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Switzerland Network Testing Tool | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Check to see if your ISP is throttling your connection
isp  netneutrality  privacy  security  internet  bittorrent 
august 2008 by jimray
Rick Astley on Rickrolling
“I think it’s just one of those odd things where something gets picked up and people run with it. But that’s what brilliant about the Internet.”
celebrity  internet  culture  memes  music  awesome  tumbl 
march 2008 by jimray
The FCC is actually going to do the right thing to stop ISP traffic "shaping"
This is as great as it is surprising.
internet  netneutrality  awesome  government  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
Single Serving site
"Oh, I get, it's very clever. How's that working out for you? Being clever."
internet  meme  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
Slate has collected reaction videos of people watching 2 Girls 1 Cup
With some smart thoughts on the nature of reaction videos
video  internet  culture  funny  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
Network solutions squats on domain names when you use their whois
As if you needed further proof that they're a bunch of worthless scumbags.
via:daringfireball  internet  evil  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
MoanMyIP.com
You think they do IPv6?
funny  internet  culture  sex  tumbl 
august 2007 by jimray
Today is a day of internet radio silence
Protesting the proposed changes to broadcast royalty rates that would make internet broadcasts all but impossible for everything but the most commercialized drivel.
internet  music  radio  politics  legal  riaa  tumbl 
june 2007 by jimray
Aliens (1986) - Memorable quotes
The other day, I was wondering where the "nuke from orbit" quote came from. Of course, it had to be Ripley.
quotes  movies  scifi  internet  culture 
june 2007 by jimray
Cats can has grammar
Why the hell is Anil so good at explaining this stuff?
tumbl  internet  culture  funny  language 
april 2007 by jimray
Goatse.cx is for sale!
Own a piece of Internet history
tumbl  internet  history  awesome  porn 
april 2007 by jimray
urlTea is a better TinyURL
With semantic goodness and an api and even an IM interface.
awesome  internet  tools  tumbl 
march 2007 by jimray
Things you can do to help save internet radio from the fuckwits at the RIAA
Fuck me, I'm pissed that I get so irrationally pissed about this fucking bullshit. Motherfucking assholes...
internet  radio  government  riaa  fuckwits  tumbl 
march 2007 by jimray
Justice Department takes aim at image-sharing sites
Lawyers for the Bush administration want mandatory data retention to OMG STOP TEH EViL TERRAHISTS!!1! Fuck, is it 2008 yet?
internet  photography  law  privacy  surveillance  dumb 
march 2007 by jimray
Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll
New York Mag piece on how kids these days are putting their entire lives online and how us old folks just don't get it (sorta)
privacy  culture  internet  via:daringfireball 
february 2007 by jimray
The AOLer Translator
Something that worked in reverse would be handy
funny  language  internet  culture 
december 2006 by jimray
An Indian physicist puts an internet-connected computer in the slums
And the kids teach themselves how to use it
2read  via:kidethnic  education  internet  culture  technology 
october 2006 by jimray
Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds
Note to self: do not use work email address when responding to craigslist "casual encounters" posts. Another note to self: do not respond to craigslist "casual encouters" posts.
craigslist  culture  internet  privacy  sex 
september 2006 by jimray
neologasm: lolmate
"One with whom you share funny internets." Heh.
language  funny  internet  culture 
august 2006 by jimray
Verizon FiOS - Contact Us
Fuck Comcast, I want fiber to my house - 5mb/s for $30/month!!
apartment  home  internet 
may 2006 by jimray
Rules of the Internet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"There is no cabal"
internet  humor 
april 2006 by jimray
Internet Health Report
For when some backhoe jockey cuts through a ring of fiber...
internet  networking 
october 2005 by jimray
The internets is bwoken
Nuclear strike proof my ass...
internet  dumb  broken 
october 2005 by jimray
UNC's letter to Sun Microsystems proposing to build SunSite aka Metalab aka ibiblio
" Many days we have experienced over 100 ftp sessions in a 24 hour" - heh. Happy birthday, metalab!
