I've been thinking about the nature of web "pages" and websites and what not lately, and the internet-library analogy . . . and it strikes me that websites--particularly the more graphic design-intense sites like Fine Words Butter No Parsnips, which is a very interesting personal (sort of family-operated anyway) website with a lot of artsy and professional talent on display . . . it strikes me that such sites are oddly like (real) pop-up childrens books, using javascript and Flash and so on in the same way as the printed books use folded paper and cardboard; I'm sure there's some common impulse, some logical relationship, at work here, and some graphic design theorist out there could enlighten me no doubt.

But anyhow, according to the site, "The proverb 'fine words butter no parsnips' is just another way of saying 'talk is cheap.'" Interesting stuff.