a new project initiated by the folks of the long now foundation (the same people responsible for the 10,000 year clock) aims to create a modern rosetta stone. the rosetta project as it’s called is really cool (here is the concept, here is how they are doing it) and will undoubtedly help the strange post apocalyptic mutants, who roam the earth after our self inflicted demise, understand the strange gibberish on the ruins around them. that is once they manage to re-invent the electron microscope. in any case these things are poetic, and great conceptual art, whether they are ever put to their intended uses or not.