ModernDayNTK
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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"
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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
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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...
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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...
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Reminder: We're back on April 25th/26th 2026 at the Pendulum Hotel in Manchester, UK. Be sure to get your tickets and submit your talk for our scheduled track!
oggcamp.org/posts/tickets/
talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026/
oggcamp.org/posts/tickets/
talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026/
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reminder: We're back on April 25th/26th 2026 at the Pendulum Hotel in Manchester, UK. Be sure to get your tickets and submit your talk for our scheduled track!
oggcamp.org/posts/tickets/
talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026/
oggcamp.org/posts/tickets/
talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026/
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/09/29/?...
Bruce Schneier proposes "Street Performer Protocol", early predecessor of 2008's crowdfunding musings kk.org/thetechnium/...
Everyone hates BBC2 Attachments
youtube.com/watch?v=l2rE...
& oddly, King did swear vengeance - against the van
Bruce Schneier proposes "Street Performer Protocol", early predecessor of 2008's crowdfunding musings kk.org/thetechnium/...
Everyone hates BBC2 Attachments
youtube.com/watch?v=l2rE...
& oddly, King did swear vengeance - against the van
October 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/09/29/?...
Bruce Schneier proposes "Street Performer Protocol", early predecessor of 2008's crowdfunding musings kk.org/thetechnium/...
Everyone hates BBC2 Attachments
youtube.com/watch?v=l2rE...
& oddly, King did swear vengeance - against the van
Bruce Schneier proposes "Street Performer Protocol", early predecessor of 2008's crowdfunding musings kk.org/thetechnium/...
Everyone hates BBC2 Attachments
youtube.com/watch?v=l2rE...
& oddly, King did swear vengeance - against the van
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
This request came in and I thought, I'd give it a go. Not a tour, just book a couple of nights in a tiny club and have a go at it. I think getting the audience to gently row about trivial opinions could be fun. Anyway - grab a ticket. Tufnell Park. www.designmynight.com/london/bars/...
September 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This request came in and I thought, I'd give it a go. Not a tour, just book a couple of nights in a tiny club and have a go at it. I think getting the audience to gently row about trivial opinions could be fun. Anyway - grab a ticket. Tufnell Park. www.designmynight.com/london/bars/...
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a longstanding, complicated problem: [exists]
donald trump: [suggests stupid and over-simplistic solution that will make things worse]
everyone: well, that's a stupid and over-simplistic solution that will make things worse
columnists: he has a point about the problem existing, liberals!
donald trump: [suggests stupid and over-simplistic solution that will make things worse]
everyone: well, that's a stupid and over-simplistic solution that will make things worse
columnists: he has a point about the problem existing, liberals!
September 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
a longstanding, complicated problem: [exists]
donald trump: [suggests stupid and over-simplistic solution that will make things worse]
everyone: well, that's a stupid and over-simplistic solution that will make things worse
columnists: he has a point about the problem existing, liberals!
donald trump: [suggests stupid and over-simplistic solution that will make things worse]
everyone: well, that's a stupid and over-simplistic solution that will make things worse
columnists: he has a point about the problem existing, liberals!
#OnThisDayInNTK: 2000 ntk.net/2000/09/22/?...
@futureplc.bsky.social reveal their hotly-awaited "Internet Awards", including:
Best WAP-enabled Site
Best Implementation of an Extranet
&... E-Company of the Year
web.archive.org/web/20001018...
& NASA find "organic material" - right here on Earth!
@futureplc.bsky.social reveal their hotly-awaited "Internet Awards", including:
Best WAP-enabled Site
Best Implementation of an Extranet
&... E-Company of the Year
web.archive.org/web/20001018...
& NASA find "organic material" - right here on Earth!
September 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#OnThisDayInNTK: 2000 ntk.net/2000/09/22/?...
@futureplc.bsky.social reveal their hotly-awaited "Internet Awards", including:
Best WAP-enabled Site
Best Implementation of an Extranet
&... E-Company of the Year
web.archive.org/web/20001018...
& NASA find "organic material" - right here on Earth!
@futureplc.bsky.social reveal their hotly-awaited "Internet Awards", including:
Best WAP-enabled Site
Best Implementation of an Extranet
&... E-Company of the Year
web.archive.org/web/20001018...
& NASA find "organic material" - right here on Earth!
Reposted by ModernDayNTK
If AI is so good, where are automatic ALT Tags?
September 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
If AI is so good, where are automatic ALT Tags?
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 www.ntk.net/2000/09/15/?...
brief Tory "Dump The Pumps" fuel protest spreads to other popular hydrocarbons
web.archive.org/web/20010302...
hackers "award" Mercury Prize to Badly Drawn Boy's Hat
ntk.net/2000/09/15/d...
& win the "first product to respect music copyright"
brief Tory "Dump The Pumps" fuel protest spreads to other popular hydrocarbons
web.archive.org/web/20010302...
hackers "award" Mercury Prize to Badly Drawn Boy's Hat
ntk.net/2000/09/15/d...
& win the "first product to respect music copyright"
September 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 www.ntk.net/2000/09/15/?...
brief Tory "Dump The Pumps" fuel protest spreads to other popular hydrocarbons
web.archive.org/web/20010302...
hackers "award" Mercury Prize to Badly Drawn Boy's Hat
ntk.net/2000/09/15/d...
& win the "first product to respect music copyright"
brief Tory "Dump The Pumps" fuel protest spreads to other popular hydrocarbons
web.archive.org/web/20010302...
hackers "award" Mercury Prize to Badly Drawn Boy's Hat
ntk.net/2000/09/15/d...
& win the "first product to respect music copyright"
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/09/08/?...
