Google’s plan to bring internet connectivity to remote areas by using balloons wafting in the stratosphere.
Considering that Google seems to put as much time and effort into its April Fool’s jokes as it does into its real projects, you’d be forgiven for assuming this was a spoof.
Some handy tips for simulating slow network speeds on your machine.
This is quite an astounding piece of writing. Robert Lucky imagines the internet of things mashed up with online social networking …but this was published in 1999!
A script that attempts to detect connection speed (by requesting a test file three times in a row) in order to determine whether hi-res images should be requested or not.
This remains one of the greatest pieces of documentary footage ever filmed.
The web demonstrates its loosely-joined nature yet again; a photo of mine from a science hack/design fiction exhibit results in Dave discovering his family crest.
An extremely addictive bit of fun with small world network theory as applied to music.
Dirk is back. The interconnectedness of all things returns as in App Engine form.
Browse trough your twitter friends, and your friends' friends, and your friends' friends' friends...
An ongoing comic on Flickr where the subject matter comes from the "missed connections" posts on Craigslist.
This is the plain vanilla look.
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