Stuart Bennett

Notes: 31 / 2 weeks ago from tumbledore

tumbledore:

82°06′S 54°58′E — the most inaccessible point in Antarctica, the farthest from the ocean, and the coldest place in the world. Located there is a bust of Lenin staring off towards Moscow.Twenty feet below is an old Soviet research hut.
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82°06′S 54°58′E — the most inaccessible point in Antarctica, the farthest from the ocean, and the coldest place in the world. Located there is a bust of Lenin staring off towards Moscow.Twenty feet below is an old Soviet research hut.

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1 month ago

Scientists discover gene that 'cancer-proofs' rodent's cells

Notes: 44 / 1 month ago from topherchris

topherchris:

GeoCities, 1994-2009

Notes: 24 / 1 month ago from dalasverdugo (originally from personalhomepage)

dalasverdugo:

personalhomepage:

How people count cash

1 month ago

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/14/css-differences-in-internet-explorer-6-7-and-8/

1 month ago

Notes: 1680 / 1 month ago from dalasverdugo (originally from spunkldavis)

Notes: 3 / 1 month ago from nerdology

Online Identity. What's It Worth?

nerdology:

I was reading about Drew Carey yesterday… well not about him so much as about how he just bid 100,000 dollars for the @Drew twitter. His online identity is so important that he is willing to pay 100,000 dollars for @Drew, forgoing his @DrewFromTV. Drew Carey ownes DrewCarey.com, which currently only hosts a picture of his glasses. There’s no way he paid more than the 9.99 Yahoo charges to register a domain, yet he’s willing to spend more than the average American’s salary on a twitter name.

It’s crazy to think that a website.com/name could drum up that much cash. You don’t hear about people spending tons of money for facebook.com/name, or name.blogspot.com. But is this possible $100,000 for @Drew a sign that things are changing?

Recently we’ve seen website names grow from one word to a few words to phrases. No one even thinks to visit Funny.com but you’d go to CollegeHumor.com in a heartbeat. Some movies end up with the longest names, often placing the entirety of the title into the dotcom. So why is @Drew so much different from @DrewFromTV?

I don’t have an answer. But could it be that the internet is in some sort of regression. Where as people used to spread out in their own corners of the internet, now they’re moving into shared social spaces. You don’t need your own website when you can have a tumblr a twitter and a facebook. And since you’re relying on other social services perhaps it’s worth spending them money to get what you want.

Notes: 32 / 2 months ago from doinwork (originally from meganlikescake)