So I was walking around the internet today, and I saw this fantastic piece of art someone had scribbled on the wall. Perfectly subtle, yet strangely compelling.
It was odd though: only about 4% of my fellow web-destrians were inclined to stop and wonder at this beauty.
I could say:
"WTF??"
or I could say:
"Genius!"
or I could say:
"This page intentionally left blank."
or I could say:
"I couldn't have said it better myself."
We won't get a creationism debate out of this unless it has already been deemed appropriate by the intelligent designer. Don't dream to be at HIS level.
Don't think me unkind
Words are hard to find
They're only cheques I've left unsigned
From the banks of chaos in my mind
And when their eloquence escapes me
Their logic ties me up and rapes me
De do do do de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do de da da da
Their innocence will pull me through
De do do do de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do de da da da
They're meaningless and all that's true
Poets, priests and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no-one's jamming their transmission
'Cos when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you
De do do do de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do de da da da
Their innocence will pull me through
De do do do de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do de da da da
They're meaningless and all that's true
A gorgeous, minimalistic display commenting on the temperorary nature of the blogosphere. Mark's lack of words try to point towards the danger of filling the blogosphere, the lovely tubes, with so much meaningless junk.
But the commenters insist on filling it, treating it as a truck. Refrain! For I have felt a great disturbance in the Intarwebz, as if millions of trolls cried out in terror, and were suddenly deleted.
I see what you're doing! This is a "white space only" post where there are no letters (ie BLACKS!) allowed! Way to take us back to the 1950's you bigot!
Thanks to Google cache, we can see that this post was at one time a very disturbing, yet hilarious, yet brilliant joke involving Isaac Asimov, the FCC vs EFF, kittens, Condi Rice, a tugboat, a broken Amazon Kindle, photographers rights, and -- very oddly for this blog -- anal sex. The brilliant part is that the joke was written with words entirely made up of vowels....
@88, GEMMA, How funny that you and I should have the same comment. I just posted mine and saw yours come up when I refreshed... unless I'm sometimes GEMMA?!? Yes of course, it all makes sense now!
There came to take the A first I didn't comment
Then They took B I didn't comment
Then They took C I didn't comment
Then They took the Vowels I didn't comment
Thn Thy tk th thrs, I culdn't mnt
It's an attempt to disprove that bloke's law? Umm the one who said that as the number of comments increases the likelihood of someone bringing up Hitler approaches 1?
Will an empty post break the record for number of comments? So much from nothing, I love the implications of this. . . Maybe we can solve the energy crisis by applying this philosophy to the laws of physics.
the freedom-loving, peacable, easy-going Government of the People's Republic of China vehemently objects to the hurtful lies and false sayings of this post and hereby announce our intention to sue for billion, jillion, zillion dollar - ah, Euros in fair compensation for our hurt feelings and to buy ponies for all the people of the Voluntary Chinese Province Formerly Known as Tibet.
Your untitled post makes me very angry! I do not like it when people abuse me by not giving me a title! I don't care that it's blank, I just don't like that it's untitled!
Don't think for a minute Mark didn't know exactly what he was doing here. This post is a blatant attempt change the sex of Boing Boing's mascot. Start with the first word "Untitled." "Un" meaning "not." "Tit," a vulgar term for breast. "Led," invoking Mark's intent to draw women away from their womanhood -- as if we didn't already understand his real intent. Seriously people, can't you see what Boing Boing is trying to do? "Untitled = No breasts going forward." And it's just the first step, otherwise why include "1" after "Untitled." God only knows where this will end. Sick.
Untitled and unwritten?
Untitled 1?
Generic reply.
Succinct, and yet jejune.
Snarky note 0.
witty, meta-comment
great article, leaves it open for a sequel
This post fills me with ennui.
There's a subtle hint of Sarcasm that strikes just the right cord. Nice post!
hell YES untitled! WOOOOOOO
Maybe it's symbolic...
No comment.
tl;dr
This has been our weekly dose of web zen.
Bloody minimalists!
just glad it's not another TED post
I demand that you not pay attention to me!
Ommmmm.
¿
Love it. We all pay attention :)
<meta-snarky response />
Very refreshing, after reading some of the long-winded, or would that be long-fingered?, BBGadgets posts. I think 2.jpg would make great cover art.
One way or another I'm sure we will still get a creationism debate out of this.
