Monthly Archives: April 2014

Ownership and utilities

You see in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns, and those who dig (Leone 1966). That line comes from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Sergio Leone’s classic spaghetti western. In the … Continue reading

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Professionals and convicts

Yesterday’s research group in The Internet Course took a look at online dating. This is a fascinating topic because it has a historical aspect (computer matchmaking goes back to the 60s), an economic aspect (apparently it’s a bigger business online … Continue reading

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A timeline from Twitter

The ever-observant Mariana Funes brought something to my attention: .@phb256 of any use for #tic? They welcome suggestions http://t.co/TR00NDx1RG — Mariana Funes (@mdvfunes) April 12, 2014 The link goes to A timeline of the history of the World Wide Web, and … Continue reading

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Raw history

Jim’s been digging in to the history of the internet during the Internet Course, and one of the groups is looking specifically at ARPANET for their project. I thought it might be interesting to see what kind of official documents … Continue reading

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