email for an art project

December 22, 2004 1:40 PM

What's up with the profile pages? Every one I check has this at the bottom left of the page: email for an art project
posted by The God Complex to Bugs at 1:40 PM (34 comments total)

As does the preview stage of posting a new thread. Maybe I have some issue with my computer and this should be in the green ;P It seems strange that it would only show up on those pages, however, if that's the case.
posted by The God Complex at 1:41 PM on December 22, 2004

It's on every page in the blue. I imagine Matt typed something into the wrong window at some point, and it's saved in the page footer template.
posted by mendel at 1:43 PM on December 22, 2004

I see it too.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 1:43 PM on December 22, 2004

WHAT
ART PROJECT
MATT
???
posted by me3dia at 1:48 PM on December 22, 2004

[e-mail]

Look!! It's "Metafilter" spelled backwards!

Guys, I'm scared......
posted by Floydd at 1:49 PM on December 22, 2004

"What memo?"
posted by page404 at 1:54 PM on December 22, 2004

Look!! It's "Metafilter" spelled backwards!

Yeah, I misspelled it in my link. Now anyone following it to send obscure e-mails will fail. I have failed the human race again!
posted by The God Complex at 1:54 PM on December 22, 2004

Is it time to check for pods in the basement?
posted by Doohickie at 1:55 PM on December 22, 2004

So who's emailed for the project yet?
posted by fenriq at 1:56 PM on December 22, 2004

spooky!
posted by matteo at 1:56 PM on December 22, 2004

Maybe its a secret message from the Praetorians?
posted by fenriq at 1:58 PM on December 22, 2004

Has anyone tried ... and this is purely a suggestion, not legal advice or anything ... actually emailing the address?

I know it sounds far-fetched, but it just might work.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:14 PM on December 22, 2004

I have just now e-mailed the address. May the untold secrets of the Divine be lavished upon me.
posted by Danelope at 2:16 PM on December 22, 2004

Nope, emailed to it a half hour ago and the only thing I got was Construction News, the newsletter. That didn't seem right though so I'm guessing it was spam, the email, not the address.
posted by fenriq at 2:32 PM on December 22, 2004

the art project is to test the 1gb limit of a gmail account.
posted by modofo at 2:32 PM on December 22, 2004

The art project was to see how many minutes it would last before someone posted it to Meta.
posted by vacapinta at 2:34 PM on December 22, 2004

It's always time to check for pods in the basement.
posted by DyRE at 2:40 PM on December 22, 2004

Robert E. Tilfatem has a lot of explaining to do!
posted by robocop is bleeding at 2:47 PM on December 22, 2004

Someone wrote a really cool net graffitti project that basically projects any email received, and this person asked if I could stuff a hidden email link somewhere on mefi to get it primed.

I was going to make a post leading to our gallery de spam art on Monday, after the spam started rolling in. I'll make it tiny 1px font no one can see.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:02 PM on December 22, 2004

Now you've got to give up the url. Seriously.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 3:04 PM on December 22, 2004

This sounds cool.
posted by The God Complex at 3:05 PM on December 22, 2004

naw, if I tell you guys, you'll fuck with it, when it's funny as-is with typical spam. I don't want to see it goatse'd to death.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:16 PM on December 22, 2004

Aw geez, now I feel bad about all those awful things I said about some of the members in my test email.

And yeah, it does sound cool.
posted by fenriq at 3:19 PM on December 22, 2004

if I tell you guys, you'll fuck with it

See? This is why we can't have nice things.
posted by mendel at 3:27 PM on December 22, 2004

so we shouldn't email the address?
posted by puke & cry at 4:05 PM on December 22, 2004

"if I tell you guys, you'll fuck with it"

Matt, speaking as the father of three teenagers, I strongly urge you to remember this phrase. You're going to need to repeat it A LOT in the next 18 years, I guarantee it.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:25 PM on December 22, 2004

Wow, you don't see "font-size:2px" just every day.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:52 PM on December 22, 2004

Exactly what I was thinking Wolfdog. Exactly.
posted by seanyboy at 4:58 PM on December 22, 2004

Those apes over at MonkeyFilter have revealed all it seems.
posted by Jimbob at 5:29 PM on December 22, 2004

well, that's what happens when you leave a potato in the microwave.
posted by puke & cry at 6:50 PM on December 22, 2004

Or a lightbulb.
posted by interrobang at 8:04 PM on December 22, 2004

what about spelling things backwards, now?
posted by sdrawkcab at 8:04 PM on December 22, 2004

Increase the Flash Gordon noise and put more science stuff around.
posted by puke & cry at 9:32 PM on December 22, 2004

Ah, so I'm an idiot. Cool.
posted by Orange Goblin at 3:28 AM on December 24, 2004