Hmmm. My WordPress Activitypub just decided to stop working. Then started working again. Not sure if this was a glitch with the plugin or just some network gremlins though.
I really need to dig into the code of the activitypub stuff to get a good understanding of how it all works together.
"This exercise got me thinking about the ways we attempt to be present and to feel the presence of others in online spaces. I often find myself turning to the Internet when I feel most alone, seeking ways to feel connected to others; to feel seen by others."
I just followed a link to a post on the bluesky website.
It’s literally how twitter was, pre-nazi, except with a slightly different logo.
Y’all are gonna fall for it all again aren’t you.
"I am not meeting my creative and technological potential on the web"
- @k8
Remember those "best experienced with [browser name]" badges?
"MTV's revamped World Wide Web site for MTV contains a heavy amount of original music content and a unique Web browser design. [...] Some of the site's best content, including a grossly appealing game with Beavis & Butt-head, is designed exclusively for Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser."
https://cybercultural.com/p/browser-war-1990s/
#internet #TheWeb #InternetHistory #technology #cyberculture
"The level of creativity and versatility on display on your average Geocities site is hard to understate. Most were a cross between amateur experiments and love letters to this or that piece of pop culture. They were plastered with recipes, vacation photos, esoteric images, and tidbits of slash fiction."
Very cool, you can find me in the Internet Phone Book under number 708!
https://internetphonebook.net/#dial-a-site
#internet #TheWeb #InternetPhoneBook #PersonalSites #indieweb
"In Mandarin Chinese, World Wide Web is commonly translated via a phono-semantic matching to wàn wéi wǎng (万维网), which satisfies www and literally means "10,000-dimensional net", a translation that reflects the design concept and proliferation of the World Wide Web."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web
via https://mastodon.social/@mcc/114605076806447333
#internet #TheWeb #WorldWideWeb #chinese #language #linguistics
"We’re joined this evening on the Internet. What is an Internet? They’re getting a simul-ah…broadcast of the show tonight. Hello Internet people!"
"In July 1997, N2K and Liquid Audio announced a way to sell digital singles online for 99 cents. For historical context, this was a couple of years before Napster came onto the scene and over five years before Apple launched the iTunes Store."
David Peach
Stefan Bohacek
Kostyn
