Single sided postcard and a press release produced in [1996] advertising the $10 a month BBS [bulletin board system] service founded by Wolfgang Staehle called The Thing International, "an international bulletin board service offering discussions on art and critical theory, a virtual gallery of on-line projects, database archives, Internet E-mail, and live conferencing." -- from the card. The Thing was a BBS that was launched prior to the founding of The World Wide Web, and was possibly the first place on the internet to feature an online exhibition of art and was an early champion of net art.