3.12.08

the magic of the internet: mindless clicking edition

How is it that I haven't heard of this before? They are "Oblique Strategies": created by Brian Eno and Peter Schimidt. I have friends who, in college, would have attempted to live their lives following these maxims. And even more friends who would have encourage them, just for the fun of watching. They range from the sublime of a simple command to

reverse
to the post-modern
The tape is now the music.

Seriously, check it out here. Their stated purpose is to be used to break a deadlock or dilemma. But, oh, the possibilities.