In December 2001 I was blogging about

In December 2001, I was blogging about

• Changes in Online Culture
  • The End of Free (chronicles services that used to be free but that now cost money)
  • Is the [Technology] Revolution Over?
  • Imagine Silicon Valley Buried Like Pompeii
• Wil Wheaton
  • While the character of teen wonder Wesley Crusher was annoying because weak scripts had him saving the ship too many times, I wrote this blog page that traced early references to Wesley on rec.arts.startrek, a Usenet fan site that predated the World Wide Web.
  • The young actor who portrayed Wesley was sadly the target of some online abuse, but over the years Wil Wheaton has gained some serious geek credentials. Wheaton’s Trek to Respectability
• The Lord of the Rings
  • Visit the Birthplace of Middle-Earth
  • Early preview of The Fellowship of the Ring movie (warning fans about changes to the story)
• Misc
  • Colossal Cave Adventure (1970s computer interactive fiction game)
  • What does Sept 11 teach us about online journalism?
  • Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the air—these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle. (The Onion)
• The Museum of Hoaxes
• Sometimes poetry should be seen but not heard
• Student wins a classic car after noticing a message hidden on the copyright page of his medical textbook