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Everyone invented the Internet

February 2, 2015

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(I liked this article from Culture Digitally, SO MUCH, i decided to paraphrase it down from 600 words so that more people might enjoy it). Nothing can polarise opinion quite like ownership. The humble sandwich has been claimed by several nations and individuals, football by at least five countries and ice cream is attributed to multiple different civilisations. So […]

Who designed the Internet? Pretty much all of us

September 24, 2013

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(I liked this article in Culture Digitally about the origins of the web, SO MUCH, i decided to paraphrase it down from 600 words so that more people might enjoy it) Nothing can polarize opinion quite like ownership. The humble sandwich has been claimed by pretty much everybody, football by the British, Italians, Chinese and many […]

Filling in the gaps: online history part 1

January 14, 2012

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Even at 21, the Internet is getting on a bit. He/she/it is no longer the new medium they once were and it’s become just another part of daily life. No one is making “Tomorrow’s World” style programs about it any more – much of the mystery has gone. If the Internet were a celebrity, it […]

Hanging out in Highgate…

September 21, 2010

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…cemetery with Karl Marx and a several other dead people.