Interesting sites from 2002
Many, many sites, many courtesy of Need to Know,
the Register, also Techdirt and the Arts
and Letters Daily.
Archive of interesting sites from the year 2002 in descending date order.
Highlight: A section on Red Hat's purchase of Ars Digita's
assets.
Tues 31 Dec 2002
Sending odd items by post experiment.
improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html
Football keepy-uppy game (taken down for exceeding bandwidth?)
thzclan.com/games/sonar/
Cool skateboarders answer back
tony-hawks.com/skateboarding/default.ihtml?pid=71&step=4
Sun 1 Dec 2002
Random personal pictures from across the web - the mundane nature of people's
lives laid bare
diddly.com/random/
Local airport delivers boxes of bounty to charity store - items taken from passengers boarding
planes
[dead link] www.cockeyed.com/photos/airport/airport.html
Mon 4 Nov 2002
Referral spam, as seen in my logs
wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56017,00.html
"So many people are dependent on Google's free editorial traffic that
it's like food out of their mouths to lose ranking," - Google changes
prompt complaints from their dependents.
news.com.com/2009-1023-963618.html?tag=techdirt
Blow up tank blown away by winds
news.bbc.co.uk/1/2367313.stm
Inflatable hamburger blown onto trainlines
ntk.net/2002/11/01/dohburger.gif
How IBM caught Oracle in the database market - triumphalist IBM PR
business2.com/articles/mag/print/0,1643,43542,FF.html
Fri 25 Oct 2002
Cisco decides on software company rather than a fan for their new offices.
Cisco buy Psionic for IDS skills
"Cisco will exchange common stock worth $12 for all outstanding shares
and options of Psionic."
theregister.co.uk/content/55/27736.html
Sodium party man throws chunks of sodium into water for fun
theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Stories/011.2/index.html
[dead link] cheapflights.com/misc/space.html
meets [dead link] adventureplanet.com/ap_home/ap_trips_tcr.asp
on flight to moon
The Register's last year's April the first makeover archive
theregister.co.uk/content/archive/18025.html
And why not?
[dead link] web.mit.edu/aram/Public/godkills.jpg
claancy.net/index.php?area=lunacy&showcat=Domo%20Kun
Sun 22 Sept 2002
Marty the dot-com liquidator doing well, on track for 100 liquidations this
year.
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6084-2002Sep11.html
Why not support NTK (Need to Know)?
ntk.net/books/
Thu 12 Sept 2002
Poor choice of name thankfully no longer imminent
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2233890.stm
Something for the internet marketeers: Commission Junction talk about their
30% commission.
"Forget banner ads," Ms Iapino says. "The best performing ads
are always simple text links."
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2238243.stm
A 78 year-old woman talks about her sex life.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2250854.stm
Pretty Internet Traffic Report Graphs (is Asia on red right now?)
internettrafficreport.com/
Eve's archive of Ars Digita documents
eveander.com/arsdigita/
Mon 26 Aug 2002
The Wayback machine's archives of paler.com go back only to Oct 2000 (I have
copies back to 31 Jan 2000).
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://paler.com
Sat 17 Aug 2002
Smooth-talking American Gulf-war veteran charms six friends online,
persuading one to leave her husband for him.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2197441.stm
Company not offering me job has a hard time
All but 16-20 go at Silicon.com - theregister.co.uk/content/7/26511.html
"Independent", "not mired in newsprint" were words I
heard when I went for an interview with the company. My interviewer complained
that the system was creaky when under load. Site looks to be down after the news
story breaks.
F***edCompany's longest threads
https://web.archive.org/web/20070210151109/https://comments.fuckedcompany.com/phpcomments/threadlist.php?orderby=commentcount
Fri 12 July 2002
How popular is this site?
