out already, I urge you to do so. You’ll learn something, even if you don’t think you need to anymore.
PS, I met the new kid at the Cook-Suzuki house. She’s a babe.
Hey, it’s looking great — better than ever (and I oughta know)!
I’m very impressed.
And Photon is adorable, but you already know that. Almost as cute as a rabbit, but not quite.
Hey look everyone, it’s Diane K, Born Smart’s original editor! (clap clap clap clap)
Diane, when alert, Photon’s ears now touch at the top of her head. A little more length in them and we’ll take her to you to confirm the awful truth we now suspect: she is a rabbit with dental surgery. That would also explain why they docked her tail…
Oh by the way everybody, Diane and her partner can tell you all you need to know about rabbit communication at their site The Language of Lagomorphs.
We know Jon likes rabbits, but they are probably a bit too fragile for him to really have fun with. Photon is a better choice. (Hush, Wilson, not everyone can have a rabbit!)
Rabbit, I tell you…
What on earth is that funny-looking rabbit DOING to that…that…that pink thing?!?
The pink thing is called a loofa dog; it’s made of a terry-type material and has two different squeakers. As for what’s she’s doing…you tell us, YOU’RE the rabbit expert!!
My rabbits have all been neutered, so I’m sure I wouldn’t know…anyway, this is a family blog, so I’m on my best behaviour. (Yeah, I know, you’ve never seen my best behaviour before, it’s no wonder you didn’t recognize it.)