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"… by *GOD* I know what this network is for…"

Posted on 5 March, 2008 by Mike

I was cleaning out a directory tonight (this is what I do these days when I’m tense or angry, I go and clean out my hard drive) and I came across the original version of Russ Allbery’s magnificent rant about… … Continue reading →

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All right, that's IT.

Posted on 30 September, 2007 by Mike

The Internet is officially out of money. All you new-media punks and johnny-come-latelies (and by that I mean, “anyone who got on-line sometime after about 1995″) can go home right goddamn now. I’ve been thinking this for a while. 15+ … Continue reading →

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Network Nostalgia: Cutting One's Teeth

Posted on 6 April, 2007 by Mike

I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind… One of the more interesting side effects of the commercialization and popularization of the Internet is that those of us who can legitimately claim to have been around … Continue reading →

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What YEAR is this? (Part 45)

Posted on 31 December, 2006 by Mike

I feel very torn about the existence of this Web site. On the one hand, it’s frustrating because I can’t find anything on it — what useful information is present is basically buried in there, somewhere. On the other hand, … Continue reading →

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Don't you miss him, too?

Posted on 17 January, 2006 by Mike

I was poking around my bookmarks in an attempt to distract myself this afternoon and found myself at James Wolcott’s place. He’s got an item up there right now that talks about the rhetorical excesses of some dip who writes … Continue reading →

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