tidepool.exe
a desktop at the bottom of the internet
⌘ welcome.txt_ □ ×
hi. you've reached the submerged desktop of a fictional ocean dweller called nell.
i collect translucent things and messages that wash ashore. nothing here is urgent. your connection may drift.
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last surfaced: never▤ dive-log_ □ ×
04.10 / found a blue bottle.
29.09 / the coral learned to type.
18.09 / moved the windows underwater.
current mood: gently buffering
below the last hyperlink, the water gets very quiet.
inventory: one glass key,
three lost packets,
an unidentifiable glowing thing.
✉ bottle-mail_ □ ×
uncork a message
“there are still places on the web where you can hear yourself think.”
— fictional drift mail, no return address
◌ specimens_ □ ×
DEEP WEB / WETSAVE THE SMALL WEB404 FATHOMS
Original personal-web mockup · fictional text · Caleb Bowers