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I've always thought that when Vint Cerf and his chums concocted the Internet, the mental image they had was along the lines of a Mondrian painting; but once the blessed Sir Tim got hold of it and added his magic W's to make it accessible to the likes of us, it turned into something a bit more Jackson Pollock.

Now, however, we are in the age of Twitter, with everyone from Stephen Fry to MC Hammer muscling in on a slice of 140-character action; Stan Bête recently enumerated its delights. But this time, there's no need to guess what the inspiration was:


Paul Klee: The Twittering Machine, 1922 (Museum of Modern Art, New York City).