MetaFilter posts tagged with timecapsule

Universe, by Jonathan Harris and the world

stavrosthewonderchicken — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:23:49 -0800

Universe is the newest project from Jonathan Harris, who was also behind the amazing WeFeelFine, and the Yahoo Time Capsule. Here's a talk he gave about his projects at TED 2007.

To my late father: You better not have guessed 382,457.

dw — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:20:51 -0800

Previously on MetaFilter, you remember the Plymouth Belvedere that was buried in a downtown Tulsa time capsule 50 years ago? The Tulsarama! folks were going to unveil it on Friday, but on opening the vault today they discovered it's full of standing water. Someone (or his/her descendant) will win this ~~fine car~~ impending environmental disaster if they correctly guessed Tulsa's 2007 population in 1957.

Why will future generations chant your username?

TheRoach — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:09:43 -0800

Yahoo! Time Capsule , from the artist that brought you justcurio.us (Mefi'd here), is the world's first digital time capsule. Submit images, words, videos, and sounds to a digital archive that will be sealed up in Smithsonian Folkway Recordings - Users have until November 8th to make submissions, at which point the capsule will be sealed. Check out the about page for a little more information on the project and the artist's statement.

Plymouth beats Volvo by 50 years.

VMC — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:56:24 -0800

On June 15, 1957, a new gold and white 1957 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe was buried in a time capsule in downtown Tulsa, OK. The car was entombed in a concrete vault beneath the then lawn of city hall as part of Tulsa's semi-centennial.The interment, forgotten by Chrysler Motors according to one report by a former employee, is sparking interest largely due to the fact that the car is scheduled to be exhumed on June 15, 2007 as part of Tulsa's centennial celebration. It was buried to establish the timelessness of Plymouth design, an assertion that has proven both ironically wrong and ironically right. Oh, the car goes to the person who correctly guessed the population of Tulsa in 2007 at the time the car was buried, or that person's heirs. The problem will be finding them.

Andy Warhol Time Capsule 21

madamjujujive — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 08:27:37 -0800

Andy Warhol Time Capsule 21 - Warhol got in the habit of keeping a cardboard box by his desk and stuffing it with daily correspondence, gifts, clippings, notes, photos, and ephemera. He would seal and date each box, filling more than 600 over time and leaving art historians and fans a rich legacy. This multimedia exhibit highlights contents from 15 of these boxes. (flash) via La Petite Claudine

Rosetta Stone II

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:31:18 -0800

The Rosetta Project In Spaaaace. Agh, it's a great concept... I just wish they'd made the text something a little more secular. The aliens will probably take it all too literally.

Tarrama — Sat, 23 Feb 2002 19:53:23 -0800

Keo Satellite to Carry Messages to Earth's Future A nonprofit French group hopes to launch a satellite on a 50,000-year spin around Earth next year, loading it with as many as 6 billion messages from humans eager to give the far-flung future a glimpse of the present.