This blog is no longer necessary. Thanks to those who followed along. The Universal Stratagem for the Simplification of the Visual Landscape, however, is just getting started and updates can be viewed at www.universalstratagem.com.

Went off without a hitch. Video coming soon with some beautiful cinematography by Josh Cohen.

The Simplification Express will be making its debut on Manhattan sidewalks this saturday; more details forthcoming.

Curious neighbor.

Spackled up.

Painted up.

White vinyl edge-covering for superior durability.

I’ve decided that because of number 7′s popularity, it will be best suited to advertise this project.

Coming soon: some non circle-centric options

These would cover individual tiles on either indoor floor tiles or their outdoor equivalents.

One side of the street wheelin’ express will have the TUSFTSOTVL logo, but the other side needs to be more of an advertisement. Let me know what you think of these?

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Looking forward to not being at this stage anymore:

The official TUSFTSOTVL street-wheelin’ express is underway, now on its second day of progress. Thanks to Adam Augustine for co-engineering the project as well as doing most of the work yesterday.

Measure twice, cut once.

The patented hot-knife foam cutting technique.

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The patented hot-screwdriver foam cutting technique.

End of day one.

Day 2. Add the other side and let the glue dry.

It was pointed out to me by Dr. Rogers of Decision Laboratory today that Gmail has jumped on the boat of pleasesimplify.com’s earlier vowel-removal days and simplified their home page. Kudos to Google Inc. and you can send my royalty check to 315 Seigel Street Apt. 217, Brooklyn, NY 11206.