Comments on: Classifying Pulp Magazine Cover Art http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/12/classifying-pulp-magazine-cover-art/ Science Fiction For Old Farts Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Crotchety Old Fan http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/12/classifying-pulp-magazine-cover-art/comment-page-1/#comment-12523 The Crotchety Old Fan Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:22:28 +0000 http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/?p=5705#comment-12523 I'm at Phil's site all the time. I game me permission to use some of his images on my <a href="http://www.rimworlds.com/checklist.htm" rel="nofollow">volume 1 number 1 gallery</a> I’m at Phil’s site all the time. I game me permission to use some of his images on my volume 1 number 1 gallery

]]> By: Lex http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/12/classifying-pulp-magazine-cover-art/comment-page-1/#comment-12521 Lex Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:36:34 +0000 http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/?p=5705#comment-12521 hi Steve, If you need cover images, check out Phil Stephensen-Payne's "Galactic Central" http://www.philsp.com/ Just look under Image Gallery and the title of the pulp! Of course, I considered descriptive taxonomies like you suggest for my own little database, which is in PHP/mySQL, http://www.dbr.nu/sf/artists/ ...but I'd have to agree with Paul that the open tagging method works best. Enjoyed looking over your set of terms, though! Much fun! Following up on your idea, ideally just write a script that loads the thumbnails from Galactic Central and allows anyone to add tags to particular images. In this way, only the tags need be stored, not the images. hi Steve,

If you need cover images, check out Phil Stephensen-Payne’s “Galactic Central”
http://www.philsp.com/
Just look under Image Gallery and the title of the pulp!

Of course, I considered descriptive taxonomies like you suggest for my own little database, which is in PHP/mySQL, http://www.dbr.nu/sf/artists/
…but I’d have to agree with Paul that the open tagging method works best. Enjoyed looking over your set of terms, though! Much fun!

Following up on your idea, ideally just write a script that loads the thumbnails from Galactic Central and allows anyone to add tags to particular images. In this way, only the tags need be stored, not the images.

]]> By: The Crotchety Old Fan http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/12/classifying-pulp-magazine-cover-art/comment-page-1/#comment-12499 The Crotchety Old Fan Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:58:00 +0000 http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/?p=5705#comment-12499 lol. I wonder if anyone wants to help me set up a sql database and data entry forms online. Once we get the "classes" selected (and say, 90% of the tags refined), anyone could go on there, enter the name and issue of a pulp mag and then click boxes that tag the cover image. kind of a poor mans distributed processing.... lol.

I wonder if anyone wants to help me set up a sql database and data entry forms online. Once we get the “classes” selected (and say, 90% of the tags refined), anyone could go on there, enter the name and issue of a pulp mag and then click boxes that tag the cover image. kind of a poor mans distributed processing….

]]> By: Jerry http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/12/classifying-pulp-magazine-cover-art/comment-page-1/#comment-12498 Jerry Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:49:09 +0000 http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/?p=5705#comment-12498 I think you've just created a new academic discipline. Expect courses in Pulp Magazine Cover Taxonomy to be offered before the decade is out. I think you’ve just created a new academic discipline. Expect courses in Pulp Magazine Cover Taxonomy to be offered before the decade is out.

]]> By: The Crotchety Old Fan http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/12/classifying-pulp-magazine-cover-art/comment-page-1/#comment-12497 The Crotchety Old Fan Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:09:18 +0000 http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/?p=5705#comment-12497 That would be nice, but the majority of the covers are either not scanned or are under copyright or the scans are under copyright, etc., etc. It doesn't need the images though - just the issue date/volume and number, plus the tags. Right now I'm more interested in seeing what the tags I might need are. That would be nice, but the majority of the covers are either not scanned or are under copyright or the scans are under copyright, etc., etc.

It doesn’t need the images though – just the issue date/volume and number, plus the tags.

Right now I’m more interested in seeing what the tags I might need are.

]]> By: Paul http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/12/classifying-pulp-magazine-cover-art/comment-page-1/#comment-12496 Paul Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:25:55 +0000 http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/?p=5705#comment-12496 You should bring your idea to fruition over at Flickr. Basically, you can create a database of magazine covers with various tags/subjects, so when someone types in "insects," they get a gallery of magazines with insects on the cover. You should bring your idea to fruition over at Flickr. Basically, you can create a database of magazine covers with various tags/subjects, so when someone types in “insects,” they get a gallery of magazines with insects on the cover.

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