Digging in the Cache

Digging in the Cache is a series where we go back in time to look at fun tidbits of Internet and computer history. There was a day in the not so distant past when watching video online seemed like the unattainable future… computers didn’t have big enough processors, internet connections weren’t fast enough, and no one would want to watch video on a device other than a television. During the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Joss Whedon and his brothers, Zack and Jed, and actress Maurissa Tancharoen, wrote Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, a three-part musical miniseries to be produced exclusively for Internet distribution. [Read more…] about Digging in the Cache – Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Digging in the Cache is a series where we go back in time to look at fun tidbits of Internet and computer history. Ever feel exasperated by someone on online? Wish you could show your frustration? According to Wikipedia, Facepalm “is a physical gesture of lowering one’s face into one’s hand, usually partially concealing the face… The facepalm was popularized as an Internet meme based on an image of Star Trek Captain Jean-Luc Picard performing the gesture.” [Read more…] about Digging in the Cache – Facepalm

Digging in the Cache is a series where we go back in time to look at fun tidbits of Internet and computer history. What could be more fun than luring your friends to go to a website that’s completely different than what they expect to find?  With the rise of URL shorteners which can easily hide the address of the linked page, sending people to a site that they don’t expect is fairly easy.  In 2007-2008, it was a fad to trick people into visiting a page with a music video of Rick Astley singing his 1987 song “Never Gonna Give You Up”.  The person who was tricked into viewing the video was “rickrolled“. Since the video of Astley was safe for work, it was more appropriate than many Internet pranks to spread throughout the workplace. [Read more…] about Digging in the Cache – Rick Rolling