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<div>> number one, MoMA still has the box of ephemera (flyers, disks, posters,<br>> press releases, the classic thing baseball cap, etc.) that was given to<br>> barbara london about ten years ago (...)<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Well, this should be returned ASAP!</div><div><br></div><div><br>> number two, jerome joy, who runs the audio lab at villa arson in nice,<br>> started collecting snippets of history on the web and on mailing lists<br>> and put a web site together: A brief history of The Thing - '91 to '07<br>> http://thing.nujus.net/index.php?page=The+Thing+History<br>> (this was a spontaneous individual initiative, so kudos to jerome!)<br>> it's by no means a comprehensive history, but an excellent starting<br>> point. and as if anticipating this discussion, jerome installed a wiki<br>> for the collection of more material which - as i understand it - now is<br>> open to everyone to contribute. maybe jerome can say something more<br>> about this: http://thing.nujus.net/</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is a joy to discover!! Needs to come out of the shadows, I think. </div><div><br></div><div>Jerome, if you write (edit) a condensed version of this I will create a Wikipedia page from what you send me. </div><div>Unless there is resistance to this idea. Of course this can be amended at any point.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>> gunther reisinger also took three large containers of documents from our<br>> filing cabinets and had them scanned and put into an on-line archive.<br>> unfortunately the reproductions are so small that they are virtually<br>> useless. i also would have liked to be involved in the prioritization<br>> and contextualization of the material (as far as i know, this was done<br>> by a young intern); at the moment i cannot make heads nor tails from it:<br>> http://netpioneers.info/node/17</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>A cruel joke. I just look a look - well not even a look as the images are ANTI RETINAL!</div><div>This perhaps should be taken off the net and the material returned for a proper treatment (someday).</div><div><br></div><div>I still think giving everything to a professional or university archive could/would mend all the blows against the empire and restore TT's sense of dignity.</div><div><br></div><div>+</div><div>Joseph</div></div> <br /><hr />The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4' target='_new'>Get busy.</a></body>
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