Archive for November, 2006
Worried about the Web?
November 2nd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
The British creator of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has told BBC News he fears that, if the way the Internet is used is left to develop unchecked, “bad things” could happen. So he wants set up a web science research project to study the social implications of the web’s development. The Web […]
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Word of the day
November 2nd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
It’s “floccinaucinihilipilification”. My always erudite friend Nick Hobson used this word in a comment on this blog and I had to look it up on Wikipedia.
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Almost 100,000 visits last month
November 1st, 2006 by Roger Darlington
According to my traffic statistics, in October there were a total of 98,134 visits to my web site which includes my two blogs. That’s over 3,000 a day. Many thanks for your support. Please encourage friends to have a look. Together we can change how people look at the world and how they behave towards […]
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“Touring Tomorrow Today”
November 1st, 2006 by Roger Darlington
My American friends Art & Lynn Shostak are working on a new book that they call “Touring Tomorrow Today”. It will highlight places around the globe where some aspect of a possible future – bright or harrowing – might be glimpsed by a perceptive and prepared traveller. On the bright side, they are already writing […]
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