We’ve been saying “never forget” for so long that we don’t even know why we’re saying it. At JFK airport, panic over… nothing. On the other side of the country...

Sometimes I get an idea in my head and I just can’t let it go. For a few months, I’ve heard this nagging sound in the back of my mind, asking me to revisit Am...

I had the chance to interview Steve Case for Social Media Week the other day, and though it was a brief conversation, I was really pleased with how it went....

Today marks the launch of The Internet Association , a laudable effort from a number of prominent Internet technology companies to address our industry’s hist...

I’ve seen a number of people make reference to Facebook’s application platform without knowing a lot of background about some historical examples that might be...

Pidgin , formerly GAIM, is the best instant messaging client available; It works with all common IM networks, supports extensions and customizations through p...

About a month ago, Fortune ‘s Jeffrey O’Brien interviewed Seagate CEO Bill Watkins , and pulled the conversation’s most memorable quote for the headline: “Le...

I’ve been ruminating about radio a lot lately (more on that later), but one of the most pleasant radio discoveries of late has been XM Radio’s 80s and 90...

Sometimes I miss when I used to just share random links with folks. So here’s what’s caught my eye lately. Greencine’s list of movies filmed in the Bay Area...

Last week, my former employer decided to include an AOL promotional CD in each copy of the newspaper that was distributed in Manhattan. Now, the thing you ha...

I could never figure out exactly why I liked Alicia Keys’ “ You Don’t Know My Name ” so much. I mean, it’s a fine song, featuring beautiful production by Kanye...

A few random thoughts that have occurred to me of late: Whenever I wonder about random things like "Why are commercial toilets shaped differently than...

Since, as expected, AOL Time Warner is pulling its most popular magazines behind its subscription walls , I figure it’s only a matter of time until someone se...

One of the great things about working at home all day via WiFi is that I get to waste my time in true guy fashion, sitting on the couch surfing the web and wat...

I should probably clarify some points. I’ve been linked to a lot as the requisite naysayer voice about the Google/Pyra deal, and that wasn’t my intention in my...

I don’t want to be the one to rain on your parade, but if you spend most of your free time developing your Everquest character, you are never going to be elect...

Don’t be suckered in by the non-news of the CBS MarketWatch story on AOL providing weblogs to its users. This is a rehash of the weeks-old Rick Robinson int...

I just got out of the shower, and these are the things I thought of. I am somehow unable to take a shower in anything less than thirty minutes. I say to pe...

Robert X. Cringely takes my assessment of eBay one step further and places the company at three times AOL/TW’s size, in terms of economic impact....

Dear whomever replaces Bob Pittman: Please know, one of your biggest competitors now is eBay, especially with the purchase of PayPal. They now have a billing r...

Oh, and I try to avoid current events because the news makes me cry, but if Enron and Global Crossings and, probably, Arthur Andersen can get (effectively or e...

step one: wear my new favorite white sweater step two: get puddle-splashed by a passing taxi step three: cry...

People say nice things about me here and here . Believe them....

Wow, thanks . I take it back, awards are pretty cool, even without cash prizes. Heh. (Hint: Follow the link from any other site you like.)...

I have an obnoxious habit of talking almost constantly when I’m in a group of people. I don’t do it when it’s just one or two people, but more than that and I...

Hey, cool! Looks like my Pardon Me For Being Forward got me picked as alt.gossip.celebrities ‘ site of the day . I like when individuals in a community pic...

I know, I know. A month gone by. And still, that fucking smell everywhere. It’s like my own telltale heart, it’s a damned spot what won’t out. I’ve always thou...

**From:** xxxxxx @aol.com Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 11:11 AM To: classified@villagevoice.com ; webmaster@villagevoice.com Subject: personal ad prob...

The Wall Street Journal Lies when it says, “ New Windows XP Feature Can Re-Edit Others’ Sites “. I know Mossberg’s usual slant is a of a layman approaching...

I’ve been meaning to post this for a long time. To those of you who wanted to know how to pronounce my name , (no, it doesn’t sound like “Anal”) you can hear...

My last name is Dash. I got my name from my father, who got it from his. My heart aches because my dad no longer has a dad of his own. I barely knew him, but I...

So AOL’s Digital City here in New York has a Concierge Service , courtesy of some startup called VIP Desk . I wanted to give them a good test, so I went...

Just a reminder: George is a very good writer . That is all....

If, like me, you’ve ever had to do a mailing to an email list that includes AOL users, you’ll find the Unofficial AOL Email FAQ quite useful....

I say it to people a lot when I’m giving them advice, but I guess I’ve never said it here… Whatever the worst thing is in someone’s life, it’s The Worst Thing....

There’s a million little bittersweet moments and a million more subtle heartbreaks when a relationship ends; I guess they’re universal. But at the time, it is...

Interesting that, since Justin Frankel made the AIMazing plugin, most of the ads I’ve seen on AIM have been for WinAmp. Subtle dig at him? Of course, that woul...

Kinda funny… Justin Frankel (author of Winamp ) has made a little program called AIMazing . It is a visualization plug-in for WinAmp that covers up the ads...

Too bad no AOL users forwarded this to me ....

Interesting table of AOL browsers , including compatiblility and percentages of user base. Useful…...

Perhaps you’ve already heard this, but AOL sucks ....

I’m on AIM pretty much all the time (go ahead, check– my name is AnilDash ) but it’s annoying how each new version of AIM includes more ads, more useless st...

And you wonder how AOL users get their reputation… Greeting me in the Inbox today was this little gem, courtesy of Butterfing418899@aol.com : I think yo...

Oh, sure, everyone objects to the AOL Keyboard , but that’s nothing… the i-Opener that I’ve ordered (it still hasn’t arrived yet) has a Pizza Key . And eve...

Perhaps the most amazing thing about the AOLTW merger to me is that the company which is buying Time , CNN, and Madonna is the one I first became acquainted w...

Lots of ideas these last few days, of course, as I’m in the process of moving and have neither phone line nor cable modem and, hence, no way to update this pag...

It’s kind of strange to me that one off-hand reference to Hints from Heloise has resulted in a peculiarly large number of visitors from AOL Search lookin...