The Life of Jos Claerbout

Johannes "Jos" Dianovich (born Jeremy David) Claerbout June 14, 1974 - August 20, 1999 "What do we have to look forward to today? There are a lot of things we have to look forward to today." Abstract     Short version     Long version     Updates

• His college entrance essays are real zingers!
• Fourteen vignettes (14 photo-story pairs)   Photos only: here, there.
• His fantastic Toessel website: Teasing 36 friends, hilarious rants, his last toessel.
• Dianovich?
• Pomona college (econ).
  • Moist and fresh   [quintessential Jos]
  • Writing for fun.
  • Radio station Jos.
  • Chucklehound Films [his1, his2, today].
  • Inquisition!   Clean the bathroom?   Gwen recalls.
• Alaska!
  • Fishing diary. Big fish. Video 1994. Audio tape diary.
  • US Congressional election campaign.
  • J."Hoss" Claerbout sets up the American Country Magazine, gets his boss thrown in jail, and celebrates his 21st birthday.
  • "If there were a Pulitzer for mine guiding, he would have won it."
• Why I must study religion and go to Washington DC.
  • The Portable Massage Table.
• Culture Wars 101. The web's first objective tour of America's political and cultural battles.
• The Galoob game!
• Don't fear the OOP! Why coding Java is just like writing a trashy Western novel
• Jos finds himself:   He says.   Popster says.
• He loved his job at WebTV.     The Gym.
• He could have got fired for this.
• His grammar robot is a hysterically funny project to teach the world good grammar.
• His Web Scissors, an invention for the masses.
• Jos needed a partner for a secret business venture.
• His video reinterpretation of a Hitchcock classic:   Rear Cubicle
• Updates

All that by age 25!   Try to imagine what could have followed! The Fateful Hour The Funeral,    Fear of a Black Toessel P.A.Weekly, Emily Wilska, Joel Black, Joshua Allen. Memories of Jos by 127 people WebTV farewell to Jos Resume.   Journey to his grave. And now:   Tree.   Trailhead.   Charity.   Namesakes.   Quilt.   WebTV. He would have changed world history.