Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
15 years of the Web
August 6th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
The World Wide Web is 15 years old today. BBC online provides the timeline. The early part of this remarkable story was told by inventor Tim Berners-Lee in his book “Weaving The Web”. Since I started my website in July 1999, that means that effectively I’ve had a Web presence for the half the lifetime […]
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Thanks a lot
August 5th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
It’s now around one month since I had to relocate the hosting of my web site and two weblogs because of growing problems with the previous hosting arrangements. Many thanks to my good friend Eric Lee for all his help on this which saved both my sanity and my material. If you need web support, […]
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What is YouTube?
July 23rd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
YouTube is a successful example of a site based totally on user-generated content – in this case, video clips. The site is now the 18th most popular in the world with 20 million visitors last month downloading 2.5 billion clips. Recently US television networks have changed their attitude to the site from hostility to co-operation.
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What is Second Life?
July 23rd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by over 345,000 people from around the globe. Currently it is growing at 12% a month and it is one of the most exciting social networking […]
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I’ve missed you
July 8th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
For most of the last week, you have not been able to access my web site or weblogs and I’ve not been able to share with you information and thoughts. Other than when I’ve been on holiday (when even I forget the Net), this is the first time in three years of blogging almost daily […]
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NightHawk flies again!
July 7th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
NightHawk – the personal blog named after my father-in-law – has been down for a week, the worst interruption since I started it over three years ago. I’m really sorry for this. The problem has been the hosting company I’ve used. Its old server was being hacked, increasingly causing problems for my web site and […]
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