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Update
history August 1999-June 2001:
1.11- Boxes
051-055.
1.12- Major update, boxes 056-080.
1.13- In September 99 Alistair Gentry presented and discussed
100 black boxes and other digital work as part of useIT/LabCulture
@ Watershed,
Bristol.
1.14- Readers' favourite boxes 9/99:
003, 008, 011, 023, 027, 030,
043, 045, 054, 078
1.15- Readers' favourite boxes 10/99:
005, 011, 019, 030, 038, 044,
059, 066, 069, 080
1.16- Update.
1.17- Readers' favourite boxes 11/99:
002, 010, 018, 027, 030, 050,
054, 069, 076, 077
1.18- Update.
1.19- Readers' favourite boxes 12/99:
003, 007, 015, 023, 032, 039,
047, 051, 063, 079
1.2- All boxes are now available in printer friendly format. There's
a link at the bottom of every page.
1.21- Boxes 81-85.
1.22- Readers' favourite boxes 1/00:
028, 032, 035, 042, 049, 051, 058, 067, 077, 080
1.3- The URL for this site is now
www.gentry.btinternet.co.uk/100black
Your current bookmarks
or favourites should still direct you to the right pages.
1.31- Readers' favourite boxes 2/00:
004, 010, 020, 022, 046, 063, 080, 082, 084, 085
1.32- Boxes 86-90.
1.4- Boxes 91-100.
New threads: Love, Sex, Television.
Readers' favourite boxes 3/00:
066, 068, 070, 078, 085, 086,
087, 088, 089, 090
1.5- Global hits, in descending
numerical order:
United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand, Chile, Australia, Sweden,
Canada, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Latvia, Germany, Denmark, Sri Lanka,
Greece.
1.51- Readers' favourite boxes 4/00:
001, 002, 067, 090, 095, 096, 097, 098, 099, 100
1.52- Nearly all the boxes have been read enough to have reached
black. Next update will reset all boxes.
1.53- Readers' favourite boxes 5/00:
001, 009, 044, 058, 070, 074, 087, 090, 093, 100
1.54- Global hits, in descending
numerical order:
United Kingdom, United States, Chile, Canada, Germany, Australia, Netherlands,
France, Sweden, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Denmark, Poland, Sri Lanka,
Greece, Latvia, Peru.
1.6- First reset of
boxes.
1.61- Readers' favourite boxes 6/00:
001, 002, 034, 045, 059, 071, 077, 091, 099, 100
1.62- Graphics update.
1.63- By popular request, there is now an index
of first lines. The index page will also allow you to pick a random
black box.
1.64- Readers' favourite boxes 8/00:
010, 019, 036, 040,
052, 066, 070, 079, 090, 098
1.65- Global hits, in descending
numerical order:
United Kingdom, United States, France, Canada, Germany, Australia,
Chile, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Mexico, Poland,
Greece, Sri Lanka, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Japan, Singapore,
Switzerland, Finland, Peru, Lithuania.
1.66- Global hits, in descending
numerical order:
United Kingdom, .COM, United States, France, Canada, Germany, Australia,
Chile, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Mexico, Poland,
Greece, Sri Lanka, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, .ORG, South Africa, Japan, Singapore,
Switzerland, Israel, Finland, Peru, Lithuania.
1.67- Alistair Gentry's new site is now online.
The Nothings is a modular novel, with new pieces every month.
1.68- Readers' favourite boxes 9/00:
001, 010, 011, 014, 040,
055, 060, 085, 087, 090
1.69- Readers' favourite boxes 10/00:
001, 007, 015, 031, 039,
064, 065, 073, 082, 096
1.7- Global hits (in descending numerical order):
.COM, Unknown, .NET, United Kingdom, .EDU, Chile, Germany, Canada, Netherlands,
Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, France, United States,
Poland, Israel, Peru, Latvia, Mexico, .ORG, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan,
Austria, Greece, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, Egypt, Finland, Sri Lanka,
Lithuania, Brazil, Bulgaria, New Zealand.
1.71- Readers favourite boxes 11/00:
005, 015, 036, 050, 064,
065, 071, 078, 092, 098
1.72- Readers' favourite boxes 12/00:
006, 015, 033, 044, 060,
065, 079, 086, 088, 098
1.73- Global hits (in descending numerical order):
.com, .net, unknown, UK, .edu, Chile, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia,
Saudi Arabia, US, France, Singapore, Poland, South Africa, Israel, Greece,
Mexico, .org, New Zealand, Peru, Latvia, Japan, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland,
Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Egypt, Finland, Sri Lanka,
Lithuania, Brazil, Bulgaria.
1.8- 100 black boxes was the only UK site shortlisted for
the trAce/Alt-X
New Media Writing prize.
1.81- Readers' favourite boxes 01/01:
001, 003, 007, 016, 030, 061,
064, 076, 087, 100.
1.82- Global hits (in descending numerical order):
.com, unknown, .net, UK, .edu, Canada, Chile, Germany, Netherlands, Saudi
Arabia, Australia, US, France, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, Poland,
Greece, Israel, Mexico, .org, Brazil, Peru, Latvia, Austria, Bulgaria,
Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Belgium, Lithuania, Ireland, Finland,
Sri Lanka, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Portugal.
1.83- Readers' favourite boxes 02/01:
001, 006, 016, 019, 047, 065,
080, 092, 095, 099.
1.84- Global hits (in descending numerical order):
.com, unknown, UK, .edu, Canada, Chile, Germany, Australia, Saudi Arabia,
Netherlands, US, Poland, South Africa, France, Singapore, New Zealand,
Israel, Belgium, Brazil, Greece, Latvia, Peru, Mexico, .org, Japan, Austria,
Sweden, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Ireland, Finland, Sri
Lanka, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Portugal.
1.85- Readers' favourite boxes 03/01:
001, 010, 016, 047, 060, 064,
073, 076, 080, 098.
1.86- 100 black boxes free showing and interview @ International
Necronautical Society, London, 28th March 2001.
1.87- Global hits (in descending numerical order):
.com, unknown, UK, .edu, .net, Australia, Canada, Germany, Chile, Saudi
Arabia, Netherlands, France, US, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, AOL,
South Africa, Belgium, Israel, Greece, Switzerland, Ireland, Brazil, Peru,
Mexico, .org, AT&T, Latvia, Bulgaria, Spain, Sweden, Austria, Italy,
Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Egypt, Finland, Sri Lanka, Belarus, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, Portugal.
1.88- Readers' favourite boxes 04/01:
002, 005, 010, 016, 038, 050,
060, 073, 087, 093.
1.89- Global hits (in descending numerical order):
.com, unknown, .net, AOL, UK, .edu, Australia, Canada, Germany, Chile,
Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, France, USA, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa,
Belgium, Singapore, Greece, Israel, Brazil, Switzerland, .org, Ireland,
Sweden, Mexico, Peru, Latvia, Spain, AT&T, Austria, Italy, Japan,
Bulgaria, Lebanon, Lithuania, Egypt, Finland, Sri Lanka, Belarus, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, Portugal.
1.9- Readers' favourite boxes to 6/01:
001, 006, 010, 024, 037, 058,
076, 080, 087, 098.
2.0- Readers' favourite boxes 9/99 to 6/01:
001, 010, 016, 060, 076, 080,
087, 098.
Each of these boxes have featured five times or more in the readers' favourites
top ten.
2.1- Graphic of overall site usage
09/99 to 06/01.
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