Sunday, 19 September 2004

"You are unknown to me.
Your camera's memory card was in a taxi; I have it now.
I am going to post one of your pictures each day.
I will also narrate as if I were you.
Maybe you will come here and reclaim this piece of your life."

This is (Ooops... better make that “was”) one of the more interesting/strange blogs I have seen in some time. The author found a digital camera card in a taxi, thought of an idea, and the rest is (ongoing and made-up) history. The blog, "I Found Some of Your Life," merges the real-world with a made-up one. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this site compensates for the pictures with it's fictional guess-at-a-story commentary. You should start with the introduction entry and then work your way though the chronology, to get the full effect.

I can't wait til the owner discovers there's a web site with his pictures on it. That should be very interesting. (EDIT: Not sure exactly what happened, but apparently someone got wind and was not too happy)

From the introduction entry describing the blog and how it got started:

In my possession is one (1) memory card from a digital camera. This memory card was found in a taxi in New York City. I have no idea who the owner of the camera is.

The pictures on the memory card were taken over the course of exactly one (1) year in this person's life, starting July Twenty-Fifth, Two Thousand and Three (07-25-03) and ending July Twenty-Fourth, Two Thousand and Four (07-24-04).

I am going to post one (1) picture here each day. As there are two hundred and twenty-seven (227) pictures, there will be two hundred and twenty-seven (227) posts. The pictures will appear in chronological order according to the timestamp accompanying each image.

As the images add up, I will attempt to assemble an identity for this unknown person. Each day's new picture will be a fresh addition to this photographic life-documentation. Only with the unveiling of the final picture (the two hundred and twenty-seventh (227th)) will we finally have a full understanding of this person's life over the past year - at least as far as these pictures will allow us to infer.

Further, in an attempt to present this pictorial information in a more personal manner, and also to better allow for some artistic license, I am going to pretend that I am the owner of the camera. I'll call me Jordan, because that's the name on my birthday cake (you'll see).

Enjoy.



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Sunday, 19 September 2004 08:17:52 (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
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Sunday, 19 September 2004 16:47:30 (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
wow. makes me think of the fun someone could have with the 1,400 pictures that might be on your cf drive if you left it in a taxicab...
Sunday, 19 September 2004 17:14:15 (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Heheheh, well that would be a pretty boring blog to write though, heh:

"Here is my house. This is my driveway, and this here is a tree. That is my car, and this is my dog. That's my other dog. This is my garden. That is my yard. That's another picture of my yard. Look, it's my dogs again."

:P

- gh
Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:10:20 (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
He took it down. It's over. I haven't even got the chance to take a look at it yet :(
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