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Entries from May 2007

The Wait Gallery

May 24th, 2007 No Comments

As Derrida (I think – though it might have been an advert on the telly) once said, in order to understand the object, you have to be able to see what surrounds it. A thing is given definition and context by that which is outside of it. Is it possible to get another view of [...]

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The best thing ever on the web?

May 18th, 2007 3 Comments

One of the first things I ever saw on the internet that utterly entranced me was a webcam from a yellow cab in New York. There I was, sat in my Brixton bedroom late in the evening, watching the sun set between blocks as the cab-driver zig-zagged across the upper west side (possibly) . With [...]

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Spam poetry

May 16th, 2007 1 Comment

Sometimes spam is randomly beautiful… From: Niki Doubledee Subject: Few of us ever met Chris McKinstry in person. You cannot stop services in a clustered environment. Work basket I could buy Molly’s birthday. Here’s the method I use. Wonder how it first struck him. Harry, whose insides were aching with hunger, jumped off his bed [...]

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