Category Archives: Internet

Science and Technology: Net-neutrality wins

Finally, some good news out of Washington: The FCC is set to approve net neutrality rules Tuesday, according to the Washington Times via The Daily Beast. For anyone who doesn’t know what net neutrality means, you can check out this great FAQ from Save the Internet. For those of you who don’t want to, allow […] Continue reading

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Why the internet was invented

Don’t let the academics tell you it was for sharing research. Laugh when the government says it was to share important defense information with far-flung installations. No, the internet wasn’t invented for those purposes, it was invented to make Google … Continue reading

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Stop installing extra stuff I don’t want

Dear software companies (you know who you are), While I appreciate that you are willing to provide me extremely useful utilities at no direct cost to me and that you regularly update those utilities to ensure the continue to work … Continue reading

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Worldview Web Roundup for 20100616

Want to capture your handwriting as a font? Here’s a step in that direction. One domestication too far? Modern dogs are dumb and we made them that way, according to researchers. On why NASA is an agency from an earlier, dead age … Continue reading

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Bibliographic citation generator website

For anyone who writes and needs to cite works in their writing, try checking out CiteFast.com, a web-based citation generator. It could save you a lot of work along the way, but make sure you give credit where credit is … Continue reading

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