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. While Ask a Ninja is still producing episodes, it did start way back in November of 2005 by Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, a couple of LA-based improvisational comedians. Ask a Ninja started as a video show where the Ninja answers questions from “viewers”. The show is very campy, yet often hilarious and has a pretty loyal following. It goes to show just how little planning (sometimes) needs to go into Internet video (and there isn’t any “secret sauce” to being successful online other than creating content that people want). Ask a Ninja has had a regular video podcast, almost stopped producing content entirely in 2009, and is back to now producing daily videos. [Read more…] about Digging in the Cache – Ask a Ninja

Digging in the Cache is a series where we go back in time to look at fun tidbits of Internet and computer history. This week: Diet Coke & Mentos! “Who cares?”, you say? Apparently millions of people. What happens when you put a regular mentos in a bottle of diet coke? It bubbles up and sends diet coke shooting into the air! (Come on, that’s at least a little bit cool…). A group called EepyBird took this concept and expanded it to a series of “experiements” where they use diet coke and mentos to put on a geyser show, or propel a car. [Read more…] about Digging in the Cache – Diet Coke & Mentos

Digging in the Cache is a series where we go back in time to look at fun tidbits of Internet and computer history. How do you explain the Internet to someone who has never used it? What if that person was also in charge of regulating it? Well, you might think about the Internet as a series of tubes… as did Senator Ted Stevens. A series of tubes probably isn’t too much off the mark, but from Senator Steven’s remarks, you can tell that he clearly doesn’t understand the Internet. And if you’re trying to regulate something you clearly don’t understand, it’s probably going to lead to some ridicule.
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