So I was walking around the internet today, and I saw this fantastic piece of art someone had scribbled on the wall. Perfectly subtle, yet strangely compelling.
It was odd though: only about 4% of my fellow web-destrians were inclined to stop and wonder at this beauty.
I'm not sure how to respond to this ....
I could say:
"WTF??"
or I could say:
"Genius!"
or I could say:
"This page intentionally left blank."
or I could say:
"I couldn't have said it better myself."
But I'm not going to say any of those things.
OGC
t lst! n ntllgnt pst.
@22,
We won't get a creationism debate out of this unless it has already been deemed appropriate by the intelligent designer. Don't dream to be at HIS level.
This has been our moment of Web Zen.
Aren't we all?
Pure Nihilism. No ferrets involved.
Comment 32.
Very Dada.
Wow, these secret decoder glasses from a 1987 Happy Meal really DO work. And here I was about to give up hope...
tough to argue with that sort of thinking.
Number 9...number 9.
Google...?
Don't think me unkind
Words are hard to find
They're only cheques I've left unsigned
From the banks of chaos in my mind
And when their eloquence escapes me
Their logic ties me up and rapes me
De do do do de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do de da da da
Their innocence will pull me through
De do do do de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do de da da da
They're meaningless and all that's true
Poets, priests and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no-one's jamming their transmission
'Cos when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you
De do do do de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do de da da da
Their innocence will pull me through
De do do do de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do de da da da
They're meaningless and all that's true
Cowicide,
Rule 34, word rape. (Clippy!?)
Be quiet. EVIDENCE or IVA BIGGRUDGE will hear you.
Boingboing already posted this 1987 March
Steampunk!
I love that 20 people have already favorited this.
Dude!?
Dude?!
Snrky cmmnt tht gts cnsrd by th mds at Bng Bng.
Hw vry mt.
WHOA!
Steady on there Mark, we're all friends here.
There are opinions, and then there's just base slander, and you sir, are veering very close to the line indeed.
I shall away, and bid you good day sir!
Straight to the point. I love it.
this post has a liberal bias
typical
Why do I sense this as a ploy for BoingBoing readership to create the content of BoingBoing?
* claps *
Well played Frauenfelder... well played...
I love that "nothing" can cause so much of a reaction. We are the 4% who stop to look at the painting.
OK, I guess I can't delete this now! :)
~ or ~
Citation Needed!
IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!
Usually I like Boing Boing. It's smart, it's witty; it speaks to me.
This posting however is brilliant! Think about it, a posting entitled "Untitled 1". It's poetic almost.
Mark has really outdone himself with this one.
I like turtles
Mark sought a moment of quiet
The comments created a riot
Ne'er missing a beat
They turned up the heat
And dared Mark to try and deny it
Ha ha, u did it WRONG. There's spose to be wurds in there.
That which is often dumped in response to an internal error
Hm. Before I comment, I'd like to see your artist's statement regarding this post.
John Cage would be proud.
So much for the moment of silence. sigh.
yarr!
I'm looking forward to Untitled 2.
Kierkegaard himself couldn't have done a better job of expressing the value of negative communication.
what??!!!
Favourited :)
Ceci n'est pas un post.
A gorgeous, minimalistic display commenting on the temperorary nature of the blogosphere. Mark's lack of words try to point towards the danger of filling the blogosphere, the lovely tubes, with so much meaningless junk.
But the commenters insist on filling it, treating it as a truck. Refrain! For I have felt a great disturbance in the Intarwebz, as if millions of trolls cried out in terror, and were suddenly deleted.
getting to the very essence of what a blog posting is... untitled1!
OMG A STEAMPUNK [insert any object, literally any object at all, I don't see why this is so bloody fascinating]
There, now we have a topic.
no comment
Is this about the Sigur Ros song?
Best. Post. Ever.
I see what you're doing! This is a "white space only" post where there are no letters (ie BLACKS!) allowed! Way to take us back to the 1950's you bigot!
Old meme.
Old absence of meme is Old.
In before lock.
An epic meditation on intangibility
Hello World!
I like the new Mini Clubman, it a cool looking little car.
Cool Ads too.
it's the internet equivalent of a Rorschach Test
I looked for a secret message in the source code, but no avail.
I should just appreciate it for what it is.
Well, when there's nothing more to say, it's time to go down to the pub.
Mine's an Adnams Explorer please.
Post Submission Error
Your post submission failed for the following reasons:
Text entered was wrong. Try again.
