I had a dream last night about a big LCD panel with a rectangle cut out from the middle, and in the hole was sewn a piece of cloth that led to another, smaller LCD panel which hung down in front. The small panel was the “zoom in” feature for the bigger one; it magnified things by bringing them forward in space, not by making them larger.

I also dreamed of a web site that shows signs of physical wear over time. Visitors can see that others have tread this path a lot, maybe it’s worn down to the dirt. Or maybe the grass is tall and unkempt. Maybe the background of more popular pages gets a little less bright—faded by all the sunlight. Or maybe the edges start to decay a bit like old bills. Some clear evidence of use. I remember when I visited the Capitol Building in 5th grade and felt the slight depressions made by millions of footsteps on the great marble staircase.

How else could can we bring a sense of death to web sites?

Too much screen time. Need to get out to the woods.