May 3, 2006

• Quarter to Three
  continued

  For Henriette D. Avram, a systems analyst who "had to enter the mind of the library cataloger, a profession whose
  arcane knowledge-- involving deep philosophical questions about
  taxonomy, interconnectedness and the nature of similarity and
  difference-- was guarded like priestly ritual." -- Margalit Fox in today's New York Times

  Mrs. Avram died on April 22.

  For related material on priestly ritual, see

  • the Log24 entry of Easter Monday, April 17: Sub Specie Aeternitatis
  • an emblem, Finis Coronat Opus, linked to from that entry's image
  • a poem, "The Wreck of the Deutschland," that may or may not have been influenced by that emblem.

  

  Finis Coronat Opus

  "You gotta be true to your code"
  -- Sinatra  

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