The advents of the radio, television and internet are remarkable, almost vital, but a part of me wishes I was born in an era where “the media” referred to the guy on the street corner bellowing out newspaper headlines and, “Read all about it!” at the top of his lungs.
I think I’m the only person on the internet that actually tries to lose followers.
From now on, when things load slowly, we say they are sloading.
Note to self: persistent procrastination profits.
I’m too tired to go downstairs and resolve the issue.
Fuck your bitch and the clique you claim, Linksys.
I used Firefox as a kid until Chrome came along, but I think I’m switching back. Scrolling requires adjusting but there’s an add-on to fix that.
Let the corny internet-appropriation puns begin.
Reports are emerging that Internet has gone down in Cairo and perhaps throughout Egypt, only hours before the largest planned protests yet.
According to a report from The Arabist, “Egypt has shut off the internet.”
Multiple Internet Service Providers are affected according to the report, which states:
I just received a call from a friend in Cairo (I won’t say who it is now because he’s a prominent activist) telling me neither his DSL nor his USB internet service is working. I’ve just checked with two other friends in different parts of Cairo and their internet is not working either.
The news of the Internet outage came minutes after the Associated Press published a video of an Egyptian protestor being shot.
CNN reporter Ben Wedeman confirmed Internet is down in Cairo and writes, “No internet, no SMS, what is next? Mobile phones and land lines? So much for stability. #Jan25 #Egypt”
The Los Angeles Times is also reporting that BlackBerry Internet has been taken offline in Egypt.
UPDATE (7:05 p.m. ET) Reuters confirms ”major network disruptions” for Egypt Internet users at this time, with reports in Cairo that there is no Internet altogether. A top state official declined to comment.
We’re so absorbed with this intangible reality… which isn’t even a reality.
