(End credits, Excel Saga) Yes, today I have a very sad tale to share in my cyanography experiments. You remember last time, I shared this: Well, I have experimented further with inkjet photo paper, and made some very unpleasant discoveries along the way. The first is the streaking - without using a non-contact application method, I am not going to avoid it. The gel surface is just too fragile. So if I want to persist with this, it will be out with the air-brush. I somehow doubt I am going to find spray-cans of cyanotype sensitiser, after all. The second is in washing. Because there is no cellulose for the Prussian Blue to bond with, the washing inevitably destroys the image, meaning that you cannot preserve the image long-term. This also means that you end up including the un-exposed chemicals in the scan, which adds considerable grain and loss of contrast - especially in the high-tones of the inverted image. This second issue is essentially insoluble, which is a pity, as it would h
Who knew that this stilted view of economics was so prevalent among the voting public? Now we are going to need to vote ourselves extraordinary powers just to stay in office.
ReplyDeleteStephen Gunnell It’s not so much a stilted view of economics but one of belief in what the function of government ought to be. Those who believe in a minimal state would limit government spending to defence, the police and the judiciary. Anything else being personal.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, grind everyone down into poverty while spending big on the means to control the masses. Funny how this looks exactly like British policy in the 1770s.
ReplyDeleteStephen Gunnell and through most of the 19th century too. It's not a new political idea. As an alternative to anarchy it had some merit.
ReplyDeleteL Gorrie in a minimal state those services would be provided by private enterprise (or religious/philanthropic/co-operative organisations)
I think most models of government have thankfully evolved beyond this.
The idea had a revival in the 1970's after the publication of Robert Nozicks book "Anarchy, State, and Utopia".
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