Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Friday, March 25, 2005
Web images
For a gentler look at what the Web can do, there's WebGobbler, which searches the Web for photographs and combines them in to collage-like new works of art. The images are abstract and similar to each other, but each is compelling in its own way:
Just a message to inform you that version 1.0 beta 16 is available, including a Windows binary.
You do not have to install Python anymore or fiddle with the command-line. Just double-click the exe, and start creating your own images. The program includes a user-friendly configuration window.
For those interested, the source code is of course always available.
webGobbler can run as a command-line program, a GUI application, a wallpaper changer, a webpage generator or a screensaver.
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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