ModernDayNTK
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/12/22/?...
Demon founder in NOTW
theguardian.com/media/2000/d...
DVDplus gives customers "power to decide how much [not] to pay"
theguardian.com/technology/2...
Iraq's 4000 PS2s *probably* not WMDs
pcmag.com/news/20-year...
& @mjhibbett.bsky.social Xmas party!
Demon founder in NOTW
theguardian.com/media/2000/d...
DVDplus gives customers "power to decide how much [not] to pay"
theguardian.com/technology/2...
Iraq's 4000 PS2s *probably* not WMDs
pcmag.com/news/20-year...
& @mjhibbett.bsky.social Xmas party!
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/12/22/?...
Demon founder in NOTW
theguardian.com/media/2000/d...
DVDplus gives customers "power to decide how much [not] to pay"
theguardian.com/technology/2...
Iraq's 4000 PS2s *probably* not WMDs
pcmag.com/news/20-year...
& @mjhibbett.bsky.social Xmas party!
Demon founder in NOTW
theguardian.com/media/2000/d...
DVDplus gives customers "power to decide how much [not] to pay"
theguardian.com/technology/2...
Iraq's 4000 PS2s *probably* not WMDs
pcmag.com/news/20-year...
& @mjhibbett.bsky.social Xmas party!
arguably a bigger melodic inspiration on 1971's Happy Xmas (War is Over) - Stewball (Was A Racehorse), a folk song going back decades if not centuries before this 1963 hit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6AQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6AQ...
December 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
arguably a bigger melodic inspiration on 1971's Happy Xmas (War is Over) - Stewball (Was A Racehorse), a folk song going back decades if not centuries before this 1963 hit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6AQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6AQ...
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/12/15/?...
"Internet Content Rating Association" replaces "Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet", gives up 10 years later
& rogue O'Reilly marketing blurb sneaks into Amazon synopsis - seems to have been fixed in the last 5 years or so?
"Internet Content Rating Association" replaces "Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet", gives up 10 years later
& rogue O'Reilly marketing blurb sneaks into Amazon synopsis - seems to have been fixed in the last 5 years or so?
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/12/15/?...
"Internet Content Rating Association" replaces "Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet", gives up 10 years later
& rogue O'Reilly marketing blurb sneaks into Amazon synopsis - seems to have been fixed in the last 5 years or so?
"Internet Content Rating Association" replaces "Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet", gives up 10 years later
& rogue O'Reilly marketing blurb sneaks into Amazon synopsis - seems to have been fixed in the last 5 years or so?
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
While I’m at it, hello Londoners! Really nice to be back home for a bit. How’s everyone doing? Any recommendations of things to do while I’m here?
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
While I’m at it, hello Londoners! Really nice to be back home for a bit. How’s everyone doing? Any recommendations of things to do while I’m here?
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
Here's something to look forward to in the new year - a one-day event to mark the 21st birthday of #FOI!
Join us to discuss the achievements, challenges, and future of the UK's Freedom of Information Act. Meet others, get inspired, and discover the lasting impact of FOI. pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
Join us to discuss the achievements, challenges, and future of the UK's Freedom of Information Act. Meet others, get inspired, and discover the lasting impact of FOI. pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
December 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Here's something to look forward to in the new year - a one-day event to mark the 21st birthday of #FOI!
Join us to discuss the achievements, challenges, and future of the UK's Freedom of Information Act. Meet others, get inspired, and discover the lasting impact of FOI. pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
Join us to discuss the achievements, challenges, and future of the UK's Freedom of Information Act. Meet others, get inspired, and discover the lasting impact of FOI. pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
#OnThisDayInNTK: 2000 ntk.net/2000/12/08/?...
Envision TV Licensing wins "Most Invasive Company" award
debut mentions of 2nd-gen MP3 sharer Audiogalaxy Satellite, legally problematic forums for Popbitch
& presumably this tech was neutralised shortly before it became self-aware on "Judgement Day"
Envision TV Licensing wins "Most Invasive Company" award
debut mentions of 2nd-gen MP3 sharer Audiogalaxy Satellite, legally problematic forums for Popbitch
& presumably this tech was neutralised shortly before it became self-aware on "Judgement Day"
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#OnThisDayInNTK: 2000 ntk.net/2000/12/08/?...
