History written by the survivors
Ghost Sites of the Web – tracking the remains of the web’s dead sites. Boo.com, pets.com, webvan – all the famous disasters from early nineties.
Topic
Web/Tech
A collection of 36 issues
Continuous Partial A... sorry, what did you say?
A little bit on
If Microsoft designed the iPod box
A YouTube video.
Getting DVDs onto your iPod
A magnificent walk-through at Plastic Bugs.
Alternative bbc.co.uk homepages
Submitted by users. A gallery.
Bishops use web to refute Da Vinci Code
To coincide with the film launch, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops have launched a web site, Jesus Decoded, which (in the words of its rather precious front page) “provides information for anyone who wishes to know more about Jesus Christ due to claims that appear in current popular media”
Free WiFi in Central Park
New York’s main park (and some other parks) will have WiFi access by July, the NYT reports (via The Huffington Post). The article is silent on whether Central Park’s model, Birkenhead Park on the Wirral, will be similarly equipped.
Clutter for Mac OS X
Only about a year after everyone else, I have discovered Clutter, a Mac OS X program that quietly looks up the cover art for whatever tune you happen to be playing in iTunes. You can drag album covers to the desktop to create a visual link to the album in
A profile of MySpace
A profile of MySpace in the NYT.
The failure of Wikipedia
Transcript of a speech by Jason Scott.