1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (912+ words) There was a time when Columbia House was everywhere, the most mainstream of services, comparable to Time-Life or K-Tel in sheer saturation of our media channels. (And yes, to AOL, probably the most comparable business of its era from a…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago   (579+ words) Old habits die hard, and the one that led to this post died a lot harder than some of the others. Recently, I made a realization: I have been unwillingly addicted to Facebook for a long time, and it’s not…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1379+ words) If you think about it, the web forum was a terrible fit for the way the Web worked. We already technically had a tool that allowed people to communicate with one another in a forum setting in the early ’90s—Usenet....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (597+ words) Cloudflare started its life nearly 20 years ago, and I found out about it basically because I was running a blog—and obsessed with keeping it online. In the midst of all this, I stumbled on Project Honey Pot, the anti-spam…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (511+ words) If you find weird or unusual topics like this super-fascinating, the best way to tell us is to give us a nod on Ko-Fi. It helps ensure that we can keep this machine moving, support outside writers, and bring on…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (801+ words) I have a problem: Unlike most people, I actually read my spam folder on a regular basis. (Often, they’re some of the most interesting emails I get.) I find spam to be intriguing, interesting, and often highlighting some modern trends....

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1211+ words) So, here’s something that I didn’t expect to be saying in 2026: There seems to be a nonzero chance that Markdown might become the new RSS. “Whoa, crazy talk! It’s not even a protocol!” I hear you saying. But the evidence…...