It was just reported that Tribe.net laid off half its staff on Thursday [via FC]. No official announcement yet, so perhaps there is still hope for an upturn. Despite the recent disasterous UI redesign, the site was definitely my favorite among such social networking sites.
In 1982 at Documenta 7 in Kassel, Germany, German artist Joseph Beuys initiated an epic project of social sculpture that consisted in the planting of 7000 trees.
I always wondered where these trees ended up being planted, so I’ve been trying to track them all down. I have a Platial map on which […]
An old fellow in a sweatsuit and brand new white Reeboks approaches a retired couple having coffee:
Old fellow: “How are you?”
Old gal: “How are YOU!?”
Old fellow: “What you up to?”
Old gal: “Just enjoying life!”
Old fellow: “That’s what it’s all about!”
Old gal: “Lovin’ every minute of it!”
Overheard at Panera Bread, University Avenue, Cedar Falls
Let me set the stage: You’re teaching an Art History survey class. You have two hours to discuss all of the art of the last 50 odd years (1950-2000). Going through a barrage of images and artists is a surefire path to complete confusion. You need to whittle it down to a […]
“My god, Jamesly, it went too far this time. No, it wasn’t like before–she was vivid this time, as though she were inviting me into her mind. It was nearly completely dark, with no light whatsoever, yet still, somehow tonality could be discerned. I saw her from a distance at first. It […]
From a letter dated 1990. Possibly from a dream? Click the image to read.
Cecil Kleakins is an eccentric academic known for appreciating noise, researching invisible topics, and taking long baths. When he is not feeding grapes to his leopards, he adores a finely crafted claret and, like the Duke of Burgundy, Philiip the Bold, disdains the ignoble Gamay.
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