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Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:47:49 GMT

Fray is a magazine about true stories that's been publishing since 1996.

Fray is a community. People who have come together around the idea that everyone has a story to tell. Ordinary people who tell extraordinary true stories. And fray believes everyone has a story to tell..

Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:47:52 GMT

a Flash movie on how Legos blocks are created

... and I though lego was made under the sofa? - well that's where I always found it!

Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:25:54 GMT

Google has fully integrated the past 20 years of Usenet archives into Google Groups, which now offers access to more than 800 million messages dating back to 1981. This is by far the most complete collection of Usenet articles ever assembled and a fascinating first-hand historical account.

We compiled some especially memorable articles and threads in the timeline below. For example, read Tim Berners-Lee's announcement of what became the World Wide Web or Linus Torvalds' post about his "pet project". You can find more in-depth information about the archive here.

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:32:26 GMT

Net's numbers shortage tackled.

A shortage of internet addresses has prompted researchers to come up way of generating billions more.

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:47:47 GMT

Are viral communities the way forward in schools networking?

http://www.clickz.com/tech/lead_edge/article.php/3087131 &

http://www.clickz.com/crm/crm_strat/article.php/3066421

Fellow ClickZ columnist Jack Aaronson asked, " Are Viral Communities Back?" A resounding "yes!" A myriad of sites that help connect like-minded people are taking off: There's the meteoric rise of Friendster; the Dean campaign and Ryze's business networking slant, to name a few. As people witness their success, I'm betting viral affinity communities will take off in business much the same way blogs did...only more so.

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:04:34 GMT

Odd mishaps cause PC grief. Human clumsiness, anger and forgetfulness are to blame for top 10 oddest computer data disasters of the year.

[BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

I vent my anger on my poor defenceless mouse. By bashing it repeated on the table >-(

Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:57:19 GMT

Technology to make you go 'wow'.

Design guru Don Norman says how we feel about new technology is more important than what it does. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

Wow - I'm that man!

Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:27:13 GMT

Film archive goes online.

Information about thousands of historic Scottish films is made available on the internet. Hope there no footage of me!

[BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:17:53 GMT

Study attacks expansion of popular schools.

Education: Government's policy will lead to 'spiral of decline'. [Guardian Unlimited]

Another manifestation of a two tier society.