Siounds Zounds! like a fun project Alan. Count me in. Michael
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > An Historical Atlas of Fluxlist > > Fluxlist has effectively evolved into a small > community, an example of the 'global village' at its > most, well villagy (sp?). Village elders and > village idiots, friends and vague acquaintances, > over the back fence chatters, curtain twitchers, the > odd recluse and a whole host of folks who just go > about their daily business, minding their own and > showing up at the odd parish meeting to put their > two pennerth in. On occasion itinerant travellers > wander through offering wares varying from the > delightful to the downright dubious. Sometimes the > circus turns up and erects its big-top in the > carpark, sometimes hooligans from neighbouring > villages show up and cause fights in the pub. > People pass away and are mourned, people get > married, have babies and their neighbours raise > their glasses in acknowledgement. Sometimes new > villagers turn up out of the blue and others up > sticks and move away to the city. > The strange thing is that most of the villagers live > thousands of miles away from each other, many have > never met any of the others, some have met but a > handful, many can not put a face to the name and > most a probably quite unaware of the existence of > some of the remainder. > > The idea is this: > To construct an historical and geographical atlas of > fluxlist, past and present. > Each current member of Fluxlist is invited to write > about another - a biographical piece placing that > person geographically, historically and contextually > into the story of Fluxlist. > > These biographical pieces may be based on truth or > complete fantasy. Pieces may vary in length, there > being no maximum or minimum enforced and may be > written in any language deemed appropriate by the > author. Anecdotes and stories of bravery, stupidity > or particularly successful dinner parties, artworks > and animals, music and missing weekends. When and > how they joined Fluxlist, motives and mysterious > sudden disappearances. Notable contributions to > Fluxlist, faux pas and folly. Place of birth, date > of birth, date of first date and outcome. > Famous/noted/ignored for... Place of abode, > distance travelled by bicycle, bravelled by tricycle > and amount of interest in % of learning to unicycle. > Information on place of abode, including address, > city, state, country etc. > Participants may produce as many 'biographies' as > they wish. > > > Or you could write something completely different. > > The aim is document Fluxlist to date, to produce > something which records Fluxlist membership at > various levels, not just names but information about > the person, a short biography (as stated) and > information about their geographical location (and > their location in time if you so wish). > > Entries may be duplicated. In fact duplicate > entries, especially about 'active' members, are to > be encouraged thus building up a broader view of the > individual. > > Eventually the biographies will be used to build up > a 'map' of Fluxlist. > > The aim is to publish this 'atlas', eventually, as > an actual book if costs are not too prohibitive, and > in digital format (PDF and HTML) > > Those interested in contributing are kindly > requested to let me know within the next week or so. > > Thanks > > Alan > > > It's another blog! http://flobberlob.blogspot.com/ ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com
