More impromptu Internet art exhibits
More impromptu Internet art exhibits: temp.jpg, image1.jpg (via Luke), webcam.jpg, and DSCN*.jpg. Put together your own exhibit and share it with us.
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Reader comments
anilJan 09, 2002 at 2:03PM
i was moved by spacer.gif. i saw it as an expression of absence, really an exploration of white space.
kiriJan 09, 2002 at 2:07PM
kiri, toilet,
poo (check out the toilet paper in the sand - truly inspirational), condom,
mary poppins
sandorJan 09, 2002 at 2:10PM
It's all about me.
JesseJan 09, 2002 at 2:11PM
Man I love this stuff... ever since you linked us to images.google before it was public I have had so much fun.
here is my exercise in egoism: Jesse's that are not me.
Bill RollinsJan 09, 2002 at 2:13PM
A little tongue is always entertaining.
EamonJan 09, 2002 at 2:15PM
nude1.jpg is pretty obvious, but a bit more arty than one might expect.
JakeJan 09, 2002 at 2:17PM
Pets with my name
kfanJan 09, 2002 at 2:18PM
jason kottke, as handsome as ever.
boogahJan 09, 2002 at 2:21PM
header, footer, email, pr0n, ugly, nude, abstract...
johnJan 09, 2002 at 2:21PM
face.jpg. Ooo, trust me on this.
SarahJan 09, 2002 at 2:22PM
Mmmm... Eat up!
boogahJan 09, 2002 at 2:25PM
a search for pixel.gif doesn't go down like one would expect...
EamonJan 09, 2002 at 2:25PM
On the flip side, people who love babies, puppies, and kitties will enjoy cutie.jpg, baby.jpg, and sweetie.jpg.
MikeJan 09, 2002 at 2:34PM
Oops, that last one should have been...
potatohead
EamonJan 09, 2002 at 2:48PM
I love the "dessert" and "mary poppins" searches. Brilliant.
SarahJan 09, 2002 at 2:59PM
Am I Hot Or Not?: the eternal question
Andre TorrezJan 09, 2002 at 3:05PM
Is test.gif too obvious? spacer.gif was pretty cool. clear.gif was not very cool.
This is very cool.
SiWJan 09, 2002 at 3:30PM
For the coders in the house: foo.jpg
Man, I love image searches. I had a little ASP+CSS dealie that made moving (literally, not emotionally) montages of random graphics, but it broke when I switched hosts and lost the use of a specific control. My weapon of choice then was multimedia.lycos.com
EricJan 09, 2002 at 3:53PM
What happens after too much of a favorite beverage.
EricJan 09, 2002 at 3:55PM
Happens should have been happens.
ErikJan 09, 2002 at 3:59PM
Everyone has a * logo * .jpg or a * logo * .gif
sailormouthJan 09, 2002 at 4:00PM
&
ShaneJan 09, 2002 at 4:16PM
Need a shim?
SiWJan 09, 2002 at 4:18PM
More electronic envelopes than you can shake a stick at.
SiWJan 09, 2002 at 4:20PM
Erik, some people have a banner.
SiWJan 09, 2002 at 4:25PM
Before you see many of these sites, you first must enter.
willJan 09, 2002 at 4:34PM
Obey Giant
JoshJan 09, 2002 at 4:36PM
How about Bono?
JoshJan 09, 2002 at 4:38PM
Whoops -- try this Bono instead.
ksJan 09, 2002 at 4:42PM
How about current.jpg and current.gif?
MarkJan 09, 2002 at 4:47PM
Mr T.
atJan 09, 2002 at 4:52PM
Oh the Q-ness of it all.
ksJan 09, 2002 at 5:00PM
Here's a conceptual installation called "The E-Commerce Cycle":Room 1; Room 2; Room 3; Room 4; Room 5
funkJan 09, 2002 at 5:17PM
A google with a view
LukeJan 09, 2002 at 5:21PM
redball.gif (Adam Curry used it before it was cool and on MTV and all that. I had no idea!)
timoJan 09, 2002 at 6:06PM
I'll take care of the tims and timos.
willJan 09, 2002 at 6:09PM
stick figure roundup
danJan 09, 2002 at 6:39PM
Meet the family: mom, dad, sis, and bro.
