November 10, 2002 · 1/2 OK Holiday card update

Posted by gtaylor at 08:39 AM

November 07, 2002 · 1/2 OK Holiday Cards

I am publishing a set of holiday cards this winter, featuring writing and photography by me. For more information, to see a sample, or to buy a set, visit 1/2 OK. The more you buy, the less government work I have to do, and the more weirdshit I make for your entertainment and edification -- everybody wins!

Posted by gtaylor at 10:38 AM

September 10, 2002 · Monitor photo contest

Update: Nov 7/02: Lost out to the little kids with Canadian flags. Puke!

Aloha,

Kindly trek over to:

http://www.monitor.ca/contest/final15/index1.htm

And vote for the pic in the bottom right corner, that's a young lady sleeping in a doorway near some Carravaggio sidewalk art. Here's the larger version:

http://www.monitor.ca/contest/final15/pages/fp831-gt-3_jpg.htm

It's already in the top five in People (and may have already won that category -- there's one other good shot and three PHOTOS OF LITTLE KIDS!). Unlike the contest earlier this year it will actually be done.

Obligedly, GT

Posted by gtaylor at 02:49 PM

August 27, 2002 · Announcing 1/2 OK

1/2 OK is postcards (and probably eventually full letters) from me or someone else or someone who doesn't exist to maybe you, maybe somebody else, maybe somebody of me, maybe somebody of somebody else.

Aloha,

You may know from hypercube.org/allergy (though I didn't until recently), I've been in dubious health for the last twenty years, and it's only the blindest of luck and fickle affections of the Great Magnet that has kept my liver from exploding all over my shoes. This is not an ideal situation in which to sustain writing a novel (though I've tried, hypercube.org/cockluck), a serial (tried that too, hypercube.org/fish) or even regular-enough essays on random topics (you get the idea).

(Or you may not know; I may be e-mailing you strictly because I like your site, or I like your site and you link to my site, or I like you, or I think you'll like me once you get to know me, or at least you'll like my new project.)

I have, however, been photographing constantly (hypercube.org/photo) and I still take a lot of notes that might someday turn into something structured -- but not today. Inspired by a comment from Shad Muegge (moonfarmer.org) and the photo essays of Tony Pierce (tonypierce.com/blog), the lascivious ramblings of dobbs (victoryshag.com), and a set of unpublishable letters someone who doesn't exist, I give you 1/2 OK (hypercube.org/ok). (If your workplace is stiff about 4 letter words, you might want to check this site at home. No nudity though.)

1/2 OK is postcards (and probably eventually full letters) from me or someone else or someone who doesn't exist to maybe you, maybe somebody else, maybe somebody of me, maybe somebody of somebody else. If you want to help, send me a real paper postcard in the mail, so that I can scan and use the postmark myself. If you give me your URL I'll link back to you with any of my postcards using your mark.

(If you _really_ want to help, postcard-sized signed 300 dpi prints are available at $15 USD + shipping. Also, if there's a postcard you really like, I can set up a Cafepress item (cafepress.com) using that graphic -- anything from clocks to mousepads to boxer shorts to 23x35 posters -- for $15 + Cafepress minimum price + shipping. But I really want your postmarks.)

Even if you're in the same town as me, or know somebody else in your town sending me a postcard, send one anyhow. Send lots. Send one every day if you want.

(E-mail gtaylor@hypercube.org for mailing address -- don't delay!)

Thanks, and remember to visit hypercube.org/ok ,

GT

Posted by gtaylor at 12:07 PM