Author Archives: Tim Cederman-Haysom

Youtube comments are incredibly homogenous

You can basically pick a Youtube video at random and all the comments will follow a similar line. I was sent a clip to a nature video (kind of gruesome, but that’s the way nature works), and I just love … Continue reading

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First accepted Fark.com link

Back in the day (ie as a procastinating PhD student) I used to read Fark.com every day. I submitted a few links (mostly personal articles to be honest) but none got accepted. I don’t know why it tickles me so … Continue reading

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This Internet thing – it ain’t gonna last.

Hilariously off-the-mark article published by Newsweek in 1995 by Clifford Stoll. Some excerpts: After two decades online, I’m perplexed. It’s not that I haven’t had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I’ve met great people and even … Continue reading

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Bay Area housing

Another sterling post from Burbed.com: WOW! Everything looks so much classier when you have columns! It’s like the whitehouse – it’s classy because it has columns! Man, this totally blows the last columned house on Burbed out of the water! … Continue reading

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Clarke and Dawe explain the sub-prime meltdown

Aussie humour at its best.

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