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BowieNet: how David Bowie's ISP foresaw the future of the internet | Technology | The Guardian

BowieNet: how David Bowie's ISP foresaw the future of the internet | Technology | The Guardian "In the summer of 1998, a strange press release made its way out to technology and music publications throughout the world. David Bowie, the...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 12, 2016 12:30 AM

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable « Clay Shirky

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable « Clay Shirky It's 1500 all over again: "Round and round this goes, with the people committed to saving newspapers demanding to know 'If the old model is broken, what will work in its place?'...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 15, 2009 7:19 PM

xkcd - A Webcomic - Map of the Internet

xkcd - A Webcomic - Map of the Internet "This chart shows the IP address space on a plane using a fractal mapping which preserves grouping.... Each of the 256 numbered blocks represents one /8 subnet.... The upper left section...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 12, 2008 6:54 PM