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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-04 12:17 PM
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Freeway Blogger . com, anyone seen this?
http://www.freewayblogger.com/

Before the internet, before television and radio, photography or even the invention of the printing press, there was the sign. Five hundred, one thousand, even three thousand years ago, if you wanted to get your message out, you made a sign.

You made a sign and then put it up in the most public place you could find, so that as many people as possible would read what you had to say. If you were smart, you used durable materials and hung it in such a way that other people couldn't take it down... at least not easily. The advantages of sign-making over competing mass-mediums of the day (repeating yourself to everyone who passed by or yelling at large groups) were obvious: a single sign could be read by many without degrading or diluting its message and it could be posted anonymously. This last aspect was particularly useful for messages of a political nature


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Soloflecks Donating Member (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-04 12:48 PM
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1. What a great idea!
I love it. Thanks for the link.
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slackdude Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-04 12:53 PM
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2. YES!
That guy rocks!
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mongo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-04 01:00 PM
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3. crap. I think i've been inspired
Here I go again...
Thanks.
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