Old Wide Web - Internet History Dissected and Explained
By NoisePrint Studios
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Podcast Description
Internet History Dissected and Explained. To know where the Internet is going you have to know where it's been. Every episode we'll examine the sites, terms, and personalities that have defined the online world. Strap on your Chrono-Belts, time cadets. It’s time to take a trip… to the Old Wide Web!
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Old Wide Web Episode 8 – Lawyer Up! | We get all legal and cover the court cases of Napster and United States v Microsoft. | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Old Wide Web Episode 7 – So Long, And Thanks For All The Memes | We talk to the creator of the Ate My Balls meme and pay tribute to the late Douglas Adams. | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Old Wide Web Episode 6 – The Jargon File | Just when you least expected it... a game show! See how well you know classic Internet jargon. | 5/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Old Wide Web Episode 5 – I Was A Teenage Sysop | Bill talks with Bryan Lunduke about being a BBS Sysop and explores why Bulletin Board Systems are still relevant today. | 4/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Old Wide Web Episode 4 – We Go Commercial | The Pets.com Sock Puppet, E-mail scams courtesy of Bill Gates, and which ISP provider works for you... in 1996. | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Old Wide Web Episode 3 – Back From The Future | Explore the strange case of time-traveler John Titor (voiced by Tom Merritt), plus our cliff notes version of Internet History. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Old Wide Web Episode 2 – The Day The Internet Went Dark | We cover the Great Internet Blackout Protest of 1996, continue our Cliff Notes version of Internet History, plus Trumpet Winsock. | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Old Wide Web Episode 1 – The Muppets Take Bangladesh | We talk about Bert is Evil, start our Cliff Notes version of Internet History, and review the 12 commandments of BBS's. | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Quite entertaining.
It's like This American Life or Radio Lab if they were about tech nostalgia. Really enjoy the host's voice and sense of humor. Great subject matter too... Highly recommended.
Awesome
This podcast really has me thinking back to when I was younger and how far the world wide web has come. I nod myself thinking "I remember that". Great job!!
sort of childish, but definitely has value
The content is good, but the podcast is a bit childish. It's also the kind of podcast that's so nerdy you'd get beaten up if a "bully" ever found out you listen to it. heh. Of course, that's a good thing.
Not enough people, nerdy or not, appreciate the history of the Internet, and this appears to be the only podcast in the iTunes directory that focuses solely on world wide web history and the quirkiness of websites during that era.
The cheesiness and weak humour can get in the way, though, which is why I give it four stars, but if you look past that, it features a very good perspective on a forgotten culture that the host obviously "surfed" through a lot back in the day. I mean, it'd be worse if the theme were less colourful and more drab and boring.
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