{"id":1702,"date":"2010-10-03T01:33:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T05:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2010-10-03T01:45:47","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T05:45:47","slug":"the-fractal-as-disposable-commodity-universe-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1702","title":{"rendered":"The Fractal as Disposable Commodity Universe Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fractal images seen on galleries at the Fractal Universe Calendar<\/a> page.   I’d mention the artists’ names, but, of course, since the product was meant to be thrown away, like a soon-withered bouquet, no artists are mentioned on the site’s main splash page — well, other than the New Master of the Fractal Universe<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

The finest quality materials did not go into the creation of this free parody calendar because this particular disposable product was designed with planned obsolescence in mind.  And, yes, I tend to think the same could also be said of the source<\/a>.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

~\/~ Fractal images seen on galleries at the Fractal Universe Calendar page.   I’d mention the artists’ names, but, of course, since the product was meant to be thrown away, like a soon-withered bouquet, no artists are mentioned on the site’s main splash page — well, other than the New Master of the Fractal Universe.  … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/September_FADCUC.jpg?fit=500%2C727&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1673,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1673","url_meta":{"origin":1702,"position":0},"title":"FUC: The Unholy Trinity — or, Are Our Ears Burning Again?","author":"cruelanimal","date":"27 September, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're a critic on the Internet, everyone can hear you scream. --Cameron Woodhead, The Sydney Morning Herald Image seen on blog.hr. 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