#internethistory — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #internethistory, aggregated by home.social.
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So, you're telling me I can snag a 90s-style .city.state.us domain for free? 🤣 Just what I always wanted — a relic from the internet's yesteryears! 🚀 Why not throw in a free dial-up modem while we're at it? 📞💾
https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/ #90sNostalgia #FreeDomain #InternetHistory #DialUpModem #RetroTech #HackerNews #ngated -
So, you're telling me I can snag a 90s-style .city.state.us domain for free? 🤣 Just what I always wanted — a relic from the internet's yesteryears! 🚀 Why not throw in a free dial-up modem while we're at it? 📞💾
https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/ #90sNostalgia #FreeDomain #InternetHistory #DialUpModem #RetroTech #HackerNews #ngated -
So, you're telling me I can snag a 90s-style .city.state.us domain for free? 🤣 Just what I always wanted — a relic from the internet's yesteryears! 🚀 Why not throw in a free dial-up modem while we're at it? 📞💾
https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/ #90sNostalgia #FreeDomain #InternetHistory #DialUpModem #RetroTech #HackerNews #ngated -
So, you're telling me I can snag a 90s-style .city.state.us domain for free? 🤣 Just what I always wanted — a relic from the internet's yesteryears! 🚀 Why not throw in a free dial-up modem while we're at it? 📞💾
https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/ #90sNostalgia #FreeDomain #InternetHistory #DialUpModem #RetroTech #HackerNews #ngated -
So, you're telling me I can snag a 90s-style .city.state.us domain for free? 🤣 Just what I always wanted — a relic from the internet's yesteryears! 🚀 Why not throw in a free dial-up modem while we're at it? 📞💾
https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/ #90sNostalgia #FreeDomain #InternetHistory #DialUpModem #RetroTech #HackerNews #ngated -
Ego vs. Strategie: Wie ich 1996 durch einen Zufall das Megga Zuppa Duppa Network gründete.
Es begab sich im Jahr 1996...
In meiner damaligen „Netz-Bubble“ trat jemand sehr arrogant und aufschneiderisch auf. Er posaunte überall herum, dass er als Firma das „Medien Zentrum Dortmund“ (oder so ähnlich) gründen würde. Stolz verkündete er auch direkt die passende Domain: mzd.net.
Wieder zu Hause am Rechner siegte die Neugier. Ich wollte sehen, was er da schon aufgebaut hatte. Die Überraschung: Unter www.mzd.net war absolut nichts erreichbar. Ein kurzer Check der Whois-Daten bestätigte: Die Domain war noch gar nicht registriert!
In einer Mischung aus Spaß und um ihm einen kleinen Denkzettel zu verpassen, gründete ich kurzerhand das „Megga Zuppa Duppa Network“ und registrierte mzd.net. Damals durften .net-Domains ja offiziell nur von Firmen und Organisationen aus dem Netzwerkbereich registriert werden.
Ich wollte ihm zeigen, dass man sich Namen sichert, bevor man groß damit prahlt. Gegen ein oder zwei Bier als „Lehrgeld“ hätte ich ihm die Domain sofort übertragen. Ich wollte ihm ja nicht schaden, nur sein Ego ein wenig erden.
Doch es kam anders. Statt Einsicht gab es Ego-Explosionen und absurde Hacker-Vorwürfe. Tja, Kommunikation ist eben alles.
Und wie ich jetzt beim „digitalen Aufräumen“ festgestellt habe: Ich besitze die mzd.net inzwischen seit fast 30 Jahren.
Jetzt stehe ich vor der Wahl und brauche den Rat der Fediverse-Schwarmintelligenz:
1. Soll ich das legendäre Megga Zuppa Duppa Network endlich mit Leben füllen und auferstehen lassen?
2. Oder gibt es seriöse Domainbroker, die ihr empfehlen könnt, um dieses Stück Internetgeschichte in gute Hände zu verkaufen?Ich bin gespannt auf eure Gedanken und Tipps!
#InternetHistory #WebHistory #VintageWeb #DomainNames #Storytelling #Nostalgie #1990s #Netzgeschichte #MZD #DomainHandel #Fediverse #TechStories #AskFedi
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Can't believe someone asked @hankgreen "Whats a flicker?" in reference to Flickr, the photo sharing website, and then he went on to explain this history of Flickr. 😅
If you thought having to explain a fax machine or a dial up modem made you feel old, imagine having to explain what a website was from 2004 (yet is still running today).
