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Line 1: {{Infobox person '''Carl Steadman''' is co-founder of [[suck.com]], creator of several pieces of early web-savvy literature and current operator of [[plastic.com]]. He was also production director for [[HotWired]].▼ \| name = Carl Steadman \| image = The Carl cookie 20230818.jpg \| caption = 2023 photograph of an original plastic-bagged cookie created by Carl Steadman in 1999 and sold through his site \| birth_date = May 30, 1970 \| birth_place = [[Richmond, California]], US \| occupation = \| known_for = co-founder of [[suck.com]] \| website = }} ▲'''Carl Steadman''' is co-founder of [[~~suck~~Suck.com]], creator of several pieces of early web-savvy literature and ~~current~~former operator of [[~~plastic~~Plastic.com]].<ref Hename=honan-automatic>{{Cite ~~was also production director for [[HotWired]].~~news Arguably one of the web's first [[microcelebrity\|microcelebrities]], most information about him is in third-party articles. Carl seemed to both be the most talked about person on the web who seemed to do the least talking. There is some concern that Carl is not alive, but he responds to his email, although not promptly. \| last = Honan \| first = Mathew \| title = When Automatic's Teller Ran Dry \| work = Online Journalism Review \| accessdate = \| date = 2002-04-03 \| url = http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1017862636.php }}</ref><ref name=honan-plastic>{{Cite news \| last = Honan \| first = Mathew \| title = 'Plastic is All I Do' \| work = Online Journalism Review \| accessdate = \| date = 2002-04-03 \| url = http://archive-org.com/page/1027716/2012-12-21/http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1017862577.php \| archive-url = https://archive.today/20141201133432/http://archive-org.com/page/1027716/2012-12-21/http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1017862577.php \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = 2014-12-01 }}</ref> He was also production director for [[HotWired]], and appeared in the 1999 documentary [[Home Page (film)\|Home Page]].{{citation needed\|date=April 2025}} ==Works== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20031017020739/http://~~carlsteadman~~www.~~com/~~placing.com/ Placing] - "Placing doesn't depict the future so much as portray the present" * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209224247/http://www.freedonia.com/~carl/rtc/ Rats To Cats!] * "Two Solitudes", a 1995 e-mail story<ref>[http://www.intertext.com/magazine/v5n1/solitudes.html Two Solitudes], [[InterText]]</ref> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070513164553/http://www.freedonia.com/~carl/ Carl's "tilde site" at Freedonia] * Steadman wrote [https://web.archive.org/web/19961114082454/http://rox.com//quarry/Mall/Job/carl_job/index.html an untitled essay] about leaving Suck.com, published on the [[Rox (American TV series)\|Rox]] website in July 1996. ==References== {{reflist\|2}} ==External links== * {{Facebook\|guydeboredom\|Carl Steadman}} * [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.11/web_dreams.html Web Dreams] [[Wired magazine\|Wired]] article about Suck * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070106142425/http://www.freedonia.com/~carl/index.970321.html Carl's self-written bio] (to about age 26) * [http://rhumba.pair.com/carl/ Ready Steadman Go] - fan site * [http://www.suck.com/fish/contributors/steadman/ Suck Contributor: Carl Steadman] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Steadman, Carl}} [[Category:~~Internet~~American ~~memes\|Steadman,~~Internet ~~Carl~~celebrities]]▼ [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1970 births]] {{Web-stub}} ▲[[Category:Internet memes\|Steadman, Carl]]