Nostalgia Nerd on Geocities
Were you even on the internet if you didn’t have a website on Geocities?
Web predictions for 1995 and 1999
Here’s what people saw in their crystal balls for the web during the 90s.
14 mins of commercials from the dot-com bubble
Remember Flooz.com? Or Vehix? Nah, me neither. But they were huge back in the late 90s.
What is the Internet, Anyway?
Seriously, what is internet?
Tatiana Mac on how privilege defines performance
You’ve not lived until you’ve heard a talk by Tatiana Mac.
Thoughts on the new $4 Raspberry Pi Pico microcontoller
The internet knows more about the Pi Pico than me so I collected the links for you to read.
Regex ain't so bad!
Regex can be a pain to learn but with Engineer Man’s explainer video, it doesn’t have to be that hard.
The 'vantafish' that absorbs nearly all light that hits it
Last year, a Smithsonian marine biologist called Karen Osborn and her colleagues found a unique specimen while hauling deep-sea fish. But when she tried to use strobe lights to take a photo for cataloguing, she could only make out its outline. It was as if the fish was absorbing the light. Except it was. But …
Data viz on women's tops sold on Goodwill's website
An interesting data analysis on Goodwill’s online auction website.
RIP Tucows Downloads (1993-2020)
I’ll miss those downloads with the two cows.
ProjectFunction creates pathways for marginalised groups in tech
Helping minorities get into tech and this organisation is doing just that.
Uranus will be visible tomorrow so be prepared
It’s not every day the world gets to see Uranus and 20th January has opened up a great chance for everyone to catch a glimpse.