That said, hopefully its not too long before we have to answer "Whats a facebook?"
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Can't believe someone asked @hankgreen "Whats a flicker?" in reference to Flickr, the photo sharing website, and then he went on to explain this history of Flickr. 😅
If you thought having to explain a fax machine or a dial up modem made you feel old, imagine having to explain what a website was from 2004 (yet is still running today).
That said, hopefully its not too long before we have to answer "Whats a facebook?"
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Can't believe someone asked @hankgreen "Whats a flicker?" in reference to Flickr, the photo sharing website, and then he went on to explain this history of Flickr. 😅
If you thought having to explain a fax machine or a dial up modem made you feel old, imagine having to explain what a website was from 2004 (yet is still running today).
That said, hopefully its not too long before we have to answer "Whats a facebook?"
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Can't believe someone asked @hankgreen "Whats a flicker?" in reference to Flickr, the photo sharing website, and then he went on to explain this history of Flickr. 😅
If you thought having to explain a fax machine or a dial up modem made you feel old, imagine having to explain what a website was from 2004 (yet is still running today).
That said, hopefully its not too long before we have to answer "Whats a facebook?"
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Can't believe someone asked @hankgreen "Whats a flicker?" in reference to Flickr, the photo sharing website, and then he went on to explain this history of Flickr. 😅
If you thought having to explain a fax machine or a dial up modem made you feel old, imagine having to explain what a website was from 2004 (yet is still running today).
That said, hopefully its not too long before we have to answer "Whats a facebook?"
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Internet Archive Blog: Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’. “On the occasion of the Internet Archive’s 30th anniversary, we’re opening the internet’s yearbook to celebrate the sites, services & scrappy experiments that helped shape the web as we know it. From class leaders like Center for Democracy and Technology to cultural icons like The Onion […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/10/internet-archive-blog-celebrating-thirty-years-of-the-internet-archive-with-the-class-of-1996/ -
Internet Archive Blog: Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’. “On the occasion of the Internet Archive’s 30th anniversary, we’re opening the internet’s yearbook to celebrate the sites, services & scrappy experiments that helped shape the web as we know it. From class leaders like Center for Democracy and Technology to cultural icons like The Onion […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/10/internet-archive-blog-celebrating-thirty-years-of-the-internet-archive-with-the-class-of-1996/ -
Internet Archive Blog: Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’. “On the occasion of the Internet Archive’s 30th anniversary, we’re opening the internet’s yearbook to celebrate the sites, services & scrappy experiments that helped shape the web as we know it. From class leaders like Center for Democracy and Technology to cultural icons like The Onion […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/10/internet-archive-blog-celebrating-thirty-years-of-the-internet-archive-with-the-class-of-1996/ -
Internet Archive Blog: Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’. “On the occasion of the Internet Archive’s 30th anniversary, we’re opening the internet’s yearbook to celebrate the sites, services & scrappy experiments that helped shape the web as we know it. From class leaders like Center for Democracy and Technology to cultural icons like The Onion […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/10/internet-archive-blog-celebrating-thirty-years-of-the-internet-archive-with-the-class-of-1996/ -
Internet Archive Blog: Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’. “On the occasion of the Internet Archive’s 30th anniversary, we’re opening the internet’s yearbook to celebrate the sites, services & scrappy experiments that helped shape the web as we know it. From class leaders like Center for Democracy and Technology to cultural icons like The Onion […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/10/internet-archive-blog-celebrating-thirty-years-of-the-internet-archive-with-the-class-of-1996/ -
I’m giving @tg’s Current a solid go to switch the way I read my 50ish RSS feeds from “get unread count to 0” to “does this interest me now, or at least until it expires its currency”.
After a short (<30 minutes) effort to bring my imported feeds from @NetNewsWire to a state that reflected what I wanted to move ahead with unread, it really does feel less demanding. I like it and will see if I can persist; it does require something of a change in mindset.
Also, if you haven’t read Terry’s essay The Boring Internet, I recommend it highly - https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet
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I’m giving @tg’s Current a solid go to switch the way I read my 50ish RSS feeds from “get unread count to 0” to “does this interest me now, or at least until it expires its currency”.
