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What I learned on my vacation

December 18, 2017 prorevwp Cyber notes, Flotsam & Jetsam, Uncategorized

Sam Smith, 2008 - Some years ago a high schooler by the name of Sam used to take out our office trash and serve as our computer consultant (in no particular order). Sam is now with a major government contractor complete with a top secret clearance, but I always save up a question or two for … Continue reading What I learned on my vacation

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The Review and blogging

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 prorevwp 1990s, Cyber notes

Sam Smith, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal's claim that this is the tenth anniversary of the blog - as well as some of the critical reaction to the story - led us to our archives to find what we could about our role in this tale. We've tried to avoid the word blog - … Continue reading The Review and blogging

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The luddites at Microsoft

December 9, 2017 prorevwp Cyber notes

Sam Smith, 2011 ON THIS DATE in 1811, Ned Ludd and friends smashed weaving machines in effort to preserve jobs for the workers. Last weekend your editor observed the anniversary by attempting to recover from the ill effects of a smashed machine, in this case a computer. It occurred to me, as I toiled away … Continue reading The luddites at Microsoft

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Twenty years in cyberspace

February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 prorevwp Cyber notes

This is our 20th year on the web. Ten years ago we posted this: Sam Smith, 2005 - This fall marks the Review's tenth year on the web - and our 11th year of sending out email updates. In the last quarter of 1995 we got all of 388 page views, and in 1996, we … Continue reading Twenty years in cyberspace

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Fifteen years on the web

September 23, 2010August 26, 2013 prorevwp Cyber notes, Flotsam & Jetsam

This was written five years ago, on our tenth anniversary on the web: Sam Smith, 2005 - This fall marks the Review's tenth year on the web - and our 11th year of sending out email updates. In the last quarter of 1995 we got all of 388 page views, and in 1996, we got … Continue reading Fifteen years on the web

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THE STUFFIES TRY TO DISCIPLINE THE INTERNET

August 5, 2009October 10, 2013 prorevwp Cyber notes

Sam Smith, Progressive Review - It looks like more than a few large media will start charging for online visits. From the Business Spectator in Australia: [][] Media giant News Corporation Ltd intends to charge for all its news websites in a bid to lift revenues. . . News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch told analysts … Continue reading THE STUFFIES TRY TO DISCIPLINE THE INTERNET

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covered Washington under nine presidents, edited the Progressive Review for over 50 years, wrote four books, helped to start six organizations including the national Green Party, the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party, and played in jazz bands for four decades

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