Category Archives: Internet

Worldview Web Roundup for 20100609

Posted on 9 June 2010 by dlhitzeman

Um, duh, the internets are making us dumber. Just don’t stop reading Worldview… DLH

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Chrome gets way cooler

Posted on 29 January 2010 by dlhitzeman

Somehow I missed that Google’s browser, Chrome, which I have been using since Firefox stopped working on my Vista machine about a month ago, got updated earlier this week. Updates aren’t always that exciting, but this one for Chrome added … Continue reading →

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Why can’t it just work?

Posted on 12 January 2010 by dlhitzeman

One of the problems with using the Internet as much as I do is that it takes a lot of other things working to get there. Specifically, I have to have a good, reliable connection, an adequate computer, and a … Continue reading →

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The audacity of… wonder?

Posted on 6 December 2009 by dlhitzeman

Over the weekend, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conducted an interesting crowd-sourcing exercise wherein it challenged people to locate ten red balloons scattered across the United States and report their locations back to DARPA. A team led by … Continue reading →

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Return from the dark ages

Posted on 13 April 2009 by dlhitzeman

Since the end of December, my wife and I have been conducting an experiment to see if it was possible to live in the internet age using only free internet service. Last Friday, we turned our home internet service back … Continue reading →

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