Archive for the ‘internet history’ tag
The First Web Page #
July 30th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing
Andrew Simone points to a piece of internet history.
How Gay Marriage Polls #
May 30th, 2008 | In Worth Knowing
Two things I’ve been meaning to share from Political Animal:
- A historical analysis of poll shows acceptance grows about about a point a year, with some violent perterbations around all the hubub of 2004. (via)
- And a recent California poll suggest voters actually support it, and oppose a ban. (via)
Wayback Machine #
January 3rd, 2008 | In Worth Distraction
Most nerd-types probably know about the archive.org’s Wayback Machine by now. But on one recent night I stumbled upon the thing again and wasted a fair amount of time seeing what my favorite sites used to look like.
It can be slow, and also unrepresentative, but it’s still fun to spend some time on. If you have any interest in what the internet used to look like, I’m sure you’ll be able to spend at least 20 minutes staring at this wonderful little tool. Why not start with how Yahoo! looked in 1996?