internet

Macromedia's Flash was a major game-changer on the Internet when it came out in the nineties. It allowed the authoring and playing of complex, even interactive, media content in an era when the web was still largely one way, from the provider to the user. Besides being the basis for early media...

There may a thread for miscellaneous fun stuff already, but it's long since vanished into the mists of WC2 so I'm starting this one. I recently discovered a channel on Youtube for Owl Kitty. Basically, the channel owner films their cat in front of a green screen, then edits her into movies and...

I really haven't sought out many of these. I have used some on and off for screenshots, one I used stopped working, so now I use Lightshot. I finally decided to get an app for recipes. I think I had signed up for a website to store recipes a long time ago and I also recall getting messages...

I've been flip-flopping between Chrome and Firefox for a while now but always seem to land on Chrome. However, the latest updates to Chrome irritated me enough to give Firefox another whirl. Basically, Google is starting to go too far with using Chrome as a data gathering tool and I'm starting...

But there's a malware using a hoax video claiming that he is as its lure. Rowan Atkinson not ‘dead’: Viral Mr. Bean hoax is spreading a real virus Just say no to Internet hoaxes, esp. dangerous ones.

Okay, what follows is a spoiler for Avengers : Infinity War so stop here if you haven't seen it and hate spoilers. So, the bizarre part is that a subreddit (basically a forum on Reddit) is banning half its members to simulate an event in a movie. And thousands of new members signed up just...

Saw this on CBC this morning. I have a couple reactions. We're addicted to wireless data: And the overage fees for it have just gone up First off, I think our carriers are greedy a**hole pigs. Why can they not offer unlimited data? Will it really tax their fragile networks so much? I mean...