The DNS Museum(dns.museum)
120 points by zdw | 15 comments
The DNS Museum is a catalog of odd, inventive, and impractical uses of DNS, such as traceroute art, DNS tunnelling, and DNS-based tools and toys.
#internet-culture on Hacker News
12 stories tagged internet-culture, newest first.
I wish you the best in the Offline(daverupert.com)
64 points by birdculture | 38 comments
Dave Rupert blog post reflecting on people he follows announcing departures from social media, AI usage, or the internet entirely, including Salma's retirement post.
The internet is kind of a predatory cesspit now(stephendiehl.com)
347 points by ibobev | 228 comments
Stephen Diehl blog essay arguing the modern internet has become predatory compared with the amateur, non-commercial web of the 1990s.
AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)(rickmanelius.com)
973 points by mooreds | 588 comments
A Substack newsletter post by Rick Manelius about the "AI;DR" acronym as a way to ignore walls of AI-generated text, crediting a tweet by @seclilc.
The hypocrisy of cyberlibertarianism(matduggan.com)
362 points by ColinWright | 320 comments
A blog post by Mat Duggan arguing that cyberlibertarian ideology in the tech world is hypocritical, opening with reflections on life before the Internet.
Dead Internet Theory(kudmitry.com)
597 points by skwee357 | 638 comments
A personal blog post by Dmitry Kudryavtsev reflecting on the Dead Internet Theory, starting from his experience browsing Hacker News.
CERN Animal Shelter for Computer Mice (2011)(computer-animal-shelter.web.cern.ch)
326 points by EbNar | 46 comments
A humorous CERN web page presenting an 'animal shelter' for computer mice, with photos of mice in hay, eating, drinking, cuddling, and playing.
The librarian immediately attempts to sell you a vuvuzela(kaveland.no)
430 points by rkaveland | 307 comments
A blog essay by Robin Kåveland using a library metaphor to critique how modern websites and the internet push ads and distractions on visitors.
Being Raised by the Internet(jimmyhmiller.github.io)
792 points by DamonHD | 265 comments
Personal essay by Jimmy Miller about growing up poor with an absent mother and a father with schizophrenia, and how the internet helped raise him.
The Backrooms of the Internet Archive(blog.archive.org)
664 points by passing | 102 comments
Internet Archive blog post by Jason Scott titled "The Backrooms of the Internet Archive," published June 1, 2024.
Where Have All the Websites Gone?(fromjason.xyz)
492 points by benrutter | 375 comments
A personal blog essay reflecting on how the web has shifted from discovering independent websites to algorithmic social media feeds.
Omegle 2009-2023(omegle.com)
2387 points by liamcottle | 954 comments
Omegle's homepage replaced by founder Leif K-Brooks' farewell letter announcing the anonymous video chat site's shutdown after 14 years.