After the Show: Yellowstone National Park, September 2003 Echinus Geyser after an eruption. Prior to 1998, this geyser erupted at frequent intervals and was the only predicted geyser in Norris Geyser Basin. Now it erupts less frequently and more erratically reaching at most 60 feet in height. Echinus is the largest frequently active acid geyser […]
2008
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2008
The Internet Has Always Been Social
“The idea is that the new web, ‘Web 2.0’, is introducing the concept of social networks to the internet as opposed to the ‘old’ web which was just corporate marketing. Of course this is ridiculous. If the internet has ever had a single defining feature, it is its social nature. The internet was originally nothing but interpersonal communication. Anyone remember bulletin boards, Usenet?”
—Glenn Slaven: Everything old is new again