Envision TV Licensing wins "Most Invasive Company" award
debut mentions of 2nd-gen MP3 sharer Audiogalaxy Satellite, legally problematic forums for Popbitch
& presumably this tech was neutralised shortly before it became self-aware on "Judgement Day"
Envision TV Licensing wins "Most Invasive Company" award
debut mentions of 2nd-gen MP3 sharer Audiogalaxy Satellite, legally problematic forums for Popbitch
& presumably this tech was neutralised shortly before it became self-aware on "Judgement Day"
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/12/01/?...
launch of FaxYourMP, final mentions of:
BBC's "Bleeding Thumbs" gaming show
Argonaut's Jez San
web.archive.org/web/20001204...
"A Day Without Weblogs"
web.archive.org/web/20010124...
& @wired.com mag prophetic as ever re iPad-style "Clarke Omniputer"
launch of FaxYourMP, final mentions of:
BBC's "Bleeding Thumbs" gaming show
Argonaut's Jez San
web.archive.org/web/20001204...
"A Day Without Weblogs"
web.archive.org/web/20010124...
& @wired.com mag prophetic as ever re iPad-style "Clarke Omniputer"
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/12/01/?...
launch of FaxYourMP, final mentions of:
BBC's "Bleeding Thumbs" gaming show
Argonaut's Jez San
web.archive.org/web/20001204...
"A Day Without Weblogs"
web.archive.org/web/20010124...
& @wired.com mag prophetic as ever re iPad-style "Clarke Omniputer"
launch of FaxYourMP, final mentions of:
BBC's "Bleeding Thumbs" gaming show
Argonaut's Jez San
web.archive.org/web/20001204...
"A Day Without Weblogs"
web.archive.org/web/20010124...
& @wired.com mag prophetic as ever re iPad-style "Clarke Omniputer"
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
December 1st, that time of year, and time to broach the 2025 UK Bonne Maman Jam Advent Calendar of Jam (And Some Other Spreads). This is different from the US BMJACoJASOS: our pots are slightly larger, and the range of spreads is not the same. Compare! Contrast! 24 delicious days to go.
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
December 1st, that time of year, and time to broach the 2025 UK Bonne Maman Jam Advent Calendar of Jam (And Some Other Spreads). This is different from the US BMJACoJASOS: our pots are slightly larger, and the range of spreads is not the same. Compare! Contrast! 24 delicious days to go.
NB this also applies to rarer DVDs, 1st-party Nintendo releases & valuable Pokemon cards...
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
NB this also applies to rarer DVDs, 1st-party Nintendo releases & valuable Pokemon cards...
#OnThisDayInNTK: 2000 ntk.net/2000/11/24/?...
Furby "hacked", supposedly
LAN Party at Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
& from 8:00 - @benmoor.bsky.social typecast as
@danny.spesh.com/ Dave Green hybrid in
@almurray.bsky.social/ @herring1967.bsky.social pub sitcom
youtube.com/watch?v=H-gZ...
Furby "hacked", supposedly
LAN Party at Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
& from 8:00 - @benmoor.bsky.social typecast as
@danny.spesh.com/ Dave Green hybrid in
@almurray.bsky.social/ @herring1967.bsky.social pub sitcom
youtube.com/watch?v=H-gZ...
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK: 2000 ntk.net/2000/11/24/?...
Furby "hacked", supposedly
LAN Party at Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
& from 8:00 - @benmoor.bsky.social typecast as
@danny.spesh.com/ Dave Green hybrid in
@almurray.bsky.social/ @herring1967.bsky.social pub sitcom
youtube.com/watch?v=H-gZ...
Furby "hacked", supposedly
LAN Party at Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
& from 8:00 - @benmoor.bsky.social typecast as
@danny.spesh.com/ Dave Green hybrid in
@almurray.bsky.social/ @herring1967.bsky.social pub sitcom
youtube.com/watch?v=H-gZ...
