# ABOUT THIS SITE welcome shiny traveler this is amateur uk philosopher robert what's particular example play-through of 'republic of bob' the web as a fictional high-desert realm of art literature & community this republic does not exist. to evoke and take part in its reality just consider it (eg): **+** a strange imaginary game you pretend to play aka how to play big science **+** a chill aesthetic version of the web set in the near future retro 80s **+** a small odd genai-slop free pastime / ice-cold alternative luxury lifestyle **+** an open source imagination engine & new media arcology those who create this impossible vast autonomous landscape are termed researchers and big scientists ## materialization intro without moving you have just appeared in this mythic dimension take a deep breath look around and admire the view the air is fresh with wild sweet mint and alive with rare paracosmic magic to the distant eastern border stands the desert mirage network-luxe orbital data center ## site notes an overgrowing digital oasis showcasing artistic and eclectic republic artifacts these are loosely organised by folders (see left) and are elf explanatory casually skip around without feeling the need to read everything site with few hyperlinks to reduce cognitive load encourage free-form discovery & extrapolating from incomplete (garbled) **+** [[notes on licencing copyright & playstyle]] **+** other obsidian vaults http://vaults.obsidian-community.com ideas through play; love over gold is always the message ## reviews (older site versions) > fascinating rambling deranged > ~ classic (single day) reddit-effect review > (..) the images reveal the surrounding voidspace that always lingers just out-of-sight beyond the veil of videogame worlds. the way he frames this emptiness is often striking > ~ chris priestman beyond the veil of counterstrike (kill screen) > also this guy who hates andy (warhol) has a clever interesting website > the 20th century salutes him > ~ mondo 2000 (ru sirius) via twitter ## robert's goals and motivation i've been slowly dying from terminal existential boredom for a while now and rat often helps. i need to find my tribe hook up with fellow artistic types and have fun. (dig my style? call me!) it's also not what you can grab but what you can give and this little thought experiment is my contribution i must however somehow start rapidly earning the tiresome filthiness of money in order to finally stop renting awful expensive badly insulated shoebox-sized flats - buy a decent house save my beloved from the soul crushing drudgery of employment (and myself from the exhausting daily grind of rat-work) ## about robert / contact details a working class uk based amateur with ideas roleplaying a resident net philosopher [[on hiring philosopher robert what|i am currently available for hire]] two older biopsychic projection photos ![[researcher-robert-what.jpg|300]] ![[bobhead-robert-what-face-logo.png|300]] for r&d suggestions andor to collaborate on projects - yours or mine - reach out today and say hi politeness and intelligence reciprocated **+** email: robertwhat (at) proton (dot) me **+** bluesky social media (needs sign in): robertwhat.bsky.social > i am diogenes the dog > i nuzzle the kind bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels > ~ diogenes of sinope ## shoutouts abc: always and forever my beloved darling c0de blue: where you at brother? what's the l8est? pete from virgina: yo pete i been takin' care of my shoes big hair'd goth man: call me you smelly reprobate that cool short-haired riot gurrl i met at college: we'll meet again someday on the electric avenue ## colophon om mani padme hum - the jewel in the heart of the lotus ![[mahakala.png|300]] // republic of bob