{"id":157,"date":"2003-08-14T12:49:22","date_gmt":"2003-08-14T17:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2005-02-04T11:09:02","modified_gmt":"2005-02-04T09:09:02","slug":"call-for-africans-to-friendster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/14\/call-for-africans-to-friendster\/","title":{"rendered":"call for africans to friendster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally joined friendster<\/a> today, but noticed after trying about 10 different names of the 3rd world digital elite in Joburg, that there are virtually no South Africans connected (NONE that I could find). Wanna be my friend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally joined friendster today, but noticed after trying about 10 different names of the 3rd world digital elite in Joburg, that there are virtually no South Africans connected (NONE that I could find). Wanna be my friend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pop-culture","category-uncategorical"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-2x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/26\/ichat-plugins\/","url_meta":{"origin":157,"position":0},"title":"iChat plugins","author":"nathaniel","date":"26 August 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Using iChat? Check out Jonah Brucker Cohen's \"chatting with...\" script (it's actually called something else) for iChatAV. Kinda like friendster meets Instant Messenger!","rel":"","context":"In "art and tech"","block_context":{"text":"art and tech","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art-and-tech\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":344,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2004\/05\/19\/netart-et-al\/","url_meta":{"origin":157,"position":1},"title":"net.art et al","author":"nathaniel","date":"19 May 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Political Friendster - hot hot hot on the net.art trail! And very smart. Check it out. Smart Mobs: FlyNet on Lufthansa - wireless broadband on planes! 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Perhaps it's a way to (finally)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "art"","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1271,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/10\/roles-robes-fried-contemporary\/","url_meta":{"origin":157,"position":4},"title":"Roles \/ Robes @ Fried Contemporary","author":"nathaniel","date":"10 July 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"15 July to 5 August 2006, opens on 15 July at 18h30From Fried site:An exhibition of mixed-media works, paintings, collages, digital prints, etching, video projections, a short film, sculpture and installations of award-winning South African artistsThe theme for the exhibition is the identity roles that South Africans have played and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "art"","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":393,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/09\/networked_performance\/","url_meta":{"origin":157,"position":5},"title":"networked_performance","author":"nathaniel","date":"09 August 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"networked_performance: beginning today, I'll be a guest blogger on turbulence's networked_performance blog, reporting live from South Africa! 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