have a question? read the sexchart faq!
if you have any versions i'm missing, especially from the 7.xx or 6.xx
series, please send them to crank@got.net.
bold asterisks (*) denote media attention.
all the chart revisions from 8.67 to present.
sexchart v9.43 - 1- 1-10
sexchart v9.42 - 5- 1-06
sexchart v9.41 - 6- 1-05
sexchart v9.40 - 12-26-04
sexchart v9.39 - 7-30-04
sexchart v9.38 - 5- 3-04
sexchart v9.37 - 1-27-04
sexchart v9.36 - 11- 8-03
* metafilter - local link - 10- 9-03
"Conversely, do you need a chart to track who has dated whom, who has
slept with whom, and who has had more than their fair share of drunken
hookups? Or is this all one man's conflated introspection of his
extended bachelorship?" (psst, i'm female.)
sexchart v9.35 - 9-28-03
sexchart v9.34 - 6-23-03
* videotage - 4- 8-03
the sexchart was used in an art exhibition in hong kong, & i was paid
ACTUAL CASH MONEY for it.
click here to see the wire receipt!
click here to see the chart mention in the paper catalog!
click here to see the front of the catalog!
click here for microtage's website! - local link
sexchart v9.33 - 4- 6-03
sexchart v9.32 - 2- 6-03
sexchart v9.31 - 12- 3-02
* newstoday - 10- 4-02
"computer underground since 96"
* videotage.org - 11-16-02
the first mention of the microwave festival project.
sexchart v9.30 - 9-17-02
big loop: 1600+ people.
anomaly - goonies.txt - 8- -02
"the goonies sex/blowjob/kissing chart v2.5". all links are added.
sexchart v9.29 - 7-28-02
sexchart v9.28 - 7- 8-02
sexchart v9.27 - 5-13-02
big loop: 1500+ people.
the sexchart has finally reached 100k! ouch.
sexchart v9.26 - 4-12-02
* WSVN television interview - 2-18-02, 2-19-02
shown as a 'feature story' on "the news channel, wsvn".
transcription taken from their website.
* metro article corrections - local link - 2- 7-02
corrections to the metro santa cruz newspaper article, below.
* programmer's challenge - local link - 2- 1-02
"Your Challenge this month is to produce a better SexChart." (no one did.)
* educationguardian.co.uk: the paper chase - 1-24-02
"It may be worth your while, though, the paper also looks into Sexchart
(www.attrition.org/hosted/sexchart) - an online document that links
more than 1,400 internet users who have shared sexual encounters. The
current "winner", apparently, has had sex with 43 others on the chart."
* mexican radio interview via phone - 1-18-02
very silly, but i'll put up an mp3 if there's interest.
* epigenomics.net: it's the geek sexchart! - local link - 1-11-02
"Nevertheless, some haven't taken kindly to having their personal
meatspace links documented, and Daelnar has even received related e-mail
threats."
* dutch sexchart article - local link - 1-10-02
english translation - thanks to corine
"Lish seemed to find it worth mapping forth this survey, She hopes to
map every earthling. Well everyone must have an hobby and ambition."
* russian sexchart email interview - local link - 1-10-02
english translation - from my sent-mail folder
* spanish sexchart article - local link - 1- ?-02
english translation - according to google translations
"And to the four years which the first woman knew the first man, they were
around 1,400 the men and women who had known and had a loving tangle."
* metro santa cruz newspaper article - local link - 1- 9-02
scans of the actual article coming if i get to a scanner.
see above for corrections to this rather faulty piece.
* russian sexchart article - local link - 1- 3-02
english translation - according to babelfish
"if two names they are connected by line, this means that between them
there were kak the minimum, moist kisses."
* techdirt.com: geeks are having lots of sex - local link - 1- 2-02
"Personally, I think that the fact that the entire chart is still done in
ASCII is its greatest feat."
* klubq: 'sexchart' angers many - local link - 1- ?-02
"A simple ASCII chart showing dalliances from kissing to forced sex, it
has made many who have been included angry."
* NBC3 television interview - 1- 2-02, 1-12-02
shown as the 'feature story' on "news at 11" & also on "tech now", a
bay-area program discussing new technology.
transcription 1: CC - the closed captioning differs from the aural
version; second transcription coming whenever i feel like it.