After a short (<30 minutes) effort to bring my imported feeds from @NetNewsWire to a state that reflected what I wanted to move ahead with unread, it really does feel less demanding. I like it and will see if I can persist; it does require something of a change in mindset.
Also, if you haven’t read Terry’s essay The Boring Internet, I recommend it highly - https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet
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I’m giving @tg’s Current a solid go to switch the way I read my 50ish RSS feeds from “get unread count to 0” to “does this interest me now, or at least until it expires its currency”.
After a short (<30 minutes) effort to bring my imported feeds from @NetNewsWire to a state that reflected what I wanted to move ahead with unread, it really does feel less demanding. I like it and will see if I can persist; it does require something of a change in mindset.
Also, if you haven’t read Terry’s essay The Boring Internet, I recommend it highly - https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet
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I’m giving @tg’s Current a solid go to switch the way I read my 50ish RSS feeds from “get unread count to 0” to “does this interest me now, or at least until it expires its currency”.
After a short (<30 minutes) effort to bring my imported feeds from @NetNewsWire to a state that reflected what I wanted to move ahead with unread, it really does feel less demanding. I like it and will see if I can persist; it does require something of a change in mindset.
Also, if you haven’t read Terry’s essay The Boring Internet, I recommend it highly - https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet
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I’m giving @tg’s Current a solid go to switch the way I read my 50ish RSS feeds from “get unread count to 0” to “does this interest me now, or at least until it expires its currency”.
After a short (<30 minutes) effort to bring my imported feeds from @NetNewsWire to a state that reflected what I wanted to move ahead with unread, it really does feel less demanding. I like it and will see if I can persist; it does require something of a change in mindset.
Also, if you haven’t read Terry’s essay The Boring Internet, I recommend it highly - https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet
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#FunFact: our web presence has a very long tradition by #InternetHistory standards.
The first version was a subpage on the Austrian Institute for Eastern and Southeastern Europe (OSI) website in 2002: http://www.osi.ac.at (now only available on #ArchiveOrg).
Almost 20 years ago, we created our own domain: https://www.ministerratsprotokolle.at/. It is still active today. Of course, the first address these days is https://mrp.oeaw.ac.at/
#histodons #History #DH #digitalHumanities #InternetCulture #websites
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#FunFact: our web presence has a very long tradition by #InternetHistory standards.
The first version was a subpage on the Austrian Institute for Eastern and Southeastern Europe (OSI) website in 2002: http://www.osi.ac.at (now only available on #ArchiveOrg).
Almost 20 years ago, we created our own domain: https://www.ministerratsprotokolle.at/. It is still active today. Of course, the first address these days is https://mrp.oeaw.ac.at/
#histodons #History #DH #digitalHumanities #InternetCulture #websites
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#FunFact: our web presence has a very long tradition by #InternetHistory standards.
The first version was a subpage on the Austrian Institute for Eastern and Southeastern Europe (OSI) website in 2002: http://www.osi.ac.at (now only available on #ArchiveOrg).
Almost 20 years ago, we created our own domain: https://www.ministerratsprotokolle.at/. It is still active today. Of course, the first address these days is https://mrp.oeaw.ac.at/
#histodons #History #DH #digitalHumanities #InternetCulture #websites
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#FunFact: our web presence has a very long tradition by #InternetHistory standards.
The first version was a subpage on the Austrian Institute for Eastern and Southeastern Europe (OSI) website in 2002: http://www.osi.ac.at (now only available on #ArchiveOrg).
Almost 20 years ago, we created our own domain: https://www.ministerratsprotokolle.at/. It is still active today. Of course, the first address these days is https://mrp.oeaw.ac.at/
#histodons #History #DH #digitalHumanities #InternetCulture #websites
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#FunFact: our web presence has a very long tradition by #InternetHistory standards.
The first version was a subpage on the Austrian Institute for Eastern and Southeastern Europe (OSI) website in 2002: http://www.osi.ac.at (now only available on #ArchiveOrg).
Almost 20 years ago, we created our own domain: https://www.ministerratsprotokolle.at/. It is still active today. Of course, the first address these days is https://mrp.oeaw.ac.at/
#histodons #History #DH #digitalHumanities #InternetCulture #websites
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What a great conversation. I love her story about writing an "algorhyme to go with the algorithm."
Mother of the Internet: A Conversation with Radia Perlman
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What a great conversation. I love her story about writing an "algorhyme to go with the algorithm."
