The most amazing website in existence has passed into time like a Tibetan sand mandala. Jim Carrey's riotous and sublime imagination was on full display in a surreal portal which sent the traveler spiraling into alternate dimensions. Loaded with Easter Eggs that opened doors to weird experiences, the actor's site was completely interactive. A traveler could commune with characters from his cannon of films, snap photographs, fly across strange landscapes or follow tunnels to beatific heavens or burning hells. More like a roadside attraction than a website, the labyrinth was built in Adobe Flash, the proprietary system once described by Wired as an "ubiquitous resource hog everyone hates to need." The movement to rid the Internet of this turbulent Flash gained momentum, led by a cadre of heavy hitters like Steve Jobs who penned this scathing letter. Facebook, Mozilla and Google soon followed his lead, calling for termination dates, limiting plugins, or allowing search engines to suspend Flash at will. Basically, all the cool kids took Flash out back and kicked the living crap … [Read more...] about A Beautiful Mind: RIP Jim Carrey’s Website
Archives for June 2017
