#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 http://ntk.net/2001/04/06/?arc

RMS' odd behaviour fairly well-known 27 years ago
https://zork.net/pipermail/crackmonkey/1998-December/001777.html

gamers conned by bargain deals - on PlayStation 2

Harlan Ellison's anti-piracy campaign - "I Have No Caps Lock Key, And I Must Scream"
https://web.archive.org/web/20010418210721/http://harlanellison.com/kick/kick_rls.htm

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 http://ntk.net/2001/03/30/?arc

Mike Magee quits @theregister, launches The Inquirer (later sold to VNU)
https://web.archive.org/web/20050502040414/http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readreplies.aspx?msgid=15555885

not an April Fool - Avon quits Blake's 7: The Movie
https://hermit.org/Blakes7/news/MovieNews/MNews3.html

& state-of-the-art JS encryption:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010216102859/http://www.biemme.co.uk/order.htm

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 http://www.ntk.net/2001/03/23/?arc

debut mentions of:
no free Tacos for deorbiting Mir
https://web.archive.org/web/20010405190544/http://www.tacobell.com/3company/2business/mir.htm

The Ted Nelson-esque http://nongnu.org/gzz/

Bandle Bobble
https://remix.kwed.org/files/RKOfiles/Tim%20Winsky%20-%20Bandle%20Bobble%20(Bubble%20Bobble%20Live%20by%20Hampshire%20Regional%20High%20School).mp3

"Jammy [pyjama] Day"

plus: Foot & Mouth v - Jerry & Margo?

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 http://ntk.net/2001/03/16/?arc

Cheltenham cancelled, election postponed & 6m culled by viral outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease - was Pope to blame?
https://web.archive.org/web/20010406122916/http://thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=53657

& who said it - Eric S Raymond's dating tips, or The Eagle's "Doomlord"?
http://catb.org/~esr/writings/sextips/sexy.html

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 http://ntk.net/2001/03/09/?arc

BBC on trail of a "web bug"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1493152.stm

that's following a "cyberwoozle"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1210087.stm

that's chasing (the same?) web bug
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/842624.stm

& Craig Charles/ Jeremy Clarkson sadly not available to host Spaced's "Robot Club"
https://youtu.be/VjxtXau0924

#OnThisDayInNTK: 2001 http://ntk.net/2001/03/02/?arc

1st (often last) mentions of:
Claude Shannon RIP

the Isle of Man's very own Data Protection Registrar

...vs the battle to be London's official vampire slayer
rationalwiki.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Manchester

& Unlambda + Erlang:

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 http://ntk.net/2001/02/23/?arc

debut mentions of:
Bearshare/Limewire

Prime-like? ZapItOver (née WapItOver) .com

Wales' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_Interactive

Barcelona's ever-catchy I Have The Password To Your Shell Account
https://youtu.be/PWVGdMPuwVo

& "All Your Base" meme - vs Iraq's no-fly zone http://taner.net/AYB/allyourbase-saddam.gif

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 http://ntk.net/2001/02/16/?arc

Future Publishing closes MP3 Magazine, Arcade, Cult TV & "Connect" (us neither)

maybe try Ruby while waiting for Perl 6 aka Raku, due around 2015?

& early days of "Copyright Infringements Mil Millington/ The Daily Mail Have Argued About"

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 http://ntk.net/2001/02/09/?arc

a young(ish) Julian Assange proposes crypto to confound - then-theoretical - captors
https://web.archive.org/web/20010308184143/http://www.rubberhose.org/current/src/doc/maruguide/t1.html

Arnie "ponders" California governor bid

...neither quite as frightening as - you've guessed it:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010207214029/http://www.techtv.com/print/story/0,23102,5141,00.html

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 http://ntk.net/2001/02/02/?arc

@billt backs Net Proficiency Test
https://web.archive.org/web/20010419130358/http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=840

final mention of Erich von Daniken - currently residing in the Was God An Astronaut? file

& KPMG heralds a new "golden age" of dire CORPORATE ANTHEMS
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NCvKXgp-Awo&list=PLO1B9Gc9IrRPkZwLUmnRx4xMdX3AXiw8x&index=25