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Finger: the 1971 social network that never died | Andros Fenollosa
Great little blog post that is a good introduction to Finger, for those who might be too young to know about Finger.
About smolweb
A handy guide to all things relating to the small web, and related concepts.
Project Gemini
A now well-established protocol for a simple web of documents. I'm very tempted to have a play with this. I'm ever so slightly tempted to see if I can do something with BlogMore, such that I could target this approach in some way too.
The Boring Internet
The internet is not dying, but the commercial layer built on top of it is. This layer, characterised by platforms and services, is straining under the weight of machine-generated content and a focus on profit. Beneath this layer lies the protocol layer, a collection of older, less polished technologies that are harder to monetise but also harder to control or destroy.
The "contrarian dynamic" is that HN threads (and internet comments generally) ar... | Hacker News
A pretty good description of why, early on in the lifecycle of an article somewhere, the hate comments tend to be rife. I think it's fair to say it's even worse on HN.
Places to Telnet
Got to love that BBS feel.
archive.today is directing a DDOS attack against my blog
Well this is unfortunate. As someone on the outside, archive.* has often seemed like a useful service; it's sad to see that the person(s) behind it might not be quite the Internet hero some make out.
Better Internet Dashboard
Pretty comprehensive interactive map of broadband provision in the UK.
The (in)famous reddit "how did you take that photo?" thread
Fairly famous thread on reddit where someone took a photo of their tats, showing both hands, and someone asks how they took the photo, and then they ask how they took the photo of how they took the photo, etc...
IP Geolocation and Threat Intelligence API
How dodgy does your IP address look?
Destroyer of worlds
Some background on how 8chan got started.