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Computing
the web and related issues
- Ars Apple Hip Hype
- Ars Apple app article proves flannable.
- Firefox as Theft?
- An ad-blocking Firefox browser makes cheezy Web sites cry.
- The HTML5 Codec Controversy
- A tale of greed and control intruding into hackerdom.
- A Tiny Guide to XHTML
- Your Web basics in a single page.
- What Are Not Web Standards
- Ars Apple app article proves flannable.
language issues
- COBOL
- Thou canst not kill what business maketh live.
- If Programming Languages Were Religions
- It would explain so much flamage among programmers.
politics and sociology issues
- The Internet Is Not A Flea Market
- An attempt to refute the idea that the Web exists to make money.
- The Fall of Ars Technica
- It was a fine technical site — before Condé Nast came along.
- The Funeral Oration of SCO
- The (continual) death of SCO, the role of Groklaw, and the myopia of the popular media.
personal technology issues
- Adieu, ZoneAlarm
- In response to terror advertising, I forsake software that served me well for such a long time.
- Snappy Again
- The history and fate of the Snappy video capture device.
i, cringely
- So Long, Mr. Cringely!
- The Accidental Empires author and blogger closes shop on PBS.
- Cringely's Predictions for 2011
- The author of Accidental Empires, now with his own blog, prognosicates for 2011.
miscellany
- Bioshock: The Condensed Version
- The summary of the popular video game series.
- What If Operating Systems Were Airlines?
- You may well be lucky to reach your destination.
- A Venerable Tech Support Tale
- This tale of customer inanity from the 1990's never dies.
Written by Andy West on 29 June 2010. Updated 28 January 2011.