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The Internet FAQ from 2085

Written on May 21, 2008 – 9:05 am
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,

We have great news! As you know we are constantly browsing the current web looking for clues of what the next web will look like. It seems that our search is over as we have found an artifact from the future looking back at the Internet we currently use. A post titled “The Internet FAQ from 2085” describes what led to the World Wide Web, how it died (somewhere after 2030) and what the ‘googlecom’ was.

One example from the FAQ:

Q: I noticed the word “NSFW” in a world web sites museum displaying hypertext reproductions. What does it mean?
A: Scientific research at the late Mars Research Laboratory came to the conclusion that NSFW announced the display of a widely popular human called Britneyspears in the 1970s. Why warnings were issued before the viewing of this human is unclear.

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blogoscoped, fun, future, planet 5010

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Mischievous Monday Morning: iGoogle Party & Mac OS X as Music Video

Written on May 19, 2008 – 9:06 am
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,

Somehow we missed the invitation for this iGoogle Artist Themes New York party. I’m sure we got one. Anyway, for a great example on what you can do to dress up a party if you have unlimited funds check out their video. In their own words: “What if the Google homepage had been designed by Dolce & Gabbana? Or Philippe Starck? Or the Beastie Boys? Get a behind the scenes look at our iGoogle Artist Themes launch event held in New York City’s Meatpacking District.”

Do you have those days where you can’t seem to get any work done? You just play around with Photoshop a bit? Mindlessly opening and closing windows? Well, watch this video to see how one person turned a lot of window opening and other Mac OS X Finder related actions into one hell of a Video Clip for the song Again & Again by The Bird And The Bee.

Here is an interview with Dennis Liu, the director.

fun, igoogle, mmm, new york, party, Video Interview

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Mischievous Monday Morning: Cake, Google & Girls

Written on May 12, 2008 – 10:18 am
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,

Here is another Mischievous Monday Morning post with two golden oldies for your amusement. The first is an old but classic geek cake with a birthday message for a Indian geek coded in XML:

And this is Sergey Brin from Google in his pre-IPO days. It was made during a fraternity party where all the guys was dressed up as girls. As far as we know there are no more sightings of Sergey cross-dressing. These kind of photos make you wonder if they will find similar photos of you and me when we become famous one day…

code, fun, google, mmm, Sergey Brin

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Internet Party: When Google’s parents leave town…

Written on January 25, 2008 – 7:48 pm
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,

Its quality is debatable, the acting is bad and the jokes are childish. But you can’t help but smile while watching this movie. I actually watched it twice! So far, it has been viewed 120.000 times in Youtube and received over 9000 diggs. I guess the makers hit a nerve with the internet audience. Wonder what you think about it: