Visualizing the Web Index | MetaFilter Projects

http://projects.metafilter.com/3707/Visualizing-the-Web-Index

BBC News - Ship's anchor slows down East African web connection

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17179544
should cut spam for a while

Authorship - Webmaster Tools Help

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=1229920
via

Will Author Markup Help Google's Scraper Problem?

Explaining the Internet to a 19th Century Street Urchin | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/97074/Explaining-the-Internet-to-a-19th-Century-Street-Urchin

BBC News - Call for 'fuller' debate on Digital Economy Bill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8603285.stm
OK, perhaps I'm scare-mongering a bit... but I am concerned.
Like too many other UK laws created in recent years, this one, if passed, could allow for a Chinese-style clamp-down of Government critics if "the-wrong" Government ever gets in... which, given recent MP antics and voting predictions might not be that far-fetched...

35 cool and fun things to try with your PC | News | TechRadar UK

http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/35-cool-and-fun-things-to-try-with-your-pc-669492?src=rss&attr=all

YouTube speed tester: Net Neutrality judo will show you when your ISP is messing with you Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/11/youtube-speed-tester.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

Google - Internet Stats

http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats/
via
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-09-11-n25.html

100 Essential Skills for Geeks | GeekDad | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-basic-geek-skills-for-geeks/

DynDNS.com: Free DNS Hosting, E-mail Delivery, and VPS Hosting

http://www.dyndns.com/
Handy little place for setting-up a dynamic DNS - IP mapping

Text utilities

http://streetpc.free.fr/text/

15 cool projects from the labs of Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Yahoo | News | TechRadar UK

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/15-cool-projects-from-the-labs-of-google-microsoft-mozilla-and-yahoo-549024?src=rss&attr=all

EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing

http://etherpad.com/
I wish I known about this a couple of hours ago...

Developed by a couple of Ex-Googlers, and looks like it's down at the mo...

YouGetSignal.com - Find Other Web Sites Hosted on a Web Server

http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/web-sites-on-web-server/
A reverse IP domain check takes a domain name or IP address pointing to a web server and searches for other sites known to be hosted on that same web server. Data is gathered from search engine results, which are not guaranteed to be complete. Knowing the other web sites hosted on a web server is important from both an SEO and web filtering perspective, particularly for those on shared web hosting plans.