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Because one things for sure - it’s probably a fair bit slower than your ISP claims it is. Check out the InternetFrog who will test your speed for you. Thanks Mr. Frog

A very interesting list at Jottings.com that presents several questions. Who was it that actually registered these domains back then (especially the first ever one) and what exactly did they plan to do with them? On several occasions entire batches of domains were registered on the same day - by the same person/organisation?

Good pub quiz question - what was the first ever registered dot com name?

From the Guardian’s “News in Brief” section:

“The Oxford University Press yesterday launched a poll to find “the word which represents the events or the moods of the 21st century”. The poll is for the OUP’s book The Language Report, which draws on the Oxford English Corpus - a database of current language from sources as varied as chat-room conversations and broadsheet newspapers, used by linguists and dictionary-makers as a new tool in charting language change. The Language Report’s own nominations for the best word or phrase include gingerism - prejudice against redheads - and prevenge - getting one’s retaliation in first”

A friend recently gave me a copy of Sublime magazine (which I really enjoyed, I’m already thinking about subscribing). It was the “Water Issue” and had some interesting articles on this most precious of resources (see “Magazine Preview > Issue 4 > Water Wars” on their website, no dedicated url unfortunately…). It also had some less serious articles, including a mention of the Innerspace Dolphin - a watercraft shaped like a Dolphin. Here’s a video clip from NBC’s Today Show:

No mention of them going into production yet which is a huge shame - as if you wouldn’t want to commute to work on those bad boys…