Backspace's post-Clink St dek.spc.org/julian/consume/ community wifi
"at times [now-deceased Blondie drummer Clem Burke] was playing close to his cardio-vascular capacity"
web.archive.org/web/20010430...
& the oddly whiplash-disclaimer-free BOXERJOCKS:
Backspace's post-Clink St dek.spc.org/julian/consume/ community wifi
"at times [now-deceased Blondie drummer Clem Burke] was playing close to his cardio-vascular capacity"
web.archive.org/web/20010430...
& the oddly whiplash-disclaimer-free BOXERJOCKS:
September 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/09/08/?...
Backspace's post-Clink St dek.spc.org/julian/consume/ community wifi
"at times [now-deceased Blondie drummer Clem Burke] was playing close to his cardio-vascular capacity"
web.archive.org/web/20010430...
& the oddly whiplash-disclaimer-free BOXERJOCKS:
Backspace's post-Clink St dek.spc.org/julian/consume/ community wifi
"at times [now-deceased Blondie drummer Clem Burke] was playing close to his cardio-vascular capacity"
web.archive.org/web/20010430...
& the oddly whiplash-disclaimer-free BOXERJOCKS:
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Aw, I always thought Paul deserved a bio pic.
September 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Aw, I always thought Paul deserved a bio pic.
#OnThisDayInNTK:2005 ntk.net/2005/09/02/?...
1st/last mention of UK demo party Sundown - ran till ~2016, evolved into still-going novaparty.org
@okfn.bsky.social presents World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures
web.archive.org/web/20051025...
(& slightly less male-sounding lineup than...)
1st/last mention of UK demo party Sundown - ran till ~2016, evolved into still-going novaparty.org
@okfn.bsky.social presents World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures
web.archive.org/web/20051025...
(& slightly less male-sounding lineup than...)
September 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2005 ntk.net/2005/09/02/?...
1st/last mention of UK demo party Sundown - ran till ~2016, evolved into still-going novaparty.org
@okfn.bsky.social presents World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures
web.archive.org/web/20051025...
(& slightly less male-sounding lineup than...)
1st/last mention of UK demo party Sundown - ran till ~2016, evolved into still-going novaparty.org
@okfn.bsky.social presents World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures
web.archive.org/web/20051025...
(& slightly less male-sounding lineup than...)
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in case anyone missed this, this is absolutely brilliant if you're an oldschool nerd.
https://byte.tsundoku.io
https://byte.tsundoku.io
August 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
in case anyone missed this, this is absolutely brilliant if you're an oldschool nerd.
https://byte.tsundoku.io
https://byte.tsundoku.io
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/08/25/?...
The Times previews "debugged" PS2 with baffling (/Japanese) convention of using O = Yes button
Guardian reveals how it bluffs its way "through any new-media conversation"
theguardian.com/media/2000/s...
@charliebrooker.bsky.social launches Unnovations
The Times previews "debugged" PS2 with baffling (/Japanese) convention of using O = Yes button
Guardian reveals how it bluffs its way "through any new-media conversation"
theguardian.com/media/2000/s...
@charliebrooker.bsky.social launches Unnovations
August 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/08/25/?...
The Times previews "debugged" PS2 with baffling (/Japanese) convention of using O = Yes button
Guardian reveals how it bluffs its way "through any new-media conversation"
theguardian.com/media/2000/s...
@charliebrooker.bsky.social launches Unnovations
The Times previews "debugged" PS2 with baffling (/Japanese) convention of using O = Yes button
Guardian reveals how it bluffs its way "through any new-media conversation"
theguardian.com/media/2000/s...
@charliebrooker.bsky.social launches Unnovations
solid effort - there is a "L'Agence tous risques"-style Japanese theme song
catacombs.space1999.net/main/pguide/...
but these currently-circulating
"Space: 1999 Japanese Titles from the rare Igyan Edition"
are fake-subtitled from the Japanese Joe 90!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k0V...
catacombs.space1999.net/main/pguide/...
but these currently-circulating
"Space: 1999 Japanese Titles from the rare Igyan Edition"
are fake-subtitled from the Japanese Joe 90!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k0V...
August 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
solid effort - there is a "L'Agence tous risques"-style Japanese theme song
catacombs.space1999.net/main/pguide/...
but these currently-circulating
"Space: 1999 Japanese Titles from the rare Igyan Edition"
are fake-subtitled from the Japanese Joe 90!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k0V...
catacombs.space1999.net/main/pguide/...
but these currently-circulating
"Space: 1999 Japanese Titles from the rare Igyan Edition"
are fake-subtitled from the Japanese Joe 90!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k0V...
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/08/18/?...
users name babies "Iuma" after soon-defunct Internet Underground Music Archive
nancy.cc/2011/02/08/h...
fan wins date with "Lara Croft"
web.archive.org/web/20000816...
& "how much worse than a credit agency can the Chinese Government be?"
users name babies "Iuma" after soon-defunct Internet Underground Music Archive
nancy.cc/2011/02/08/h...
fan wins date with "Lara Croft"
web.archive.org/web/20000816...
& "how much worse than a credit agency can the Chinese Government be?"
August 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#OnThisDayInNTK:2000 ntk.net/2000/08/18/?...
users name babies "Iuma" after soon-defunct Internet Underground Music Archive
nancy.cc/2011/02/08/h...
fan wins date with "Lara Croft"
web.archive.org/web/20000816...
& "how much worse than a credit agency can the Chinese Government be?"
users name babies "Iuma" after soon-defunct Internet Underground Music Archive
nancy.cc/2011/02/08/h...
fan wins date with "Lara Croft"
web.archive.org/web/20000816...
& "how much worse than a credit agency can the Chinese Government be?"