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What Tomb of the Unknowns and PRISM Have in Common

Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery Original photo by Alex McLeod Oh, maybe TV _is_ right. TV’s _always_ right! ~ Homer Simpson I’m always amused at what people will take at face value.  On the...

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Can You Really Erase Yourself From the Internet?

  Magician doing card trick Can you really do a magic act and disappear from the net?  There are some articles online that make it seem possible, but I believe they somewhat understate the difficulties...

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Judge Rules Against Net Neutrality, and Why That’s a Bad Thing

  Outdoor “cable salad” in Croatia Photo by User:Manfreeed You’ve probably heard by now how a judge recently ruled that the FCC overstepped its bounds by enforcing what is known as “net neutrality”,...

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No, You Cannot “Remove Negative Links From the Web”

“Young Man With Empty Pockets” Image courtesy of Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net A foole and his monie be soone at debate, which after with sorrow repents him too late. ~ Thomas Tusser, English poet and...

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Mellow Monday: Where Is the End of the “Information Superhighway”?

OK, I’m changing “Merry Monday” to “Mellow Monday”, because some of the lighter items aren’t necessarily humorous.  For example, as a writer, I found FWJ‘s article on “The Distribution of English...

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Security Roundup: Malware in Ads, Malware in New Domains and Protecting Your...

Does your home network need a gate guard?Photo of Coast Guard Air Station, San Diego, 2013Photo by Visitor7, used under CCA-SA The next few weeks are going to be busy ones around here, so expect a few...

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Prediction 2: The State Oversight of the Net Will Increase

Recently, President Barak Obama declared the Internet a public utility, and the idiots have come out of the woodwork. The Daily Caller, never ceasing to be sycophants for corporations and their...

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The History of the World-Wide Web (WWW)

The story of how the WWW came into being. Ink Pen, ran 8 Jan 2015 [Originally published on Helium Network 21 August 2012.] #www #World-WideWebHistory In 1993, NCSA Mosaic, the first graphical web...

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FCC Net Neutrality Decision Looms Near

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FCC Passes Title II Reclassification and Restricting Rights of Municipal ISPs

FCC winds up meeting on net neutrality A landmark decision was just made at 13:00 EST by the FCC to make the Internet a public utility.  Closing statements started at 12:55 and the vote was concluded...

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