life is complete now that i've found: http://www.zombo.com/

this is old news to those in the P2P space, but MusicCity's Morpheus has already eclipsed Napster on the number of simultaneous users …

From: OpenP2P.com: Morpheus Out of the Underworld [Jul. 02, 2001]

currently you can buy a Webvan stock certificate for $510 on eBay! more here: "Webvan, Drkoop stocks winners–on eBay"

Turn them off here ! (well, only for 30-days, but hey it's better than nothing)

cool! time to dust-off my old sax …

"For frustrated musicians, the convergence of the Internet and cutting-edge technology is offering another dimension of convenience. The Web is home to hundreds of music courses, ranging from play-by-numbers piano lessons to personalized, interactive master classes." 

from: NY Times "Basics Doing a Guitar Solo With the Web Playing Backup" [free reg required]

a good article about how online communities have endured despite the shortage of service offerings.

some good quotes:
"For every story about Internet addiction leading victims to ignore their families and become withdrawn, anti-social, and depressed, there is a countervailing example of a person who has found a support group, employment prospects, or a community of like-minded topical enthusiasts through the 'net."

"If broadcast, run by large entertainment companies, takes back some of the mindshare that had been gained by interactive media, we risk a tilting of our focus back towards the mindless television watching that threatens to turn our brains to sauerkraut."

"Yahoo! Geocities is another supposed manifestation of community, but is mainly just a platform for people without design skills to put up a personal web site quickly. The citizenship aspect of Geocities was always exaggerated…"

"Budding authors have joined with self-publishing venues such as Themestream. Volunteer editors have signed up with the Open Directory Project and Zeal.com to maintain directories of topical resources."

From: Online Communities Endure as Platforms Come and Go - Traffick.com Article

this is ridiculous …  Web Sites Using .org Fear Eviction

A three-year study, conducted by Pew Internet and American Life Project, has some interesting results … like, "People worry about online privacy but easily give it away" and "57 percent of the people still without Internet access have no intention of getting it" … change is hard :-)

"Philip Kaplan, the wizard behind the curtain of FuckedCompany.com, has decided to monetize his online deadpool of failed dot-coms by charging for subscriptions to "premium features" of the site."

From: Business 2.0

April 3rd: "Take Back the Net day and Buy Something Online" … yeah sounds great! … but no one has any money!