This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

#20yrsago The Internet was made for cussin’ https://memex.craphound.com/2002/04/18/the-internet-was-made-for-cussin/

#20yrsago Kid wrongly imprisoned for bomb threat — error due to Daylight Savings Time https://web.archive.org/web/20070419143543/http://www.passablynews.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1175830780

#20yrsago Microsoft tells schools: refuse computers without their orginal paperwork https://web.archive.org/web/20020414022731/http://www.microsoft.com/education/?id=DonatedComputers

#15yrsago Why the shootings mean that we must support my politics https://web.archive.org/web/20070420024831/http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.9.12.102423.271.html

#15yrsago Canada’s universities and colleges capitulate to copyright strong-arm tactics https://web.archive.org/web/20120421055042/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6423/125/

#10yrsago Evidence of Britain’s colonial crimes revealed, including orders to cover up evidence of further atrocitieshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/18/britain-destroyed-records-colonial-crimes

#10yrsago Why a pro-SOPA MPAA technologist changed sides and went to work for ISOC https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/17/why-mpaa-executive-joined-internet-society