"Typically, a weblog is a small web site, usually maintained by one person that is updated on a regular basis and has a high concentration of repeat visitors. Weblogs often are highly focused around a singular subject, an underlying theme or unifying concept."

Cybercultural

1999: Blogs Burst Onto the Scene, but RSS Is Slow To Settle

The launch of Blogger in August 1999 signals the arrival of weblogs into mainstream web culture. At the same time, web syndication formats are bein...

#blogs #blogging #cyberculture

"The first two-network TCP/IP transmission was between the [Packet Radio Van] and ARPANET on August 27, 1976; the van was parked next to Rossotti's (since 1956, officially the "Alpine Inn"), a well-known Portola Valley, California biker bar, and wires were run to one of the picnic tables."

Packet Radio Van - Wikipedia

#internet #InternetHistory #InternetAge #PacketRadioVan #arpanet #history #OnThisDay #OTD

"None of the large fediverse servers have so far complied, neither with the UK’s Online Safety Act, nor with this new Mississippi regulation. I am very much not a laywer, but neither laws have clear exceptions that would apply to Mastodon servers as far as I can tell."

Mastodon

Connected Places (@fediversereport@mastodon.social)

This week's #fediverse news - Fediverse Report #131 - How age verification laws impact the fediverse, both how we understand the network as well ...

#fediverse #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #MississippiAgeVerification #OnlineSafetyAct

Oh wow, Google is really sneaky with their AI Mode button on the new tab page in Chrome. Here's a very unintuitive way to disable it. 1. Open chrome://flags/ in your browser. 2. Look for "ntp-compose-entrypoint". 3. Switch to "disabled". 4. Restart your browser. #chrome #GoogleChrome #AI #AIMode