The first time I linked to Boing Boing

Boing Boing's Jackhammer JillWas going through my archives and discovered a post from November 2002 (5 years ago!) which contains the first time I linked to Boing Boing:

if you’re interested in reading about cool techno social stuff, do check out boingboing. it’s updated all weblog style and is consistently interesting to me.

And to this day, I still read it daily. It is my morning “paper.”

Here’s the list of their post titles from that day (well actually the day before, since I was posting at 2am):

  • 72-mile WiFi link
  • EverCrack packet-sniffer for net-game cheaters
  • Busting the No-Fly list, Internet-style
  • Mozilla adds Bayesian spam-filter
  • Sub-$500 Lindows tablet PC coming
  • HG Wells, ripoff artist
  • Vanity TV: a new scam
  • 700-year-old “Hidden Mickey”
  • Roger Wood show opening Nov 20
  • Smart-paint heals corrosion in tanks
  • Jim Leftwich’s CyberPort
  • Twisted, Spanglish ‘Cucaracha’ comic strip goes national
  • Give the gift of space bling-bling.
  • Hipster welding helmets
  • Canada ponders national ID card
  • Homeland Security’s coming panopticon
  • Sex urged as stimulant for flaccid world economy
  • Apple laptops kick Windows boxens’s asses in price-performance shootout
  • Pork: The Other Tuition Payment
  • Pirate batteries
  • JK Rowling’s pub
  • Giant, erect condom welcomes Bill Gates to India
  • Self-destructing DVDs react with air

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