Alexa.com/data/details?url=paler.com
Pretty browser of related URLs
touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html
Tue 2 July 2002
Columbia's drug barons into IT, submarines and murdering informants.
business2.com/articles/mag/print/0,1643,41206,FF.html
Top 50 IRC quotes
geekissues.org/quotes/?top
Anna Kournikova's post-Wimbledon BBC interview:
news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/38097000/rm/_38097140_kournikova56k_vi.ram
South Korea beat Italy in the world cup. "I have no intention of paying
a salary to someone who has ruined Italian soccer." says the manager of
Perugia, Italy, not renewing the contract of the Korean who scored the winning
goal.
news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/south_korea/newsid_2054000/2054072.stm
US army creates free net-based multi-player computer army simulation to
attract new recruits.
gamesdomain.com/gdreview/zones/previews/jun02/americas_army.html
americasarmy.com/
Sun, 23 June 2002
My friend Darren's extensive site including a brief travelogue and large
collection of photographs he took whilst in the USA
boncey.org/
Sun, 9 June 2002
Multimap overviews of UK MoD/listening establishments (some taken from Need
to Know)
Firstly Menwith Hill listening station
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=420500&y=457000&scale=25000&rt=overlay.htm
Morwenstowe, Cornwall NSA monitoring station
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=220507&y=112750&scale=25000&rt=overlay.htm
See also Echelon (fas.org/irp/program/process/echelon.htm).
Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=460000&y=164000&scale=50000&rt=overlay.htm
Flyingdales Early Warning System
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=486500&y=497000&scale=25000&rt=overlay.htm
Dismantled
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=510500&y=239500&scale=25000&rt=overlay.htm
An hour of looking brought me:
Jodrell Bank not quite as sizeable as I had thought
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=379368&y=370895&scale=25000&rt=overlay.htm
Sizewell (note conveniently situated campsite)
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=647500&y=263500&scale=25000&rt=overlay.htm
Sellafield
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=303000&y=503500&scale=25000&rt=overlay.htm
Hinkley Point
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=321000&y=146000&scale=25000&rt=overlay.htm
Vauxhall Cross
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=530336&y=177954&scale=10000&rt=overlay.htm
Cheltenham
multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=397329&y=222576&scale=5000&rt=overlay.htm
Bye sports.com (not that I ever visited you)
media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,725672,00.html
Sun, 19 May 2002
Bottom dropped out of web designer job market?
reed.co.uk/cgi-bin/JobDetails.asp?JobID=1359890
Tom covers all 3D graphics cards since the TNT 2, how much faster would your
games run with a new card?
tomshardware.com/graphic/02q2/020418/vgacharts-03.html
Wed, 24 April 2002
PayPal not all that secure?
wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51977,00.html
Come again?
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1949000/1949087.stm
Mon, 22 April 2002
Internet web agency Razorfish in shock "Making money" revelation
[link dead] biz.yahoo.com/ri/020417/tech_razorfish_1.html
Fri, 5 April 2002
Ah, that sweet two-headed snake.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1910000/1910471.stm
Celine Dion's music drives computers over the edge
slashdot.org/articles/02/04/03/226233.shtml?tid=141
Adverts to "enhance" your browser's toolbar
msnbc.com/news/732865.asp
Web matures, fun harder to find [registration required]
nytimes.com/2002/03/28/technology/circuits/28WEBB.html
With 32 "beverage occasions" per day, Coke tries hard to fill them
all [registration required]
nytimes.com/2002/03/10/magazine/10COKE.html?pagewanted=all&position=top
Fri, 22 March 2002
Waxwork programmer wanted?
"Must have 3yrs+ of solid C++ development, a good Degree and not have
moved around too much."
cwjobs.co.uk/cw_br/joblink.asp?jobID=7015464
How sweet
esu.lt/andrius/10/go.htm
As NTK says: "it's THE CHRISTIAN FOLK ART IRONIC-OR-NOT FACE OFF!"
homokaasu.org/diy-pope/
vs members.aol.com/JesusImages/
vs store.yahoo.com/jsbstash/budchrisdass1.html
Corporation covers amusing corporate anthems, blog pastime acquired by mass
media.
[dead link] zdnet.co.uk/specials/2002/it-anthems/
The Great Google Xenu Debacle (wrapped up
succinctly)
techdirt.com/articles/20020321/237220_F.shtml
Scientology seems distinctly amusing from my perspective
Secrets of Scientology
Xenu, "The head of the Galactic Confederation", hmm
www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/OTIII/
Town/Region gets new Vodafone store (according to company template).
vodafone.co.uk/vodafone.co.uk/pressreleases/20010925/020New%20Store.pdf
Thu, 21 March 2002
The end of free (services on the internet). It seems that everyone wants
their site to pay its way.
theendoffree.com/
Wed, 13 March 2002
Red Hat speaks about Ars Digita deal.
redhat.com/about/presscenter/2002/FAQ_ArsDigita.html
Public resources and bulletin boards are safe, but ACS (the free
software they develop) licensing and development are under review.