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
Doing this tmrw!
Come hear @danielpemberton.bsky.social and @tgreiving.bsky.social discuss Tim's new biography on John Williams. Tomorrow at 5 pm at the RAI. Books will be available for purchase. www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w...
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Doing this tmrw!
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/11/17/?...
made-up .mudpie .seagull .name gTLDs?
Robin Dunbar: Mobiles as Lekking Devices Among [Scouse] Males
sfgate.com/news/article...
+Church of England's "head of signal logistics" cancels "potentially offensive" Cranberry Aero
web.archive.org/web/20010119...
made-up .mudpie .seagull .name gTLDs?
Robin Dunbar: Mobiles as Lekking Devices Among [Scouse] Males
sfgate.com/news/article...
+Church of England's "head of signal logistics" cancels "potentially offensive" Cranberry Aero
web.archive.org/web/20010119...
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/11/17/?...
made-up .mudpie .seagull .name gTLDs?
Robin Dunbar: Mobiles as Lekking Devices Among [Scouse] Males
sfgate.com/news/article...
+Church of England's "head of signal logistics" cancels "potentially offensive" Cranberry Aero
web.archive.org/web/20010119...
made-up .mudpie .seagull .name gTLDs?
Robin Dunbar: Mobiles as Lekking Devices Among [Scouse] Males
sfgate.com/news/article...
+Church of England's "head of signal logistics" cancels "potentially offensive" Cranberry Aero
web.archive.org/web/20010119...
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
in this episode the Anti-Ken Barlow, from an antimatter universe, is determined to become ruler of all realities. he's battled by Bet Lynch from Corrie Prime and the alternate version of Chas Dingle from Emmerdale-One
FOR THE FIRST time ever, the residents of Weatherfield and the Yorkshire Dales will share the screen in the first ever crossover episode of ITV’s Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
The one-hour crossover episode is titled ‘Corriedale’ and will air early next year.
jrnl.ie/6879338
The one-hour crossover episode is titled ‘Corriedale’ and will air early next year.
jrnl.ie/6879338
First ever Coronation Street and Emmerdale crossover episode to hit screens early next year
Filming for ‘Corridale’ began in late September and the details of the storyline have been kept tightly under wraps.
jrnl.ie
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
in this episode the Anti-Ken Barlow, from an antimatter universe, is determined to become ruler of all realities. he's battled by Bet Lynch from Corrie Prime and the alternate version of Chas Dingle from Emmerdale-One
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/11/10/?...
George W Bush election win delayed by a month - Florida recount blamed on hanging chads, absentee ballots, Bill Gates etc
still online: @khaosworks.bsky.social's
khaosworks.org/filk/
& truth in merchandising from Daphne & Celeste
George W Bush election win delayed by a month - Florida recount blamed on hanging chads, absentee ballots, Bill Gates etc
still online: @khaosworks.bsky.social's
khaosworks.org/filk/
& truth in merchandising from Daphne & Celeste
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/11/10/?...
George W Bush election win delayed by a month - Florida recount blamed on hanging chads, absentee ballots, Bill Gates etc
still online: @khaosworks.bsky.social's
khaosworks.org/filk/
& truth in merchandising from Daphne & Celeste
George W Bush election win delayed by a month - Florida recount blamed on hanging chads, absentee ballots, Bill Gates etc
still online: @khaosworks.bsky.social's
khaosworks.org/filk/
& truth in merchandising from Daphne & Celeste
you could always purchase it second-hand, or only via platforms which offer no risk of financially benefitting the creators - eg Spotify or Youtube?
What’s the most dignified way to consume art, and also disapprove of the horribleness of one of the people who made it, without condoning their behaviour and facilitating their success?
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
you could always purchase it second-hand, or only via platforms which offer no risk of financially benefitting the creators - eg Spotify or Youtube?
