Internet History
Happy Anniversary to the Early Internet's First Network-Wide Crash
That time ARPANET managed to DDoS itself.
We Really Need to Talk About Digital Death
As we all die, the internet is going to be taken over by our ghosts.
These Apple Diehards Thought the First iPod Would Ruin the Company
The reactions of disappointed people hoping Apple would release a PDA are priceless.
GO AEROSMITH: How "Head First" Became the First Digitally Downloadable Song 20 Years Ago Today
In 1994, the Internet was a primitive version of what we're familiar with today, and there sure wasn't Soundcloud or Spotify.
The History of Exploding Whales Is the History of the Internet Itself
My first whale video came in the form of a VHS tape mailed to me by a stranger from the internet.
My High School Geocities Site Was Accused of Hosting Porn—But I Saved It
Some things are worth fighting for.
When Will the Internet Defeat Link Rot?
Two decades after the problem was first assessed, broken links still plague the web.
The Well, One of the Earliest Social Networks, Is Facing Destruction
Decades before Facebook, before MySpace and before Friendster, a small group of hippies in San Francisco banned together and created one of the earliest social network: The Well. Today, nearly three decades after its founding The Well's online...
The Alternate-Reality Facebook That Almost Happened
Just imagine if Harvard officials hadn't been so worried about things like privacy and transparency.