World Wide Web
I had actually thought to mix those vids (Jimi/Barry -- I may be unpersueded by the theory, but it's a hoot, and, of course, as good a guess as any). Hold not breath, as my way of getting to such things is kind-of random.
I want to do some quick short vids of the Pres, VP, Pelosi, DWS, and others' stupidest statements, each followed by... well, if I get it done, you'll see. The field is so fertile! Suggestions for stupidest remark to start with welcomed.
Once upon a time, long, long ago in the dark ages of the world, before Google, Facebook, YouTube, and Geocities (snirk), the poor lonely little baby Interwebz could only send text. Strings of dull, boring letters, words, punctuation. Then one day, everything changed. That day was twenty years ago Wednesday (1992 July 18). That's when the first pornogr///// uh, photograph was posted to the web. Yes, there was a first photograph, and yes, we do know what it was. Kind of like having a recording of the first phone call.
"Watson, come here! I need you."
"Not now, Al, I'm eating lunch! (Why do they always call at mealtime?)"
Here's a link to that first web pic http://bit.ly/webpic1
Here's the link to the article http://bit.ly/pix50
The web cartoonist getting sued by some litigious lawyer raised many times the amount asked (none went to the lawyer; he photographed the money and sent that, then gave the money to charity). The lady on the bus bullied by the kids got oodles of boodlesin days, to send her on a vacation... I think it was $200K last I heard; nice vacation. They keep raising Zimmerman's bail and he keeps meeting it. Think this believer's going to have to raise the money all by himself? The wonders of the Intertubz! Not long ago, none of these people could have found that kind of support.
"The flip open communicators were very like modern cell phones are."
The flip-style was based on Trek. But...
Modern teen: Hey, dood, Nice retro cell! You got 4g?
Captain Kirk: Huh?
Teen: What's the bitrate on video downloads?
Kirk: Um, I don't get video.
Teen: What? Well, what do you have? You can at least Google, right?
Kirk: Um... phone service and, uh, GPS. Oh, and I can talk to the operator at the computer on the ship.
Teen: !!!!!!
One of the first rules about the world of hypertext: YOU DON'T CHANGE THE LINKS!
Chrissyyyyyyyy! Like your graphics, BUT... (don't you hate it when someone starts that way?)
We all must be taking our lock-step talking points from the anti-journo-list!
Just finished buzzing through a bunch of pages, getting caught up, setting some linked stuff aside to read tomorrow... or the next day.
Each additional blog means more competition for my time. So, various sites are competitive in terms of time-demand, but each site has its own attractions.
"...a big blank white space between lines of type?"
My trepidation was simply that I wouldn't want to be muddying this lovely crystal pool when things are going so swimmingly. (Block that metaphor!)









