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The Bleeoo Project demands your best dial-up modem impression

Jason Scott from the Internet Archives stopped by the CNET New York office last week to tell The 404 Podcast why nothing is too small to earn a spot in cyberhistory. Jason's virtual contribution (one of many) is his collection of Netscape buttons; ditto for this "Under Construction" GIF graveyard. The Bleeoo Project is doing its part on a less serious level with a site that lets you record your best impression of a dial-up modem.

Bleeoo.com is a safeguard to maintain our memory of a time when we waited for a box to call an … Read more

Steve Jobs impersonator has a full head of hair

You may, together with Apple's lawyers, have not yet gotten over the experience of seeing the Taiwanese tea commercial in which a man was made to look (sort of) like Steve Jobs on stage in San Francisco to hawk a drink and give away an iPad.

Should you have missed this work of art, I have embedded it here.

However, since it aired, much speculation has surrounded the man who played Jobs. I am grateful to the steely focus of blogger Dan Bloom, who has managed to track down the actor in question and reveal some of the finer &… Read more

Austin 911! Fake police Twitter account gets busted

There's no more @AustinPD on Twitter. That's because it wasn't actually the official Twitter account of the Austin, Texas, police department, according to the Austin Statesman.

The link to the account now reads that it was "suspended for strange activity," and city authorities have asked Twitter to keep tabs on the impersonator's contact information after both the police department and Texas attorney general's office complained to Twitter. The Statesman added, however, that criminal charges are not being sought at this point.

"Although some may dismiss the site as a simple prank or … Read more