Archive for June, 2005

John Cowan on the history of the DNS

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

John Cowan tells the history of the Domain Name System. Interesting – it never really occurred to me that there was an age before DNS, and that the internet could have never become what it is today without it.

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A dream fragment

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

I’m in an old study. There’s a closed book on the desk, an old, massive tome, richly adorned and plated with golden ornaments. A fine work of craftsmanship. Its pages had been left blank by its ancient creator, and were covered with writing only recently. I know it’s the diary of German rock star Herbert […]

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