the Internet was born
with a broken message: LO
the 1st message was supposed to be 'login'
but one of the computers crashed
sounds familiar?
today the news is all over, well, the internet
a self-celebration
and following back steps comes
the 1st attempt of connecting 2 computers
through a network, the ARPANET
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i read it all a while ago
on a book my friend perro lent me
[ highly recommendable if you are interested
in knowing how is it that now-a-days you can read
posts like this, a couple millions more
and counting... then meet people online, and in my case
to actually have a job
(i spent about 80% of my time at work
writing HTML and CSS and plenty at home
surfing, reading, writing, posting, uploading,
downloading, eExisting...)]
ah yes, the book is
Were Wizards Stay Up Late:
The Origins Of The Internet
it's very exciting to read about
the guys who were able to transform
human communications forever
& why such a project was intended for
and i just realized, '69 is my birth year too
i am as old as the internet...
and i think there's no cooler way to celebrate
than to visit Kevin Kelly's superb project
The Internet Mapping Project
[don't skip reading his soulful eIntroduction]
he has collected 'sketches' or 'maps' of the internet
on his flickr site for a while now
these sketches go from cute & funny to bizarre
and you can even download, sketch,
and submit yours here!
a few of the maps, click to enlarge
and read the age, occupation, and hours
the drawers spend on the internet
very interesting!
and here you can see all the 113 Kelly has so far
3 comments:
Bonjour Berenice,
One of the next things I'll do is looking at the link of Mr. Kelly's Mapping Project.
How is the fight going around "Roach Hotel"? I told the story to my wife and she agrees very much with you: no co-habitation with those little buggers.
Georg
The internet has indeed changed the way we humans interact, whether for the better or otherwise is always up for discussion.
Thanks for the 'maps'.
hallo herr Georg and dear ID
glad you enjoyed the maps, almost any project by mister Kevin Kelly is an interesting one...
http://www.kk.org/
ah herr Georg, on the apartment issue, i wrote a long reply to the other post where you commented, bottom-line, i didn't move there, i still live in my cute small old house, space is tight but is roach-free, i ended up loosing over $1,000 on the deal, but it's DONE! so i am sort of relieved... and broke, but of money not spirits so all good :D Alles Gut heh heh
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