Yahoo! showcases time capsule selections at Jemez Pueblo
Starting last night, more than fifteen hours of
pictures, videos, poems and stories from one of the largest Internet time
capsules in history will be projected throughout the evenings of October 25-27
to chronicle humanity across the globe. The images will also be sent into space
via a digital laser light beam from the canyon.
Starting tonight, more than fifteen hours of pictures, videos, poems and stories from one of the largest Internet time capsules in history will be projected throughout the evenings of October 25-27 to chronicle humanity across the globe. The images will also be sent into space via a digital laser light beam from the canyon.
The stunning environmental media display at Jemez will salute the past, present and future of online and offline communities around the world. A simultaneous global web cast of the celebration will be available by searching on Yahoo! for Time Capsule. Yahoo! is also hosting a parallel three-dimensional event in the popular Second Life virtual world, where participants can watch a stream of images from the real-world event and add their own contributions to a collaborative Second Life submission for the Yahoo! Time Capsule.
I think they did the Second Life episode just for John Dvorak.
Examples of current content in the time capsule include thoughts about how to end a war one person at a time from Deepak Chopra, the first comic book effort from acclaimed director Jon Woo, as well as tributes to Steve Irwin, the recently deceased Crocodile Hunter. In addition, everyday people have contributed meaningful images, such as a fleeting moment in Egypt when someone created a handprint in the sand before the wind blew it away, the sonogram of a Portuguese couple’s soon-to-be first son, a man praying at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, and a favorite action shot from the United States bobsled team in the 2006 Winter Olympics
Yahoo! types must really be getting steamed over all the nice-guy-publicity that Google always gets. They were going to do this in Mexico — but, forgot all about getting permission — which pissed off the Mexican government. So, let’s switch to “New” Mexico — right?
Jemez Pueblo can always use whatever bucks they get from Yahoo — and maybe some extra tourist traffic now that Balloon Fiesta is past. Enjoy!
Posted: Thu - October 26, 2006 at 06:39 AM