This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readMar 28, 2022

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#20yrsago The Web is *not* boring http://www.powazek.com/zoom/log/archive/00000362.shtml

#15yrsago Stasi chief was an Orwell fan, bent reality to get room 101 https://web.archive.org/web/20070328023146/https://williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/2007_03_01_archive.asp

#15yrsago Raph Koster describes a “fun Amazon” https://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2007/03/etech_07_raph_k.html

#15yrsago danah boyd’s ETECH talk: geeks should learn from “muggles” https://www.raphkoster.com/2007/03/28/etech-07-liveblog-incantations-for-muggles/

#15yrsago Warner Music, Universal Music, EMI & Sony-BMG voted worst companies in the world https://web.archive.org/web/20070322082540/http://consumerist.com/consumer/worst-company-in-america/riaa-wins-worst-company-in-america-2007-245235.php

#10yrsago Deepwater Horizon-related court filing in which an injured oil rig worker seeks justice through wit and metaphor http://www.loweringthebar.net/2012/03/buddy-trahan-needs-a-ride.html

#10yrsago Speculations on the origins of the Disney Haunted Mansion organist and hitchhiking ghosts https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2012/03/haunted-organs-and-ghostly-hitchhikers.html

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