mJan 09, 2002 at 6:53PM
logo.gif
mJan 09, 2002 at 6:55PM
oop, eric had logo above. (my bad)
strikterJan 09, 2002 at 7:10PM
sex.jpg... weird...
danJan 09, 2002 at 7:17PM
Feel the love.
jessamynJan 09, 2002 at 7:20PM
porn.jpg vs pron.jpg vs prawn.jpg.
monbrauJan 09, 2002 at 7:21PM
evel
snowmanJan 09, 2002 at 7:23PM
beforeandafter
drewJan 09, 2002 at 7:47PM
Redneck
Azrael BrownJan 09, 2002 at 8:51PM
How about sunset?
Azrael BrownJan 09, 2002 at 8:54PM
er - sunset?
Azrael BrownJan 09, 2002 at 8:57PM
northern lights - half are really really cool, the rest are unrelated.
JoshuaJan 09, 2002 at 9:07PM
Searching for "mvc" will return a whole host of images taken by the sony mavica series of cameras.
boogahJan 09, 2002 at 9:19PM
afro.jpg, afro.gif
Dave RobbinsJan 09, 2002 at 9:49PM
Also, untitled.gif works well.
http://images.google.com/images?q=untitled.gif&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search
WillJan 09, 2002 at 9:56PM
SiW beat me to foo.jpg, so I'll have to add foo.gif, but I think foo.jpg is much better.
JasonJan 09, 2002 at 10:40PM
kelly.jpg
doormat.jpg
inspire.jpg
and finally, with apologies to the guy evidently nicknamed "Dump", dump.jpg
domoniJan 09, 2002 at 11:04PM
Simple Machines: Inclined Plane; Wedge; Lever; Wheel and Axel; Pulley; Screw
JimCueneJan 09, 2002 at 11:08PM
. . . just because these words are so fun to say:
chimi
toonces
trousers
dingle
stumpy
MarkBottrellJan 10, 2002 at 1:59AM
Saved By the Bell, but of course.
tomasJan 10, 2002 at 2:23AM
self referential
tomasJan 10, 2002 at 2:38AM
squirrel corn
Martin ConaghanJan 10, 2002 at 3:21AM
Wasn't Warhol meaning that in the future, because so many people could become famous (due to media saturation and overload) that fame would only be for a short period of time?
ThijsJan 10, 2002 at 4:38AM
Why not become a member?
MegJan 10, 2002 at 5:18AM
Be very very quiet.Also, a chillcam search shows images captured using that popular webcam software.
MegJan 10, 2002 at 5:31AM
A world of pain, grief and suffering. And hurt.
mathews8Jan 10, 2002 at 8:37AM
the road to hell is paved with good intentions
jefflashJan 10, 2002 at 8:48AM
Mmmm, meat
leoJan 10, 2002 at 8:49AM
fancy a snog?
MorganJan 10, 2002 at 9:29AM
well the obvious:
Blog - interesting to see the priorities. There's also yoyo which always yeilds some interesting pictures.
How about some Homonyms?
Trunk
Spring
Jam
ksJan 10, 2002 at 9:32AM
Gallery of Two-Dimensional Shapes: triangle, circle, square, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon
Gallery of Three-Dimensional Shapes: tetrahedron, pentahedron, pyramid, hexahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, polyhedron, tippihedron, sphere, buckyball
ksJan 10, 2002 at 9:48AM
Hey, click me! Click it, I said! Aren't you listening? Click this! Why, oh, why won't you just click here? OK, I don't care where you click, just as long as you click.
Oh, forget it.
sethJan 10, 2002 at 9:58AM
i meant arrows are always good.
ksJan 10, 2002 at 10:07AM
Enter to win a free trip!
BitBoyJan 10, 2002 at 10:50AM
Can't we all just be happy?
me3diaJan 10, 2002 at 10:58AM
1, 2, 3 *.jpg
1, 2, 3 *.gif
aaronJan 10, 2002 at 11:22AM
Oh, damn, I can't believe nobody has already done fear the mullet!
badgerJan 10, 2002 at 11:29AM
and the next superbowl champs are...
ksJan 10, 2002 at 11:41AM
"Wake up!" I said to my roommate, and pointed excitedly at the calendar. It was the the eighth of February, and on the schedule for today was our big trip to the reservoir.