unc  ibiblio  sun  history  internet 
october 2005 by jimray
Khoi Vinh on what .Mac lacks
I've often wondered why the Flickr-like integration between the iApps and .Mac has been missing - I doubt I'll be renewing my .Mac account next year
mac  webdev  internet  via:daringfireball 
september 2005 by jimray
Adult Swim throws fans broadband lifeline
Cartoon network will put full length shows online, but only between 11pm and 6am eastern time on Friday nights. Hm - seems like one step forward, half a step back
cartoons  television  internet 
september 2005 by jimray
Boing Boing: Anti-RIAA lawyer: no limit on how many people we can defend
As soon as people realize that this is just scare tacticing by the RIAA and they can't possibly sue EVERYONE. Awesome.
copyright  internet  riaa 
august 2005 by jimray
BBC TV channels to be put on net
MyBBC player will only be available to UK citizens, starting next year sometime
bbc  media  internet  brilliant 
august 2005 by jimray
FCC Reclassifies DSL, Drops Common Carrier Rules
The FCC is a bunch of industry whores. This fucking sucks.
dumb  government  fcc  internet 
august 2005 by jimray
How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet
Douglas Adams, circa 1999, on this new fangled thing called the Internet. Seems especially prescient now.
writers  internet  brilliant 
july 2005 by jimray
Aimee Mann is streaming her next album via Quicktime
Besides the fact that she's a total cutie and brilliant songwriter to boot, she totally gets the Internet. I'm buying her new album tomorrow.
music  internet  brilliant 
may 2005 by jimray
IP Chicken - Find Your IP Address!
Replacement for whatismyip.com, now that it's been sold to the highest bidding pr0n merchant [via waxy]
tools  internet  tcpip 
february 2005 by jimray
'Today' show finds the next Star Wars kid
Hey, another fat kid we can make fun of and call it news! Have I mentioned how much I hate Matt Lauer and Katy Couric?
media  dumb  internet 
february 2005 by jimray
David Talbot stepping down from Salon
Also announcing first profitable quarter
media  internet 
february 2005 by jimray
The BitTorrent Effect
The protocol that makes Hollyowood weep
internet  media 
december 2004 by jimray
Onion Networks: SwarmStream
BitTorrent for streaming media
internet  media  p2p 
december 2004 by jimray
The LA Times national edition killed by the Internet?
I'd say the big east coast papers have the nationwide market pretty well sewn up
internet  media 
december 2004 by jimray
100 oldest dot com domains
Interesting that apple.com is on there, but microsoft.com is no where to be found. Interesting, but unsurprising
internet 
december 2004 by jimray
Salon generates 50% of their income from subscriptions
Some other good stuff in here
internet  media 
december 2004 by jimray
Designing the band
An actual functional site for a band that doesn't quite exist
brilliant  internet  music  design 
december 2004 by jimray
Weather Data for the Masses
NOAA provides an open XML feed for weather data
government  internet  weather 
december 2004 by jimray
You Can Blog, but You Can't Hide
If bloggers want to be journalists, they need to understand the risks involved
bloggers  internet  media 
december 2004 by jimray
George Tenet wants to clamp down on the Internet
In order to secure the Net, we had to burn it. Also, Tenet's an asshat.
dumb  internet  politics  security 
december 2004 by jimray
del.icio.us/joeweiss
Hi, Joe!
brilliant  internet  media 
november 2004 by jimray
Are Blogs the Future of Journalism?
Some surprising results from the /. crowd
internet  media  slashdot  weblogs 
november 2004 by jimray
Wired News: Web Won't Let Government Hide
How to have an open, transparent government
government  internet 
november 2004 by jimray
Lycos screensaver to blitz spam servers
A screensaver to (kind of) DDOS your friendly neighborhood spammer
brilliant  internet  spam 
november 2004 by jimray
Froogle Shopping List
Gotta sign in with your Google Account
google  internet  shopping 
november 2004 by jimray
Newspapers Should Really Worry
They should have started worrying five years ago, it may be too late now
internet  media 
november 2004 by jimray
MetaFilter: welcoming our new user overlords
For a mere five spot, you can start wasting more time
internet  weblogs 
november 2004 by jimray
Bloggers criticize journalists, film at 11
Mainstream media gets bombs lobbed from both sides
bloggers  election  internet  media  politics 
october 2004 by jimray
The Game Neverending bites the dust
I never even got to play!
