Among other things, it’s interesting to see how much the web has changed in the last 8 years. If I’m not mistaken, cnn actually dropped to a “low bandwidth,” less cluttered version to handle all the traffic during the crisis. Archive.org records before 9/11 show a slightly heavier site. More CNN on Archive.org.
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People Suck At Email, Part III: CC vs BCC
It’s 2009, I can’t believe I just had to send this email. When you add recipients to the “CC” list you expose all recipients email addresses to everyone else on the list. By doing this you have inadvertently sent your entire client list to all of your clients. In the future please use BCC. For more information, see… III: CC vs BCC">Read more »
Nerd Nostalgia: Computer Chronicles
Computer Chronicles was very influential in my early development as a nerd. I had almost entirely forgotten about the show until a recent series of posts on reddit. The show covered the rise of the personal computer revolution in typical PBS news magazine type format. According to Wikipedia, the series ran from 1981 — 2002. I would’ve watched it… Read more »
How To: Watch Comedy Central Videos From Canada
UPDATE 05/2012: If this isn’t working for you anymore, you might want to try this new method. UPDATE: Some visitors are reporting that this works for Hulu as well. The relationship between Comedy Central and Canada’s Comedy Network is the worst example of what can happen when rights owners assert copyright on the internet, based on… Read more »
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When ordering lists of names or titles it’s sometimes desirable to exclude articles or other words from the order clause (eg. you want “The Burning Hell” to show up before “Great Lake Swimmers” in a list ordered by name). Early on in my career I must have assumed it was not possible and never bothered to look… ORDER">Read more »