In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore ... in the Old Silurian Period the Mississippi River was upward of one million three hundred thousand miles long ... seven hundred and forty-two years from now the Mississippi will be only a mile and three-quarters long. ... There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesome returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
-- Mark Twain
Category: WWW
Marinas and Yacht Clubs
Is there some unwritten rule stating that all marinas must have shitty websites?— rlrr (@drum-corps.net) September 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM Also, yacht club websites tend to be pretty bad.— rlrr (@drum-corps.net) October 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The only good websites…
The only good websites were made because freaks felt compelled. Money makes the websites go nasty— don't (@aynrandy.boontavista.com) July 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Twitter/Facebook/Instagram should be the side dish, not the main course
I’ve had a web presence since 1995… NONSTOP SINCE 1998, PALAlso, yes, this. I'm not leaving Twitter but I am strongly encouraging people to build/repopulate their own sites, stuff them full of content, and encourage people to visit them there. Twitter/Facebook/Insta should be the side dish, not the main course. https://t.co/5wkgo0E2lj— John Scalzi (@scalzi) January … Continue reading “Twitter/Facebook/Instagram should be the side dish, not the main course”
Major policy decisions at Facebook are being driven by three Republican political operatives
2. "Decisions are made to benefit Republicans because they are paranoid about their reputation among conservative Republicans, particularly Trump," one former Facebook employee who worked in the DC office said https://t.co/5mBoi8301s— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 17, 2019
Executive Time
as @fakedansavage redefined "Santorum," I have a proposal for "Executive Time." To be blunt, it should henceforth be the term for jerking off in the middle of the day.— Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) February 3, 2019



