Content

In the Webby World, there are people who deal with the technical issues of making the internet and web pages and scheit work. And then there are the people who write up all the bullshit that gets served. Once, it was thought that these writings would be the true use of the net. This was before the dotcoms came around.

This material, these collections of words, is called Content. People who make it available are called Content Providers. This is an old paradigm of the web, and those of you who haven't been online long won't remember it.

Just remember, next time you order a book from Amazon, that once, the Internet was commerce free. That's right, kids. Back in the day, no one did business on the internet. That was when porn was free.

My, how times have changed.

Content from Other Sources

This stuff isn't mine. Where reasonably simple, I've acquired permission to publish this stuff, when it's public domain. Most of the time I haven't. This is, of course, illegal - I think - due to copyright infringement and stuff.

When material has come to me from friends or mailing lists, I have gotten permission. If you think I've put up something you wrote and I didn't ask you if I could, feel free to smack me down.

An essay on depression. This was supposedly written by the father of a suicide. I doesn't reflect my experience of depression, but I believe it demonstrates the impact the illness can have on others. Read it, it'll be good for you.
Miss Manners on guns.
The text of Henry Jenkins' public statement about testifying before Congress after the Littleton/Columbine shootings. Jenkins is the housemaster of one of the MIT dorms and has done tons of research on the relationships between people and their culture (read: do video games cause violence?). He's smart.
Quote on breakups.
This has got to be the best apology I've ever seen. Not only does it release the tension of our previous argument, it also evenly spreads blame - thus saving face - and doing it such that I just wasn't offended. Well done. Learn from this, folks.
More to come.

Content that is My Fault

I wrote this stuff. It's mine, all mine!

Of chicken and beds!
A brief contemplation on insects and aerodynamics.
My application to HBI. I'm a certified bitch.
The Mouse Saga. This is not a story for the squeamish.
Here is my Rant Page.
More to come. Like my Thesis.

I'll probably put up some nice papers and stuff as I get around to it. There's something so lovely about having an HTML archive of stuff - it looks pretty, and I can look at it on all kinds of different platforms!

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Courtney Shiley, cshiley@mit.edu. you can send me mail