Warriors of the Internet

This is another of the videos I like on YouTube. It's a really good basic explanation of how networks and the Internet works. It's in two parts and about 15 minutes long total but it's really well done. Enjoy.

I-Phone Commercial

Here's a funny I-Phone commercial that came off one of the late night shows and got posted to YouTube. I'm just waiting for an I-Pod with the glass touch screen. That's all I want not the phone.

Another fun link

Here's another fun link that was passed on to me that I though others might be interested in. It's a collection of links to TV shows that are hosted on the web. It's been nice to catch up on some of the TV I have been missing over the last year.

tv-links.co.uk

Another video

This got sent to me by a friend of mine and I thought I would pass it on to everyone.

Internet Crash

Enjoy.

Follow up to the youtube entry

After mentioning this video to someone the other day I had to find it and show it. It's a funny news report from the west coast. Involving a dead whale, some explosives and a large mess.

Week 9 thing 23

Last thing. I debated if I wanted to post this one now to finish up but I figured I might as well post it then I can say I finished then went to help everyone else. I don't want to hit the high points in this post as much as just give some thoughts on the future. Here goes...

The 23 things Web 2.0 project has been great and everyone who participates hopefully will learn about some of the new technologies that have been developed recently. But the individual knowledge isn't what I hope people take from this. What I hope everyone can take and myself included is the desire to continue to learn about the new technologies that are born every day on the web. It wasn't that long ago that MySpace and YouTube hadn't even been though about. The most complex way of communicating was through message boards and maybe for the techie people some IRC. Look at what has happened in just a few short years with YouTube. It went from a site that I originally associated with fraps videos of online game victories (yes that was my original use for YouTube) to a worldwide phenomenon that may play a sizable role in the next presidential election. When the next YouTube arrives on the scene we need to harness it to work for us. That's not always possible but we need to at least be able to understand it so we're not lost in the dark.

We can't think about everything in stages. Web 1.0 and 2.0. The web is continually evolving and changing and as soon as you think you have learned all the latest tricks and programs something new will come along. Always look and always share with other people because no one person can discover everything on their own. That's way too much time in front of the screen.

Week 9 thing 22

I played around with the Project Gutenberg web site. I liked the whole idea behind it but I was sorely disappointed in the content selections that seem to be made. I looked mainly at the science fiction list that was put on on a free CD. It didn't look like a normal list of science fiction at all. Instead it looked like a list of books that I would have had to read over the summer in high school. To me it gets old that a book needs to be close to 100 years old before people will consider it worthwhile. Why did they only choose to do only old science fiction? I understand that for some the term "classic" reaches mythical proportions but sometimes it's taken way to far. Just once I would like to see modern books get some needed attention. Oh and come on put something by Tolkien in there. He at least wrote close to the same time period. Ok my rant is over.