Alarmbell.org

NARRATIVE

Once a day, at 12:00 EST, an automated program will send out an anonymous email to a list of recipients designated by the author. (Through the website http://www.alarmbell.org, anyone may author a message and add it to the queue.)

Before sending the mail, the program triggers a long row of fire bells on the exterior of the Wealthy Theater - each bell rings once in succession, from the rear of the building to the front.

A long list of recipients in the email results in a speedy succession of rings - a short list causes the succession to happen more slowly, taking as long as 1 minute.

After the last bell rings, the email is sent out to its intended recipients.

The email contains only a short statement, alerting recipients to read a full message at the URL - http://www.alarmbell.org.

The message may be viewed by any visitor to the site - though the author and recipient list are always suppressed.

Intended recipients of the email can choose to reply to the whole group, but not to the original author exclusively. A prominent plaque at the street end of the alley at Wealthy Street contains only the URL, www.alarmbell.org. A plaque at the other end of the alley commemorates Dirk Koning's life and accomplishments.