The quintessential image of Web hypnosis

December 1, 2005 9:56 PM

Looking for an image to include in a lecture I'm giving next week that conveys the physically isolated, immersive experience of being jacked into the Internet, staring deeply into a computer screen, preferably lit with ambient Web glow.
posted by donovan to Technology (11 answers total)

• images.google.com
• images.search.yahoo.com
• Altavista
• Getty Images
• Corbis
• Comstock
• Adobe Stock Photos
posted by Rothko at 10:04 PM on December 1, 2005

Best answer: A photo of a friend that I always liked.
posted by mathowie at 10:09 PM on December 1, 2005

Very cool pic, mathowie!
posted by thebarron at 10:40 PM on December 1, 2005

Not an image, but a great metaphor - The Meaning of Happiness, by Johnny Chung Lee
posted by growabrain at 10:49 PM on December 1, 2005

Possibly not quite what you are after.
posted by Rumple at 11:20 PM on December 1, 2005

maybe one of these will work for you
posted by fourstar at 1:24 AM on December 2, 2005

for $1 pics I find istockphoto.com very good and cheap.

Here
posted by spooksie at 4:26 AM on December 2, 2005

sxc.hu
posted by suni at 4:52 AM on December 2, 2005

Response by poster: Rothko, spooksie, suni--thanks, I tried the usual stock photo suspects before I posted and couldn't find anything that really jumped out at me.

Matt, that's exactly the kind thing I was looking for, thank you.

btw, the image will be used to illustrate the difference between immersive/jacked-in uses of the PC-connected Internet and casual/lightweight uses of mobile phones, arguing that each is "advanced" but involve very diffferent social contexts and relationship to the physical world.
posted by donovan at 9:10 AM on December 2, 2005

One of the /. tshirt entries seems somewhat appropriate, at least the one with the black background. [pdf]
posted by Rhomboid at 8:31 PM on December 2, 2005

I used this for something similar. Found on Stockexchange, IIRC.
posted by Finder at 11:56 AM on December 3, 2005