games  internet 
october 2004 by jimray
Gmail adds Atom feeds
Brilliant!
brilliant  feeds  internet 
october 2004 by jimray
Newsweek on Creative Commons
And the CD they're putting in Wired next month encouraging folks to "Rip. Sample. Mash. Share."
brilliant  copyright  internet  media 
october 2004 by jimray
extisp.icio.us charts your del.icio.us tags
What does your soul look like? (via Saleem)
brilliant  internet 
october 2004 by jimray
iPodderX
RSS for your iPod - perfect for mp3 blogs
brilliant  internet  music 
october 2004 by jimray
AdNags - Adam Nagourney's Personal Diary
If you're a journalism geek, this is pure comedic gold
brilliant  internet  media 
october 2004 by jimray
Bush Team's Net Assault
So this is what the Republicans mean by grassroots - talking points from the mother ship
internet  politics 
september 2004 by jimray
NetFlix nation
Where's the nearest Netflix shipping station? (via Hacking Netflix)
brilliant  internet  netflix  social  weblogs 
september 2004 by jimray
MarsEdit 1.0 Beta
Ranchero software, the folks behind NetNewsWire, intro a weblog editing tool. Now, I just need a weblog!
internet  mac  weblogs 
september 2004 by jimray
AOL offers two-tier password setup
Uses RSA Security randnum fob
cryptography  internet 
september 2004 by jimray
Amazon officially launches A9
Let the search wars...continue
internet  searchengines 
september 2004 by jimray
iTunes Japan hits 'inadequate DRM' hurdle
Is it possible that the Japanese recording industry is even more clueless than their American and European counterparts?
internet  mac  music 
september 2004 by jimray
Flickr Wallpaper generator
Make desktop collages out of flickr photos
desktops  internet 
september 2004 by jimray
War, Peace, or Stalemate: Wargames, Wardialing, Wardriving, and the Emerging Market for Hacker Ethics by Patrick Ryan
A legal look at hacker ethics (via Politech)
hackers  internet  law  wifi 
september 2004 by jimray
Netflix and TiVo - a match made in heaven
Forget three day wait times for DVDs of the Sopranos - stream 'em right to your TiVo
internet  media 
september 2004 by jimray
Paul Ford is hacking congress
"Imagine all of those senators and representatives, each query-able by age, party affiliation, bills proposed, committee membership, and voting record."
internet  politics  semantics 
september 2004 by jimray
How can I get MSN Music downloads to play on my iPod?
Ah, the irony. Apple's using a "proprietary DRM format", as opposed to Microsoft's....proprietary...DRM...format
internet  mac  microsoft  music 
september 2004 by jimray
Google Grants
Free Google ads for your non-profit
google  internet 
september 2004 by jimray
iTunes affiliates
Finally, the most obvious feature of the iTunes music store is now a reality
internet  mac 
september 2004 by jimray
Technorati's Election Watch 2004
Follow the bahhhhing sheep in the pissing match of the year!
internet  politics 
august 2004 by jimray
Best Practices for Online Service Providers
The EFF breaks down how not to let John Ashcroft into your logs
internet  politics  privacy 
august 2004 by jimray
Browse Happy — Online. Worry-free.
"And the computer went, like, bleep boop beep, and my computer was nothing but pop-ups."
internet  webdev 
august 2004 by jimray
XSLT coming to Safari
I'm of the mind that this is best left to the server, but good stuff all the same
internet  mac  webdev  xml 
august 2004 by jimray
Frustrating the man
TOR on OS X
cryptography  internet  mac  privacy 
august 2004 by jimray
Let the web games begin
Or how I stopped worrying and learned to subvert NBC
copyright  internet  media 
august 2004 by jimray
Wiretapping the web
John Ashcroft is reading your email
internet  privacy 
august 2004 by jimray
Ask a Librarian (Library of Congress)
For those of you not fortunate enough to live with a librarian
internet  libraries 
august 2004 by jimray
NPR : RSS Feeds
internet  media 
august 2004 by jimray
We the Media
Dan Gillmor's book on traditional media colliding with the Internet
internet  media 
august 2004 by jimray

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