"the period beginning September 1993.[2] The expression encapsulates the belief that an endless influx of new users (newbies) since that date has continuously degraded standards of discourse and behavior on Usenet and the wider Internet."

"Rent gets driven up, the crowds come, it becomes to crowded, and the hipsters have to move on. Just replace hipsters with alpha geeks and you get the same process." 2008/07/07

Internet Memetics and Fads

"I wanted to ask for survival tips in case I am unexpectedly transported to a random location in Europe (say for instance current France/Benelux/Germany) in the year 1000 AD"

"Today, I'll be tackling the longevity and diversity of pop songs, and a look at which decades had one-hit wonders."

a book published in 1963 by General Dynamics Astronautics. The book asked politicians, military commanders and scientists to speculate as to where humanity would be, a hundred years hence, in the great push towards space.

using :visited & DOM

15 years already.....

"Your Guide To The Gods. Mythology with a twist!" hillllllllarious

"Hussein Chalayan created six mechanical dresses that would transform from one era to another, using embedded technology and smart wires"

"There's never really been any stigma associated with sharing or using the works of others," says British musician, journalist and Trojan producer Laurence Cane-Honeysett. "If anything, to most it's regarded as a compliment."

Where did "that song" come from?

Why does everyone in North America except "real" belly dancers seem to associate that song with belly dancing? ... etc

"Places is a new system for storing bookmarks, history, and other information about pages. It is scheduled to go into Firefox 3."

"A loving tribute to the strangest, weirdest, or just plain wrong-est moments in PC gaming."

"an algorithmically generated visualization based on statistical information provided by Last.fm software, more particular every song listened to by a particular user over an 18 month period of time."

a blog on retrofuturism !

early 1900s colour photos by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii