Squeak of the Week

Seeds of Inspiration for January 29th:

• Periodic Table Printmaking Project – 96 printmakers of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination. The result is a periodic table intended to promote both science and the arts.
• 10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online — Education-Portal.com – Are you a current writer or looking to break into the craft? Formal writing courses can help you hone your skills. If you don’t have the money or the time for a campus-based course, there are plenty of universities that offer free writing courses online.
• Can a Sandwich Be Slandered? – Quiznos invited the public to submit homemade commercials in a contest intended to attack top rival, Subway. Quiznos did not make the insulting submissions, so should it be held liable for user-generated content created at its behest? Subway thinks so.
• What Housing Crisis? Realtors’ Ads Defy Reality – “We believe there’s a psychological block” to buying a home due to negative media coverage of the subprime crisis, said Frank Sibley, senior VP-communications and conventions for the National Association of Realtors.
• Online Rube Goldberg – Innovative promotional site for Dutch department store, HEMA. (If you want to shop, you will have to go to HEMA’s main website at http://www.hema.nl/)