Racists and Haters Posting Everywhere – The New Red Scare

2013-01-062016-01-06 ezzy

Is the internet more racist these days?

Feels like it. I can’t read a single story about anything current without racist, ignorant comments blaming it on Obama the muslim and his lazy no good supporters.

I think it’s because everyone … Read the rest

Happy 30th Internet!

2013-01-032015-08-09 ezzy

Happy belated 30th birthday to the modern internet!

In 1982, Vint Cerf and his team at ARPANET had a problem. They had roughly 1,000 servers spread around america trying to network with each other. The addressing and networking protocols they … Read the rest

Facebook Sees The Shark

2012-06-022015-08-06 ezzy

I have been observing the growth of Facebook in the social space for years now, and after growing more and more frustrated at the ‘facebook effect’ taking place online I’ve decided to start posting about it. My fear is that … Read the rest

8 Bit Goodness

2012-04-092018-05-21 ezzy

I present the first computer I purchased (and still a favorite of mine)…

The 8 bit goodness of the Atari 130xe.

Commodore people were everywhere back then (like Windows now), waiting 23 minutes to load a game, but my Atari … Read the rest

Stop Using Facebook To Login To Other Sites

2012-03-262015-08-01 ezzy

If you love or hate Facebook, never visit or live on it – that’s fine by me. Waste your time however you see fit. But please don’t contribute to Facebook ruining the internet as I know it. Using a Facebook … Read the rest

Modern American Racism

2011-12-202016-04-11 ezzy

It’s the end of 2011 in America. Some say post-race. I say BS.

Some of us were raised to treat people based on the value of their character, while some use skin color and cultural differences to separate. Don’t … Read the rest

October 1972: Birth of the Packet Man

2011-10-212016-10-06 ezzy

Packets, packets, got your packets here!

Going way back into the ‘what is the internet?’ file, here’s a great article about the actual first pitch and live demo of the internet (then called by it’s acronym ARPANET).

Yes, it did … Read the rest