Comments on: Resurrect Dead Tiles http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/resurrect-dead-tiles.html Philosophy, public affairs and pop culture. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Earl Green http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/resurrect-dead-tiles.html#comment-77 Earl Green Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:19:44 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/resurrect-dead-tiles.html#comment-77 I may still use the above cautionary phrase the next time I play Scrabble, however. I had a little bit of downtime and perused the Resurrect Dead site, at first thinking "What an odd thing to go into such scholarly depths about. (I know. Pot. Kettle. Black.) Before I knew it, an <em>hour</em> had passed and I was dying to know more about the bloody tiles. However trivial the subject, that, then, is truly great scholarship - I was totally engrossed in a seemingly frivolous phenomenon whose closest iteration is at least 300 miles away from me (i.e. the one sighted in St. Louis). The things, and the intense focus on them, is what viral marketing campaigns only wish they could be. I may still use the above cautionary phrase the next time I play Scrabble, however.

I had a little bit of downtime and perused the Resurrect Dead site, at first thinking “What an odd thing to go into such scholarly depths about. (I know. Pot. Kettle. Black.) Before I knew it, an hour had passed and I was dying to know more about the bloody tiles. However trivial the subject, that, then, is truly great scholarship - I was totally engrossed in a seemingly frivolous phenomenon whose closest iteration is at least 300 miles away from me (i.e. the one sighted in St. Louis).

The things, and the intense focus on them, is what viral marketing campaigns only wish they could be.

]]> By: Dave Thomer http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/resurrect-dead-tiles.html#comment-76 Dave Thomer Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:41:39 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/resurrect-dead-tiles.html#comment-76 I gotta admit, I never focused much on the mini-screeds that accompanied some of the tiles. I usually just focused on the main message. Tile-ologists have actually started identifying the work of two different tilists - apparently the original artist is all but retired, and new ones keep popping up. A lot of the NYC ones that first grabbed my attention have apparently been paved over in the name of progress. I gotta admit, I never focused much on the mini-screeds that accompanied some of the tiles. I usually just focused on the main message.

Tile-ologists have actually started identifying the work of two different tilists - apparently the original artist is all but retired, and new ones keep popping up. A lot of the NYC ones that first grabbed my attention have apparently been paved over in the name of progress.

]]> By: Earl Green http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/resurrect-dead-tiles.html#comment-75 Earl Green Fri, 10 Feb 2006 01:48:41 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/s-o-s/resurrect-dead-tiles.html#comment-75 My favorites are the ones that say "You must lay tile alone as hellions join up and give you beatings." A powerful deterrent, that. My favorites are the ones that say “You must lay tile alone as hellions join up and give you beatings.” A powerful deterrent, that.

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