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Telling Anonymously, in Public
by JS on January 31, 2005
PostSecret is an art project — they get 6 × 4 post cards in the mail, scan them, and post them online. On each card, people have written a secret. My favorite so far: Sometimes I still keep one eye (…)
Meatyard’s Ghosts
by JS on January 20, 2005
I stumbled across a photograph taken by Ralph Eugene Meatyard last spring, and have been curious about him ever since. This week, I’ve been spending time with The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater, a book reconstructed from the plans Meatyard (…)
Things Founder Under(web)water
by JS on January 10, 2005
Census of Marine Life Portal: “Through 2010, scientists worldwide will work to quantify what is known, unknown, and what may never be known about the world’s oceans.” CephBase offers image searching. Images come with interesting descriptions: “Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus (…)
Actually, I Meant to Give My Credit Card Info to a Russian Music Download Service
by JS on January 2, 2005
After reading what d.sankey.ca had to say about allofmp3.com, I thought maybe I’d try it out. I mean, if you could legally, and without installing a bunch of crapware on your computer, get high quality downloads of albums for about (…)
Well I Think it is Funny
by JS on January 1, 2005
There’s a lot I like about Christmas. We get pretty into it, decorations-wise, food-wise, and, well, most of the family traditions that don’t involve going to church-wise. (Not that my mother didn’t try. She did her level best to raise (…)