Tue, 5 March 2002
Puzzled over Panasonic's Hi-Ho? Maybe this'll explain it to you.
[dead link] newtown.hi-ho.ne.jp/raibo/raidersei/image/agency/cm/mail.swf
Slashdot to start premium service
slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/01/1352200
Sat, 23 Feb 2002
Meme recognition tests
totl.net/VirusScanner/
Burning man can-can
mccullagh.org/image/9/dazzle-dancers-3.html
"The world of the laid-off techie" speaks volumes for the
emasculated
zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-832615.html
Red Hat's purchase of Ars Digita confirmed by VCs Greylock
greylock.com/companies/ByCategory.asp?c=200
Thu, 14 Feb 2002
Miscellaneous Ars Digita farewells
pinds.com/lars/goodbye-arsdigita
Another mirror of the litigation page
waxy.org/random/arsdigita/
Mon, 11 Feb 2002
Eve's Diary of a Start-Up, puts Philip's pay-off from Ars Digita at $7.6m and
bitches about VCs and Michael Yoon (michael.yoon.org).
[dead link] eveander.com/arsdigita-history
Tells how she was accidentally sent details of employees to made redundant [dead link]eveander.com/arsdigita-history-exhibit-a
Slashdot's discussion of Eve's diary
slashdot.org/articles/02/02/10/0435250.shtml?tid=99
Another mirror of the litigation page
webseitz.fluxent.com/articles/GreenspunOnArsDigitaLawsuit
Fri, 8 Feb 2002
Ars Digita's closing is covered by slashdot
slashdot.org/articles/02/02/08/1319206.shtml?tid=99
Mass High Tech confirms Ars Digita shutdown
masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?Art_ID=54496
Pics from Ars Digita
[dead link] onkyo.dhs.org/~mark/arsdigita.html
Seems to be a good time to point out the litigation archives:
Philip's version
of the litigation:
web.archive.org/web/20010603105350/https://philip.greenspun.com/arsdigita/litigation-story
Story from the bulletin boards:
web.archive.org/web/20010605225856/https://philip.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000tV7&topic_id=22&topic=Ask+Philip
Thu, 7 Feb 2002
Ars Digita sold to Red Hat?
openacs.org/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0003rJ&topic_id=11&topic=OpenACS
Super bitter comments from ex-employees and never-employees.
[dead link] forum.fuckedcompany.com/phpcomments/index.php?newsid=82497&page=1&parentid=0&crapfilter=1
From page 13 onwards the never-employees start to dwindle and the discussion
becomes dominated by Ars Digita memories.
Pretty much confirmed by comments on this board
openacs.org/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0003rT&topic_id=11&topic=OpenACS
Philip Greenspun denies prior knowledge of purchase/layoffs
philip.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000tbV&topic_id=22&topic=Ask%20Philip
Eve Anderson, ex-girlfriend of Philip, speaks, countering earlier bitter
comments about her (see the main thread)
[dead link] forum.fuckedcompany.com/phpcomments/index.php?newsid=82497&page=1&parentid=403870&crapfilter=1
All in all, a real ex-arsdigita get-together.
Tue, 29 Jan 2002
Independent women speak highly of Alf Garnet
rathergood.com/alf/
Probably also useful for web designers/developers whose sites have been
superceded/dotgone and yet still want a portfolio of their sites.
archive.org/
Mon, 21 Jan 2002
Archive.org caches since removed Ars Digita litigation story (see April 2001)
web.archive.org/web/20010603105350/https://philip.greenspun.com/arsdigita/litigation-story
Gnutella's architecture savaged by Napster author
darkridge.com/~jpr5/doc/gnutella.html
Borland history part 2 (read part 1, below, Tue, 15 Jan 2002 first)
ddj.com/documents/s=1502/ddj9903vs/mar99.htm
Tue, 15 Jan 2002
Well-paid social workers earn £28 per annum.
reed.co.uk/cgi-bin/JobDetails.asp?JobID=1119033
For those that know something of the software company Borland's history
ddj.com/documents/s=1501/ddj9806vs/jun98.htm
Mon, 7 Jan 2002
Arts and Letters Daily (aldaily.com/)
brings us:
B-52s to be in use for 80 years
fastcompany.com/online/54/B52.html
English benefits from a free-trade in words
economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=883997
Presents are best bought with thought
economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=885748
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