The Charms of Wikipedia, by Nicholson Baker, a man who knows a thing or two about arcane knowledge and losing, but not entirely hopeless, causes (via me-fi). 'But the work that really drew me in was trying to save articles from deletion. This became my chosen mission... So I kept on going. I found press citations and argued for keeping the Jitterbug telephone, a large-keyed cell phone with a soft earpiece for elder callers; and Vladimir Narbut, a minor Russian Acmeist poet whose second book, Halleluia, was confiscated by the police; and Sara Mednick, a San Diego neuroscientist and author of Take a Nap! Change Your Life; and Pyro Boy, a minor celebrity who turns himself into a human firecracker on stage.' And on it goes. His 'Deletopedia' proposal is an interesting one, a temple to the world's truly arcane knowledge, deemed somehow unknowable, or not significant enough.

We would then, presumably, be faced with the prospect of editors from the 'real' encyclopedias, knocking at the Deletopedia's door, begging for knowledge to be released to them.

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'Counterfeit Ferrari ring busted in Rome', modern versions of the Pontiac Fiero-based MERA, a quasi-official copy from the 80s / America Fuck Yeah, a flickr pool / big, wobbly seconds-hand clock from the BBC / we do indeed admire the URL of Jennifer Daniel's personal website.

Michael Heizer's City from space / Otto Volante, a quasi-futurist personal roller coaster installation by the Gelitin collective / holster blog / CR blog on the Shell Guides exhibition / Rank Order - Current account balance, feeling the wallets of the world.

The Baby Name Voyager / The Small Press League / The Future of Suburbia, archinect on the looming crisis of the McMansion, future slums / the photography of William Lamson, at Bertha Magazine / Veronica Ibarra, artist. We like the receipt project / fashion illustraton by Stina Persson / Woody Allen's typography / HAT projects blog. posted by things at 06:52 / 0 comments