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/11/03/?...
widely-sued Napster forms "strategic alliance" for BMG to (unsuccessfully) try and buy it in 2002
& "if this wasn't on UKNM, you'd assume it was a troll" - Godado was a UK search engine where users "paid for higher rankings"
chinwag.com/uk-netmarket...
widely-sued Napster forms "strategic alliance" for BMG to (unsuccessfully) try and buy it in 2002
& "if this wasn't on UKNM, you'd assume it was a troll" - Godado was a UK search engine where users "paid for higher rankings"
chinwag.com/uk-netmarket...
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/11/03/?...
widely-sued Napster forms "strategic alliance" for BMG to (unsuccessfully) try and buy it in 2002
& "if this wasn't on UKNM, you'd assume it was a troll" - Godado was a UK search engine where users "paid for higher rankings"
chinwag.com/uk-netmarket...
widely-sued Napster forms "strategic alliance" for BMG to (unsuccessfully) try and buy it in 2002
& "if this wasn't on UKNM, you'd assume it was a troll" - Godado was a UK search engine where users "paid for higher rankings"
chinwag.com/uk-netmarket...
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/27/?...
Steganography may be "3rd biggest threat to US security after biological & chemical attack"?
debut mentions of:
Google Ads
"Zombie Nation" C64 remix hit
Zadie "White Teeth" Smith
& list songs: easy to write, hard to pace?
youtube.com/watch?v=OsuI...
Steganography may be "3rd biggest threat to US security after biological & chemical attack"?
debut mentions of:
Google Ads
"Zombie Nation" C64 remix hit
Zadie "White Teeth" Smith
& list songs: easy to write, hard to pace?
youtube.com/watch?v=OsuI...
We Didn't Start The Weblogs (Nikolai Nolan, 2000) - Lyric video
YouTube video by fakebitpolytechnic
youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/27/?...
Steganography may be "3rd biggest threat to US security after biological & chemical attack"?
debut mentions of:
Google Ads
"Zombie Nation" C64 remix hit
Zadie "White Teeth" Smith
& list songs: easy to write, hard to pace?
youtube.com/watch?v=OsuI...
Steganography may be "3rd biggest threat to US security after biological & chemical attack"?
debut mentions of:
Google Ads
"Zombie Nation" C64 remix hit
Zadie "White Teeth" Smith
& list songs: easy to write, hard to pace?
youtube.com/watch?v=OsuI...
"& their birth cry will be the sound of every phone on this planet ringing in unison!" (via @danhon.com)
Albania’s “AI Minister” announced it is “pregnant with 83 children” www.ndtv.com/world-news/d...
www.ndtv.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"& their birth cry will be the sound of every phone on this planet ringing in unison!" (via @danhon.com)
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/20/?...
@kithonline.bsky.social's Scott Thompson spoofs Eminem
youtube.com/watch?v=Hick...
Nanoloop 1.0 chiptune synth reviewed for GameBoy
...city of Leeds unimpressed
web.archive.org/web/20001217...
& BT - rhetorical as ever:
@kithonline.bsky.social's Scott Thompson spoofs Eminem
youtube.com/watch?v=Hick...
Nanoloop 1.0 chiptune synth reviewed for GameBoy
...city of Leeds unimpressed
web.archive.org/web/20001217...
& BT - rhetorical as ever:
October 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/20/?...
@kithonline.bsky.social's Scott Thompson spoofs Eminem
youtube.com/watch?v=Hick...
Nanoloop 1.0 chiptune synth reviewed for GameBoy
...city of Leeds unimpressed
web.archive.org/web/20001217...
& BT - rhetorical as ever:
@kithonline.bsky.social's Scott Thompson spoofs Eminem
youtube.com/watch?v=Hick...
Nanoloop 1.0 chiptune synth reviewed for GameBoy
...city of Leeds unimpressed
web.archive.org/web/20001217...
& BT - rhetorical as ever:
surely not... Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman?
Chris Mason: Who on Earth will want to take on grooming inquiry now?
Chris Mason: Who on Earth will want to take on grooming inquiry now?