* hungarian sexchart article - local link - 1- 2-02
english translation - thanks to sinistre
"Lish Daelnar... dates mainly with hackers and console knights."
* the null device - local link - 12-31-01
* jerkcity: SEX CHART - local link - 12-30-01
"IF THE TWO OF YOU DON'T PIPE DOWN, YOU'RE BOTH GOING ON MY SEX CHART"
* daily rotten: weird news - 12-29-01
"It's a wonder that the Sex Chart hasn't been sued out of existence. A
rather embarrassing blister on cyberspace, it documents liaisons between
people in a vaguely defined "Internet Scene", which rather unfortunately
includes some of the Rotten Staff."
* instapundit.com - 12-29-01
"WHO'S SLEEPING WITH WHO? The SexChart lists various goings-on among a
bunch of geeks and hackers. The story about it is pretty amusing. The
good news: these folks are getting more sex than you might have
guessed."
* winglitch: who did you kiss? - local link - 12- -01
"When you give technology to women, strange things start to happen."
* WIRED NEWS: Sexchart Degrees of Separation - local link - 12-29-01
"Picture a connect-the-dot puzzle in which the dots represent people,
mostly computer geeks and their ilk, who have hooked up romantically
with others. And, whew, there are a lot of connected dots."
sexchart v9.25 - 11-23-01
big loop: 1400+ people.
* sociology of hackers - 11-23-01
"An astounding level of dedication is evidenced by the existence of
the Official Computer Scene Sexchart. Detailing the sexual
relationships between members of the computer underground, this chart
is not only interesting from a social point of view, but is likely a
valuable piece of intelligence on the interrelationships of hackers."
sexchart v9.24 - 8-11-01
sexchart v9.23 - 5-27-01
big loop: 1300+ people. & a brand-new town whore!
* the e-generation - local link - 5-18-01
"The site is also interesting to look at, and provides one of the
strangest things I've seen; called a "sexchart," it's a maze-like mesh
of links"... "This weird thing alone is worth the price of admission
(free)."
sexchart v9.22 - 3-25-01
sexchart v9.21 - 1- 3-01
* need to know - 12- 8-00
"they can't *all* be bots, surely?"
sexchart v9.20 - 11-25-00
big loop: 1200+ people.
sexchart v9.19 - 10-21-00
sexchart v9.18 - 8-25-00
sexchart v9.17 - 7-14-00
big loop: 1100+ people.
anomaly - punk.gif - 7- -00
this is the #punk sexchart.gif. i slowly added every link to the
regular chart. as of 9.17, all links are on.
sexchart v9.16 - 6-21-00
sexchart v9.15 - 5-28-00
the big loop hits 1000 people.
sexchart v9.14 - 5-13-00
sexchart v9.13 - 4-29-00
sexchart v9.12 - 4- 2-00
anomaly - hoe-1031.txt - 3- 8-00
kraft's spoof chart. it's cute.
sexchart v9.11 - 2-29-00
sexchart v9.10 - 1-20-00
sexchart v9.09 - 12- 7-99
big loop: 950+ people.
sexchart v9.08 - 11- 4-99
big loop: 900+ people.
sexchart v9.07 - 10-10-99
sexchart v9.06 - 9-29-99
sexchart v9.05 - 8-26-99
sexchart v9.04 - 7-28-99
sexchart v9.03 - 7-16-99
big loop: 800+ people
sexchart v9.02 - 7- 3-99
sexchart v9.01 - 6-28-99
big loop: 750+ people. also, the best "gross link" i ever hope to get.
sexchart v9.00 - 6-12-99
* nev@bostic.com - bostic's list - 5-21-99
sexchart v8.99 - 5-19-99
sexchart v8.98 - 5- 4-99
finally - a new number one town whore.
sexchart v8.97 - 4-25-99
big loop: 700+ people.
anomaly - twi.gif - 4-18-98
this is the #twilightzone sexchart.gif.
sexchart v8.96 - 4-18-99
sexchart v8.95 - 4- 9-99
created a secondary chart beneath the first.
sexchart v8.94 - 3-15-99
big loop: 650+ people.
sexchart v8.93 - 3- 6-99
sexchart v8.92 - 3- 2-99
big loop: 600+ people.