Mother of the Internet: A Conversation with Radia Perlman
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What a great conversation. I love her story about writing an "algorhyme to go with the algorithm."
Mother of the Internet: A Conversation with Radia Perlman
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What a great conversation. I love her story about writing an "algorhyme to go with the algorithm."
Mother of the Internet: A Conversation with Radia Perlman
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What a great conversation. I love her story about writing an "algorhyme to go with the algorithm."
Mother of the Internet: A Conversation with Radia Perlman
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You are on the fediverse, which means you already know the centralized web is drowning in AI slop. The algorithmic internet is collapsing under its own weight. I wrote a field guide to navigating the "Slop Economy" and how we survive the death of the useful web.
https://vibeaxis.com/dead-web-survival-guide-slop-economy/
#DeadInternet #Enshittification #TechCulture #WebDesign #CyberCulture #InternetHistory
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Ask.com shut down May 1, 2026, ending its search service after 25 years under IAC and closing a platform known for natural-language queries via Jeeves 🤖
#TechNews #AskCom #Ask #SearchEngines #IAC #InternetHistory #AI #Privacy #FOSS #OpenWeb #BigTech #Data #Transparency #DigitalRights #Tech #Innovation
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Ask.com shut down May 1, 2026, ending its search service after 25 years under IAC and closing a platform known for natural-language queries via Jeeves 🤖
#TechNews #AskCom #Ask #SearchEngines #IAC #InternetHistory #AI #Privacy #FOSS #OpenWeb #BigTech #Data #Transparency #DigitalRights #Tech #Innovation
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Ask.com shut down May 1, 2026, ending its search service after 25 years under IAC and closing a platform known for natural-language queries via Jeeves 🤖
#TechNews #AskCom #Ask #SearchEngines #IAC #InternetHistory #AI #Privacy #FOSS #OpenWeb #BigTech #Data #Transparency #DigitalRights #Tech #Innovation
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Ask.com shut down May 1, 2026, ending its search service after 25 years under IAC and closing a platform known for natural-language queries via Jeeves 🤖
#TechNews #AskCom #Ask #SearchEngines #IAC #InternetHistory #AI #Privacy #FOSS #OpenWeb #BigTech #Data #Transparency #DigitalRights #Tech #Innovation
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Ask.com shut down May 1, 2026, ending its search service after 25 years under IAC and closing a platform known for natural-language queries via Jeeves 🤖
#TechNews #AskCom #Ask #SearchEngines #IAC #InternetHistory #AI #Privacy #FOSS #OpenWeb #BigTech #Data #Transparency #DigitalRights #Tech #Innovation
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Ask.com and Jeeves Shut Down After 30 Years of Service
📰 Original title: It's Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅ -
Ask.com and Jeeves Shut Down After 30 Years of Service
📰 Original title: It's Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅ -
Ask.com and Jeeves Shut Down After 30 Years of Service
📰 Original title: It's Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅ -
Ask.com and Jeeves Shut Down After 30 Years of Service
📰 Original title: It's Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅ -
Ask.com and Jeeves Shut Down After 30 Years of Service
📰 Original title: It's Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅ -
Ask.com and Jeeves Shut Down After 30 Years of Service
📰 Original title: It's Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅ -
Ask.com Abandons Search Operations After Three Decades
Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, stops search operations on May 1, 2026. IAC moves to other business areas. Millions of users affected.
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Ask.com Abandons Search Operations After Three Decades
Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, stops search operations on May 1, 2026. IAC moves to other business areas. Millions of users affected.
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Ask.com Abandons Search Operations After Three Decades
Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, stops search operations on May 1, 2026. IAC moves to other business areas. Millions of users affected.
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Ask.com Abandons Search Operations After Three Decades
Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, stops search operations on May 1, 2026. IAC moves to other business areas. Millions of users affected.
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Ask.com Abandons Search Operations After Three Decades
Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, stops search operations on May 1, 2026. IAC moves to other business areas. Millions of users affected.
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Ask.com search engine has officially closed down on May 1, 2026. This marks the end of a 25-year run for the search service.
#AskCom, #SearchEngine, #InternetHistory, #IAC, #TechNews
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Ask.com search engine has officially closed down on May 1, 2026. This marks the end of a 25-year run for the search service.
#AskCom, #SearchEngine, #InternetHistory, #IAC, #TechNews
https://newsletter.tf/ask-com-search-ends-may-1-2026/