Its the internet!! THIS ARTICLE WAS CENSORED BY THE NEW WORLD ORDER. What if this article was the last hope of humanity? Now we will never know.
....in all seriousness is this a Boing Boing blog experiment to see what happens when you post a blank blog?
Thanks to Google cache, we can see that this post was at one time a very disturbing, yet hilarious, yet brilliant joke involving Isaac Asimov, the FCC vs EFF, kittens, Condi Rice, a tugboat, a broken Amazon Kindle, photographers rights, and -- very oddly for this blog -- anal sex. The brilliant part is that the joke was written with words entirely made up of vowels....
You know what happened....
this reminds me of being at work :)
I'm clapping, but with only one hand.
[*]
comment 90
anyone ever see the movie Pootie Tang?
@88, GEMMA, How funny that you and I should have the same comment. I just posted mine and saw yours come up when I refreshed... unless I'm sometimes GEMMA?!? Yes of course, it all makes sense now!
Blankpost is blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank.
This is some sort of social experiment, isn't it?
Fake.
[yelling "theater" in a crowded firehouse]
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't
I love good viral marketing, but I hate when I can't tell what the product is. Is this for the new Batman movie?
I HATE THIS POST, I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
pithy.
Calling attention to the spatial aspects of bloging. very good. We too often look at the substance and ignore the form.
Taking Joel's lead, cementing my place in internet history with a simple comment.
I posted this to digg and reddit... more people need to know about it.
There came to take the A first I didn't comment
Then They took B I didn't comment
Then They took C I didn't comment
Then They took the Vowels I didn't comment
Thn Thy tk th thrs, I culdn't mnt
I remember when content is king.
But in a nihilist sort of way, no content is king of kings.
Blogspam. Buried as such.
It's an attempt to disprove that bloke's law? Umm the one who said that as the number of comments increases the likelihood of someone bringing up Hitler approaches 1?
Oh crap - I guess I just brought him up.
damnit.
photoshopped
made you look!
monkees always look!
- .... . -.-- - --- --- -.- -- -.-- -... ..- -.-. -.- . -
Pics or it didn't happen.
pics or it never happened!
OBNOXIOUS CRITICISM
FOLLOWED BY
ELITIST COMMENT
You're Doing it Wrong!!!!
** Way too late to get read but commenting anyway
m s sck f hrng bt nttld... hnstly, whn wll t nd?
my anxiety is through the roof because of this post. i can't grapple with existential nothingness.
s lng s t's nt pst by xn.....
Ceci n'est pas une post.
Maybe the post date/time has significance?
-also-
This should actually be called "Magic Window"
(boc forever)
This post is useless without pictures.
Wow! Was this some sort of cyber experiment to see what would happen? Apparently we'll comment about anything, or nothing at all.
unable to form an opinion, but I thought I'd share it anyway...
Screen. Mind. Both are blank ...
Tuscan Milk.
Fake! The post is clearly titled!
I am distressed by how this post has been hijacked by people with private agendas
I like ponies.
Also, bacon.
Will an empty post break the record for number of comments? So much from nothing, I love the implications of this. . . Maybe we can solve the energy crisis by applying this philosophy to the laws of physics.
Maybe not.
Content is overrated.
I find this to be a very cromulent blog, which embiggins me.
the freedom-loving, peacable, easy-going Government of the People's Republic of China vehemently objects to the hurtful lies and false sayings of this post and hereby announce our intention to sue for billion, jillion, zillion dollar - ah, Euros in fair compensation for our hurt feelings and to buy ponies for all the people of the Voluntary Chinese Province Formerly Known as Tibet.
It's a Big Bang of a blog.
Your untitled post makes me very angry! I do not like it when people abuse me by not giving me a title! I don't care that it's blank, I just don't like that it's untitled!
I am on the edge of my seat, waiting for Untitled 2.
Don't think for a minute Mark didn't know exactly what he was doing here. This post is a blatant attempt change the sex of Boing Boing's mascot. Start with the first word "Untitled." "Un" meaning "not." "Tit," a vulgar term for breast. "Led," invoking Mark's intent to draw women away from their womanhood -- as if we didn't already understand his real intent. Seriously people, can't you see what Boing Boing is trying to do? "Untitled = No breasts going forward." And it's just the first step, otherwise why include "1" after "Untitled." God only knows where this will end. Sick.
Crap.