We stopped for coffee on the way, making sure to get a receipt and ignoring the weird accordion-playing beggar who accosted us on the way out.
We picked up Professor Jenkins, who was a specialist in ancient Greek and Roman government. If you wanted to know something about a particular emperor, or a famous siege, or the Colossus of Rhodes, he could tell you about it.
"First, let's stop off at the cemetery," he said. "My father died forty years ago on my twelfth birthday, and I want to visit him and our Pilgrim ancestors."
We waited in the car, sharing a baked potato topped with broccoli, as Jenkins placed a balloon on his father's grave. He returned to the car, wiping away tears with a handkerchief. The fuel gauge showed the tank was three-quarters full, so off we went, clapping in rhythm to the stereo.
billJan 10, 2002 at 1:10PM
smoking.gif
walrusJan 10, 2002 at 1:10PM
This is silly. I've got proof ...
karaJan 10, 2002 at 2:19PM
not naught or nought, but knot
merlinJan 10, 2002 at 2:31PM
"My Girlfriend"
jamesyJan 10, 2002 at 2:50PM
soda soda everywhere but not a drop to drink.
SuzanneJan 10, 2002 at 4:13PM
I always wondered what it would be like to be president.
Or even gw.
FredJan 10, 2002 at 4:31PM
Invisible. Ineffable. Insatiable.
sandorJan 10, 2002 at 5:20PM
Fuck off!
GrantJan 10, 2002 at 6:12PM
I've always been partial to people named bob
steveJan 10, 2002 at 7:38PM
us and them.
andreaJan 10, 2002 at 8:17PM
No? Nay, yes.
manunderstressJan 10, 2002 at 9:27PM
dork
ksJan 10, 2002 at 10:08PM
I've got Yin and Yang up the ying-yang.
RoeJan 10, 2002 at 10:12PM
Not just *any* .gif -- it's the MAIN gif!
nstopJan 11, 2002 at 12:49AM
Dude!
JonasJan 11, 2002 at 7:36AM
surprising diversity found on http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&imgsafe=off&newwindow=1&q=smoochie
Eduardo SousaJan 11, 2002 at 1:06PM
All people using Mavicas rise!
jkottkeJan 11, 2002 at 4:04PM
Attack of the robots.
PlanetKyotoJan 11, 2002 at 8:54PM
Did someone sayhref="http://images.google.com/images?q=dork.jpg&hl=en&client=googlet&sa=N&tab=wi"dork?A lot of dorks catch href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=googlet&q=bigfish.jpg"bigfish.
domoniJan 12, 2002 at 10:41AM
Shh! Said thelibrarian to the qwerty quipsteras she dreamt of paradise at her reference desk.
FredJan 12, 2002 at 4:14PM
Images. Obvious? Perhaps.
FredJan 13, 2002 at 12:28AM
Simply put: Google.
ArminJan 13, 2002 at 9:56AM
You could try it in other languages: Bild (German for picture), Foto (also German for picture) or nackt (German for, well, figure it out yourself...)
David GrantJan 13, 2002 at 7:59PM
IMG_1013.JPG
gnarly
asses
Whew
Breathtaking
Asshole
FredJan 13, 2002 at 9:23PM
Two more: Random image and no image at all.
peter hueskenJan 16, 2002 at 8:46AM
...and, once in a while, there's time for:
href="http://images.google.com/images?q=jesus">jesus
and/or
href="http://images.google.com/images?q=allah">allah
.
(or you might be an
href="http://images.google.com/images?q=atheist">atheist
.
(...
href="http://images.google.com/images?q=duh">duh!
...)
MossJan 17, 2002 at 1:00AM
A friend just pointed me at a wonderful one: woodcut.
FredJan 17, 2002 at 12:24PM
Not to be confused, of course, with cut wood.
JeffJan 19, 2002 at 12:13PM
desatureated
hey jude
crush
autopsy
CatherineJan 21, 2002 at 3:35PM
it's kinda over-done, but duck tape
LyleFeb 01, 2002 at 5:43PM
Okay, this is gross...puke
Here's one that's pretty interesting...GURU
How about something painful, like an explosion? Ouch!
Croc O' Lyle
http://crocolyle.blogspot.com
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