Boats and deckchairs: a mystery solved
Stephen Jay Gould
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When I Googled for
necker
cube yesterday, I found an image embedded in an amazing article
entitled
Boats and Deckchairs, written by Stephen Jay Gould and
Rhonda Roland Shearer and published -- in December 1999 -- in the
Marcel Duchamp Studies Online Journal. I used the image to
illustrate yesterday's item, and linked to the article. Later in
the day, I noticed the link had been
shut down, so I swapped in a different image. But in fact, you
can still find the article at
http://toutfait.com/issues/issue_1/Articles/boat.html.
It's a worthy entertainment that reminds me how diverse Gould's
interests were, and how much he is missed.
Why was the original URL in Google's index shut down? My guess: the
site wanted to make sure everybody has a chance to see their
Flash
intro. If that's so, I'd recommend redirecting folks from
www.toutfait.com to toutfait.com. (PS: the original is back now
too.)
Former URL: http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2003/03/19.html#a643