sexchart v8.91 - 1-26-99
sexchart v8.90 - 1- 8-99
big loop: 580+ people.
sexchart v8.89 - 1- 2-99
sexchart v8.88 - 12-15-98
big loop: 525+ people.
sexchart v8.87 - 12- 4-98
finally came up with a new name.
anomaly - atlanta.gif - 12- 4-98
this is the #atlantaga sexchart.gif. i slowly added every link to the
regular chart. as of 8.94, all links are on.
sexchart v8.86 - 11-30-98
added a "gross stuff" section with family members.
sexchart v8.85 - 11-19-98
sexchart v8.84 - 11-12-98
sexchart v8.83 - 11- 6-98
big loop: 500+ people.
sexchart v8.82 - 11- 3-98
big loop: 475+ people. added an "unconfirmed links" section.
sexchart v8.81 - 11- 1-98
sexchart v8.80 - 10-26-98
sexchart v8.79 - 10-22-98
sexchart v8.78 - 10-19-98
sexchart v8.77 - 10- 9-98
sexchart v8.76 - 10- 8-98
big loop: 450+ people. began the announce-only sexchart mailing list.
sexchart v8.72 - 10- 1-98
sexchart v8.71 - 9-30-98
big loop: 425+ people. revision history added.
sexchart v8.67 - 9-28-98
sexchart v8.66 - 9-26-98
moved the contact information & such from the foot into a more formal
header.
sexchart v8.63 - 9-26-98
sexchart v8.62 - 9-25-98
sexchart v8.60 - 9-23-98
sexchart v8.59 - 9-22-98
big loop: 400+ people.
sexchart v8.58 - 9-20-98
big loop: exactly 400 people.
sexchart v8.57 - 9-19-98
sexchart v8.49 - 9- 5-98
big loop: 386+ people. (we all know i'm a geek.) i clarified the link
definition here.
sexchart v8.48 - 9- 4-98
big loop: 385+ people. created an irc script to handle chart dcc'ing;
referenced same at the end of the file.
sexchart v8.46 - 9- 2-98
big loop: 380+ people.
sexchart v8.45 - 9- 1-98
sexchart v8.43 - 8-31-98
big loop: 375+ people.
sexchart v8.37 - 8-29-98
shows part of the deceased uiuc-area "grid of links". also added a line
of definition at the end of the file.
sexchart v8.28 - 7- 7-98
sexchart v8.24 - 7-29-98
big loop: 330+ people.
sexchart v8.23 - 7-25-98
sexchart v8.18 - 7-13-98
big loop: 325+ people.
sexchart v8.14 - 7- 8-98
shortly after i took over admin duties.
sexchart v8.10 - 7- 6-98
sexchart v8.09 - 7- 5-98
sexchart v8.02 - 4-23-98
big loop: 285+ people. mogel rearranged my links on this chart to look
like, in his words, "a christmas tree! with crank as the present
underneath!" others, self-inclusive, preferred to refer to it as a
nuclear bomb.
sexchart v8.0 - 2-19-98 ?
big loop: 280+ people.
sexchart v7.90 - 2-19-98
phyzzix -- erisian is the only update here, & that link disappears for
v8.02. peculiar.
sexchart v7.81 - late 97
one character difference. the chart was crying out for my control.
sexchart v7.80 - late 97
big loop: 275+ people. my nick is *finally* in lowercase.
sexchart v7.61 - mid 97
sexchart v7.6 - 7-17-97
anomaly - "v2.3" - 4- 7-97
when dumb #hack guys tried to take over. note all the cock references
in the absurd header.
sexchart v6.0 - 3-30-97
big loop: 197 people.
anomaly - "v2.0" - 3- 5-97
max-q took over for some reason. this is the only time the chart's been
released in anything but ascii.
sexchart v5.0 - 1-20-97
sexchart v4.0 - 12-13-96
big loop: 110 people. mogel acting as admin. the appropriate "morph --
drugs" link still exists on this chart.
sexchart v1.0 - 12-12-96
sexchart v0.0 - circa mid 96
big loop: 32 people. the first known version of this chart. originally
created for the express purpose of pointing out exactly how many scene
guys i've dated.
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