As we have seen this week, satisfying everyone involved in the inquiry will be an impossible task.
www.bbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
surely not... Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman?
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/13/?...
O'Reilly author eschews popular SQL trope "Humans as numbered entities"
web.archive.org/web/20001030...
still online: S-Club 7-Headed BEAST OF REVELATION
darryn-reeds.tripod.com/S-Club-7-sec...
& @tomstandage.bsky.social introduces us to "temp tracks"
O'Reilly author eschews popular SQL trope "Humans as numbered entities"
web.archive.org/web/20001030...
still online: S-Club 7-Headed BEAST OF REVELATION
darryn-reeds.tripod.com/S-Club-7-sec...
& @tomstandage.bsky.social introduces us to "temp tracks"
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/13/?...
O'Reilly author eschews popular SQL trope "Humans as numbered entities"
web.archive.org/web/20001030...
still online: S-Club 7-Headed BEAST OF REVELATION
darryn-reeds.tripod.com/S-Club-7-sec...
& @tomstandage.bsky.social introduces us to "temp tracks"
O'Reilly author eschews popular SQL trope "Humans as numbered entities"
web.archive.org/web/20001030...
still online: S-Club 7-Headed BEAST OF REVELATION
darryn-reeds.tripod.com/S-Club-7-sec...
& @tomstandage.bsky.social introduces us to "temp tracks"
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
We (OpenUK) are running a free unconference in London next week to discuss AI.
agentopenunconference2025.eventbrite.co.uk
Boosters and sceptics very welcome!
#Unconference #London #AI
agentopenunconference2025.eventbrite.co.uk
Boosters and sceptics very welcome!
#Unconference #London #AI
Agent Open Unconference organised in partnership with the AI Alliance
Agentic technology will be explored in a day of technical and security discussions, with maybe some governance and ethics in an unconference
agentopenunconference2025.eventbrite.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We (OpenUK) are running a free unconference in London next week to discuss AI.
agentopenunconference2025.eventbrite.co.uk
Boosters and sceptics very welcome!
#Unconference #London #AI
agentopenunconference2025.eventbrite.co.uk
Boosters and sceptics very welcome!
#Unconference #London #AI
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
Riyadh Comedy Festival is an absolute joke, all the hotels booked up, silly money for airbnbs, venue owners absolutely taking the piss and too many shows with not a hope of getting the attention they want. I swear I'm not going back next year, is this something send bloot
October 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Riyadh Comedy Festival is an absolute joke, all the hotels booked up, silly money for airbnbs, venue owners absolutely taking the piss and too many shows with not a hope of getting the attention they want. I swear I'm not going back next year, is this something send bloot
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/06/?...
Industry Standard mag optimistically launches European edition, goes bust within a year
almost-the-last mentions of
x.com/JulieMarieMe...
Anthea Turner's Flake wedding
Microsoft Netmeeting
& retro fun for BBC FutureWorld
web.archive.org/web/20000929...
Industry Standard mag optimistically launches European edition, goes bust within a year
almost-the-last mentions of
x.com/JulieMarieMe...
Anthea Turner's Flake wedding
Microsoft Netmeeting
& retro fun for BBC FutureWorld
web.archive.org/web/20000929...
October 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/10/06/?...
Industry Standard mag optimistically launches European edition, goes bust within a year
almost-the-last mentions of
x.com/JulieMarieMe...
Anthea Turner's Flake wedding
Microsoft Netmeeting
& retro fun for BBC FutureWorld
web.archive.org/web/20000929...
Industry Standard mag optimistically launches European edition, goes bust within a year
almost-the-last mentions of
x.com/JulieMarieMe...
Anthea Turner's Flake wedding
Microsoft Netmeeting
& retro fun for BBC FutureWorld
web.archive.org/web/20000929...
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
If you're in Melbourne, you can currently see Doom-on-a-Lego-brick up close at ACMI.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...
Tilt Doom
YouTube video by Ancient
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you're in Melbourne, you can currently see Doom-on-a-Lego-brick up close at ACMI.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...