Thursday, April 16, 2009

New! Obsolete Lovers 2.0

To update Marcin's earlier post there are now many new obsolete lovers - including this one which is my favourite.



love, Jillian

Waking obsolescence



Dear long and lost, though not obsolete, friends,


Here is a link for you this evening.
New York artist Mark Lawrence Stafford, who just friended me on Facebook but whom I do not know in life as we know it, has a project titled In the Wake of Obsolescence. Check it out.

love, Jillian

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The Web by telegraph ...

SCIENCE | June 17, 2008
The Web Time Forgot
By ALEX WRIGHT
The Mundaneum Museum honors the first concept of a world wide wonder, sketched out by Paul Otlet in 1934 as a global network of "electric telescopes."

article here

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Er Or Ur


The UR of Obsolescence.
The Paris Arcades

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Reblog for Bob

During Bob's presentation at our conference, this Brooklyn image popped into my head (not to say that I was daydreaming):

Typewriters and Adding Machines

Fear of Obsolescence





"If you become obsolete we'll shoot you."

Sunday, June 8, 2008

"obsolete lovers"

This is the only Google image search result for "obsolete lovers".
This unlucky fellow embodies an obsolete lover. This must hurt.