David Bowie talks about the potential of internet (1999)

David Bowie speaks to Jeremy Paxman on BBC Newsnight (1999). Interesting predition about the internet.

Lava Lamps keep the internet safe??!!

At the headquarters of Cloudflare, in San Francisco, there's a wall of lava lamps: the Entropy Wall. They keep the internet secure by generating random numbers. Here's why.

The internet warriors by The Guardian

Creepy shit. This is a documentary by The Guardian about internet trolls. Angry people who make nasty remarks online. Do they only do it online?

I had to put the subtitles on, heavy dialect. And check 1:02, I don't think his wife is 100% English.

Very interesting.

"Why do so many people use the internet to harass and threaten people, and stretch the freedom of speech to its limits? Director Kyrre Lien meets a global group of strongly opinionated individuals, who spend their time debating online on the subjects they care most strongly about. Online platforms are their favourite tools to express the opinions that others might find objectionable in language that often offends. Do they behave in the same way when they come offline?"

After the #mannequinchallenge, new from the States: #bookbagchallenge

I'm figuring out what the fun of this is. The only things I came up with are
- you like pain
- you like watching bad video's where a person has pain
- you like watching bad video's where people hurt a person
- 30sec of fame

It's a challenge to keep up with all these challenges. #keepupwiththechallenges

If you missed the #mannequinchallenge:

I Don't Mind Waiting This Way

Downloading ... uploading ... we're spoiled. Nowadays it feels if it takes forever, looking at a bar that slowly progresses. This is the solution for being too impatient. Redesigned progress bars by Viktor Hertz.

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The Infrastructure Of The Internet

Internet Machine (trailer) by Timo Arnall. The reality of cloud computing, shot at Telefonica in Spain.

Internet machine (trailer) from Timo on Vimeo.

WWW - Who Why When

Who invented the internet? And why? And when? Very nice animation by Kurzgesagt.

2013 In Search

Here Google Zeitgeist's 2013 ... in search.

ThisPlusThat.me

Using Google Christopher Moody created ThisPlusThat.me, a better search engine. I'm definitely going to give a try.

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IT Guy Meme

All over internet, the IT Guy Meme. Even better are the reactions of IT professionals on this meme.

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In case you missed it, here's the Overly Suave IT guy:

And now the responds:

Yes Please

Use The Useless Web to navigate to a useless website. This is going to be my favorite website. Result for example this.

Don't Be An Asshole

Don't be a dick. Don't be an asshole. There are enough assholes on the internet. Agree. But there are enough assholes in real life too. There are enough assholes. Period. And not only commenting on art.

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Dogs With Eyebrows

This is the latest trend on the internet: Dogs with eyebrows. Next!

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NSA Phone-Prank 2

Iranian filmmaker Bahram Sadeghi from the Netherlands did it again. Because a lot of people were afraid he would get in trouble after his first NSA phone-prank he called again.

If you missed the first one, about the lost email, here it is

The Internet Must Go

A video made by a consultant, John Wooley, who did research for big ISP's (Internet Service Provider). The video was made for internal viewing only. He's now looking for a job.

Go here for more information.

I Have Lost An Email ... Can You Please Help Me Find It?

Hilarous NSA troll by Dutch-Iranian filmmaker Bahram Sadeghi. "Can I take down some of your personal information, please?". Well done!

Lisbeth Salander Explains The Internet

Lisbeth Salander explains the internet in the series of the BAMF Girls Club. Funny!

Bass Dogs

Another Tumblr blog - Bass Dogs. Couldn't stop smiling. Replace a guitar with a dog. Or as the creator says: People who play bass with their fingers look like they're tickling hairy dogs

This Is Why I Love The Internet

Take a look at this Tumblr blog 'PizzaSkin'. Than you know why.

Map Of The Internet

Just downloaded it for Android. It's free and looks good.

Peer 1 Hosting has created an interactive Map of the Internet app that lets users explore the internet’s infrastructure. The app displays a global view, a network view, and a chronological view that shows the evolution of the internet from 1994 to today and even predicts what the internet might look lie in 2020. The Map of the Internet app is available now for iOS and Android in the iTunes App Store and Google Play.

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