i’d like to share some of the magic that is the internet with anyone reading that may not be as adept at navigating the information superhighway.
see, i’ve been using the internet, hardcore, for so long that i think i’ve lost touch.
maybe you found us through the sinking ship that is yahoo! or that guy from work that installed netscape navigator for you setup this site as your default homepage. perhaps you got a chain fax that detailed instructions on how to circumvent your work’s internet filter to watch pr0n using our site as a proxy. or, maybe you’re from the future and reading this on the internet archives.
regardless of how you found us, the fact is for many it has been an accident.
so, i want to share some of my knowledge of the web and how helpful and entertaining it can be.
one thing the internet is great at is sharing information. almost every media source out there apart from the internet is now on the internet in some way. literature, imagery, video… and even more internet originals are out there and growing even as i write. there’s so much out there it’s overwhelming. that’s where google comes in. searching the internet is a skill. learning how to appropriately word a search will make your internet experience much easier and fruitful. i wish i had a clever and helpful link to throw your way there but really, it just takes time.
now, that’s great for general web use and finding information, but another tool i like to use, mostly for entertainment, is digg.com. it takes the guesswork out of searching. sometimes it’s not a matter of knowing how to word your search — maybe you don’t even know what you want to find and just want someone else to put stuff in front of you (those of you transitioning from tv-land know exactly what i’m talking about here)…
digg is something of a democratic media source. people from all over the internet submit, or “digg” an article, video or image. from there, other people on digg.com might see it and digg it, too. the more people that digg it, the more prominent it will generally be on the site. therefore, with every page load, you will see things shifting around as the articles, videos and images change with the number of people digging them.
it gets more complicated. so not only are the media items themselves being “dugg”, but there are also users making comments on the media item on digg itself, which users can digg, or as digg calls it, “bury”. to bury a comment is to say that it sucks and isn’t worthy of another user reading. enough people bury a comment and it’s hidden from view (though to the totally bored you can show comments other people buried.) and, you can comment on comments. do you see what is going on here? the community is therefore selecting and showcasing what is generally interesting.
digg as a tool to find media does an incredible job. but, i find the real entertainment as of late has been reading through the digg comments. read the comments on this article to see what i mean.
that being said, i think my work here is done… for now.
in other, ANTI/gen related news: today, rich and i dropped by the nor cal show held here in santa cruz to visit some of our vendors for the shop, as well as make a few new friends we’ll be connecting with in the future to bring you ladies some more of the raddest, sexiest, most stylish clothing we feel this planet currently has to offer. within reason.
as always, thanks for reading — and i hope you learned something. now, use that “share/save” link at the top right of our articles to share and digg ‘em once in a while…