The Arctic's Internet Is So Expensive That People Mail the Web on USB Drives
In the Canadian Arctic, you get used to getting off on shitty JPEGs.
Jeg faldt for en nigeriansk e-mail scam, fløj til Lagos og blev næsten tæsket ihjel
Laurent løj for sin kone og tog til Lagos for at redde sin privatøkonomi, men i stedet endte han med at blive bestjålet, banket og efterladt langt ud på landet.
The Wonder of Undo Send
There are few pieces of technology as beautiful and essential and wonderful as the "undo send" button.
Are We Still on Talking Terms? A Case for Landlines
Here I am, in present day Astoria, Queens, on my landline. There are no tricks in this image, no filters, only a bit of cropping. I'm on my "AT&T trim-line 210":http://www.amazon.com/AT-Corded-Phone-Black-Handset/dp/B00005MITU/ref=pd_cp_e_0. It's no...
Ray Tomlinson Sent the First Email But His Inbox Is Still a Mess
In 1971, while working as an engineer on the government-funded ur-internet known as "ARPANET":http://www.motherboard.tv/2009/11/25/this-computer-gave-birth-to-the-internet, Ray Tomlinson invented email as we know it. His wasn't the first piece of...