“One snowy winter night in Chicago a few years back, Davy went out to his car and found a note on his windshield, a note meant for someone else, a guy named Mario.”.
“We collect found stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids’ homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, doodles, anything that gives a glimpse into someone else’s life. Anything goes.”.
The Found Magazine, by Davy Rothbart and Jason Bitner.
“You will be given a temporary e-mail address.
Any e-mails sent to that address will show up automatically on the web page.
You can read them, click on links, and even reply to them.
The e-mail address will expire after 10 minutes.”. And it’s free. Welcome to 10 Minute Mail.
| “Each year since 1975, Nicholas Nixon has made one black-and-white photograph of his wife, Beverly (Bebe) Brown, and her three sisters.
He always photographs the women in the same order from left to right: Heather, Mimi, Bebe, and Laurie. Nixon selects only one photograph to represent the women each year.”. |
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(from Modern Portraits in Photography, National Gallery of Art).
“Zabriskie Gallery presents 25 Years of the Brown Sisters and New Work, photographs by Nicholas Nixon.”.
Above: The Brown Sisters, Harwichport, Mass (1978) (from zabriskiegallery.com)
Two disclaimers, so far the best I have ever seen.
“This is a free service provided for the Internet community.
It has not been endorsed by The Church.
If you have any doubts about using this service you should consult your priest.We, absolution-online, disclaim everything we may legally disclaim under the laws of the USA, UK, EEC and all other nations.
We make no claims as to the effectiveness of an online confession, rosary or anything else on this site.”.
(from absolution-online.com)
“Do you have a disclaimer statement?
Yes. You are 100% responsible for your own actions.
Using this site, visiting a link, downloading a program, in short, living, is done entirely at your own risk (and joy).”.
(from Tinyapps.org)
“Why don’t I have a girlfriend?
I am convinced that the situation can be readily explained in purely scientific terms.
…the potential girlfriend must be approximately my age, must be beautiful,
she must also be reasonably intelligent.”.
(Tristan Miller)
A PC for 99 $: the E-Way TU Tiny 200.
Tiny (dimensions: 11.5 x 11.5 x 3.5 cm; weight: 500 g.) has 128 MB Ram, a fanless 200Mhz CPU, 3 USB ports, and a Compact Flash slot; includes LAN, VGA, and audio.
The TU Tiny is compatible with Linux (for example with Puppy Linux, that runs using a 128MB USB Flash Card).
See also: the NorhTech MicroClient Jr, that share the same concept and design.
“The intricacies of human language may have fouled them up, or perhaps unfortunate slips of the tongue led them to ignominy. Whatever the case, there’s a lot to laugh at.”.
Things People Said. A RinkWorks production.
Some examples:
Oh be the music in my head,
the air around my bed, oh be my rest.
Replace the small disgraces of
the times and places that I never really left.Did you leave the darkness without me?
You’re always miles ahead.
And you’re standing in tomorrow on the runway.
The Innocence Mission: Tomorrow On The Runway.
(from Befriended, 2003)
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“Yesterday’s tomorrow, today.”. Modern Mechanix: what modern was. Enlightening. |
Above: Era Magnetic Drum Storage Systems, advertisement, detail.
(Scientific American, 1953)
See under advertisements and computers.
“All Over Coffee strips are time bombs, moments that on the surface appear meaningless or random, but later, while going about your day, trigger connections.
These settings of absent streets offer a space where, seemingly, no one exists.
Like the conversations where we must imagine the speakers, we must also project them into these spaces. At first, the emptiness of these scenes appear normal, but then the absence of life draws us in.
Without people or cars, there is room for us.
There is a dream-like safety, and quietness for our imaginations.”.
(Paul Madonna)
All Over Coffee, by Paul Madonna.
Published every Sunday in the San Francisco Chronicle.