derek | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 10 2008 | news, education, democracy, knowledge, internet, information
Quoted: Nearly half of a recent class could not name a single country that bordered Israel. In an introductory journalism class, 11 of 18 students could not name what country Kabul was in, although we have been at war there for half a decade. Last fall only one in 21 students could name the U.S. secretary of defense. Given a list of four countries — China, Cuba, India, and Japan — not one of those same 21 students could identify India and Japan as democracies.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 28 2008 | internet, software, web, netflix, machine learning, algorithms, psychology, cool
Quoted: Get Wired's take on technology business news and the Silicon Valley scene including IT, media, mobility, broadband, video, design, security, software, networking and internet startups on Wired.com
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 01 2008 | netscape, nostalgia, internet
RIP
Quoted: It birthed the web as we know it. But tomorrow, February 1, marks the demise of Netscape Navigator, the first commercial web browser. Navigator will continue to function should you
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 23 2007 | weird, internet, stories
Woooooooow ... twisted, twisted, twisted. Crazy story.
Quoted: For the most part, though, life was uneventful. Which may be why Montgomery looked at himself — a 45-year-old former marine with a reddish mustache, bulging gut, and disappearing hair — and decided to become someone else.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 18 2007 | internet, video, funny
click to playQuoted: The internet has crashed and all data world-wide has been lost.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 06 2007 | hfn, highlands, internet
New fiber plans for my neighborhood ... 6up/6down for $41 isn't too shabby, but 20up/20down would be awe inspiring.
derek | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 06 2006 | computers, sociology, internet, learning, indiaQuoted: An Indian physicist puts a PC with a high speed internet connection in a wall in the slums and watches what happens. Based on the results, he talks about issues of digital divide, computer education and kids, the dynamics of the third world getting online.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 02 2006 | news, gender, computers, internet
I love this paragraph:
Quoted: Women often start the conversation by saying something like, ``I'm such a klutz when it comes to computers.'' Men will often start, `This #%$&$% computer doesn't work like it should.''
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 24 2006 | design, internet, nostalgia, funny
A visual look back to the Internet of 1996.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 24 2006 | video, funny, internet, news
Ancient Canadian video about "Internet". Sweet.
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