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Small correction: the Cernettes photo was the first photo on the WWW ("World Wide Web"), which is a part of, but not "The Internet." The Internet had been around for quite a while before the WWW, and there were countless other images on it.
Of note, and what makes this even more interesting, is that CERN did all that while it was creating the LHC, which proved the Higgs Boson that has been in the news lately.
Commented Jul 17, 2012 on Three Very Important Photographs at The Online Photographer
Three Very Important Photographs
Ever heard of Les Horribles Cernettes? You might not have, but they truly deserve a footnote in history. Or rather, this photograph of them does. But before I tell you why, take a look at this picture: What is it? The navel of the eponymous orange, taken with a '90s-era Xapshot? From mere ap...
Did you download VHS rips of those movies? If so, then maybe you can morally claim "fair use backup." But if you didn't, you're very squarely in the wrong.
Commented Apr 11, 2012 on OT: From VHS to Virtual (Partly) at The Online Photographer
OT: From VHS to Virtual (Partly)
By Ctein Digitizing the entertainment media in my house hasn't just been about audio CDs and vinyl records, as I've written about previously (here and here). Paula and I also had a couple of bookcases holding several hundred VHS tapes. A motley to be sure, including VHS, S-VHS, commercially purc...
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