The internet is what we make it
Just a thought from 8 July 2003 about
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If the internet is shit, then this site is just another festering turd. Not that I disagree with everything - the net was over-hyped and some perspective is in order. But how exactly does adding another site to the web to kvetch about it solve the problem?
Complaining is easy, in any medium. Making beauty, creating something important, telling stories, connecting people ... that's the hard part. And the worthwhile part. And the part that some of us (myself included) have been trying to do for years.
If the anonymous author of internetisshit.org really believes his own rant, maybe he should stop pretending that his shit doesn't stink, and go out there and make something worthwhile.
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This section is called Just a Thought. It's a blog where I post little pieces of what I'm thinking about at the moment. This page is an individual entry called “The internet is what we make it” that I wrote on 8 July 2003.
Before this, I wrote a little something called “Knowing spam update 2” on 8 July 2003. After this, I wrote “Sutro sunset” on 8 July 2003.
BEFORE
Knowing spam update 2
So ten days ago I signed up with KnowSpam. In that time, it's snared 12,334 spam messages for me. That...
8 July 2003
AFTER
Sutro sunset
Our flight to Vancouver treated us to a stupendous sunset over a blanket of fog around Sutro Tower. Update:...
8 July 2003
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