#cyber history

[petiolata]

Never let anyone tell you the enshittification/decline of the internet isn't real. Outlook now inserts paid advertising into your inbox in the form of a fake email at the top of your inbox.

You can pay to opt out and have an ad-free experience, of course :)

#enshittification #outlook #cyber history #tech history #old internet #the rise and fall of the internet #op #personal

[humanoidhistory]

Cyber 70 mainframe computer system by Control Data Corporation, circa 1974.

#cyber 70 #computer #tech #history #control data #mainframe #supercomputer

[cravinganescape]

The MobiBLU DAH-1500i ( "The Cube" ) was released exclusively through Walmart in 2005. It originally came in six different colors with 512 mb/ 1 gb memory for users to enjoy. The MobiBlu measures at 24mm (0.94in) cubed, making it the world's smallest mp3 player with FM Radio and sound recorder.

#mp3 #mp3 player #techcore #cybercore #vintage tech #old tech #tech history #y2k #y2kcore #nostalgiacore #digicore #2000s #webcore #2000s aesthetic #y2k tech #y2k aesthetic #y2k cyber #2000s tech #mobiblu #curators on tumblr #cyber #cyber aesthetic #headphones #music #image described #alt text

[verum-artifex]

👩🏾‍🎨

#illustration #digital illustration #manga #aestheitcs #art #anime #anime fanart #black art #beautiful #cyber y2k #black history month #black girl moodboard #blck girl magic #artists on tumblr #black tumblr #black artist #blackart #black #black love #black painters #ebony #ebony women #oil painting #painter #portait #poetry #pop art

[paper-mario-wiki]

There's such an interesting cyber-anthropological phenomenon in feeling a communal pressure to act a certain way, or use the platform a certain way, when joining a new online space. Not in terms of the types of opinions or political views that are deamed acceptable, but in terms of specifics of etiquette and posting formats.

Making a Tumblr post that sounds "like a Twitter user" is met with scorn or derision a lot of the time. And when asking someone why they react like that, typically the answer is some form of "that kind of comedy doesn't work here" or "it doesn't sound right to post like that on this website", which is essentially just "it doesn't fit with the traditions I learned in this specific place".

I will always find the ways social media platforms evolve naturally like societies interesting.

#text #random thought #before i withdrew from college (isolation and quarantine was killing me) i was writing my thesis on cyber anthropology #which is the fastest growing and most overlooked branch of anthropology #my thesis wasnt specifically about this #it was about the essential archival of information regarding internet societies #specifically putting forward the somewhat radical idea that any internet society with more than 100 people should have an archivist #and any group with more than 1000 should have a dedicated historian to track the history of the group and its culture #honestly twitter culture should have literal books written archiving and documenting the many things that happen in my opinion #sounds silly but it is a pillar of our current international society's communication #this is what i think at least

[prettynastyy]

the epitome of y2k fashion imo. sheer holographic rave mini dress with rainbow hologram “2000” throughout. circa New Year’s Eve 1999, made in the USA by Hair Spray.

#y2k fashion #y2k aesthetic #y2k vibes #cyber y2k #vintage fashion #new year #2000s style #2000s core #y2kcore #y2k nostalgia #y2k outfit #1999 #rave fashion #cyber fashion #fashion history

[robsheridan]

“Neon Demons: Genesis” Part II (continued from Part I here). Holoroid photographs from the Laboratories of the Seventh Spire of Hell, circa 1980s earth time, during Satan’s grand experiment to fuse human, demon, and machine.

The architect of the Neon Demons project was an old Fallen Angel known as Malachor, whose bitter rage at his former kingdom fueled a centuries-long obsession with finding a dimensional pathway between the realms of Hell and Heaven. He walked amongst mortals, studying their technologies and ensnaring the souls of brilliant scientists who would serve their eternity in Hell working on Malachor’s legacy: The Seventh Spire.

Although The Seventh Spire achieved heights of cosmic elevation far beyond any previous structure in Hell, it could only manage to graze the very outer spectrum of radiation from Heaven’s Light. Malachor felt he had failed, but Satan saw it as a different type of success, and assigned Malachor a new, even more impossible task: Bioengineer a new breed of demon, transfused with Heaven’s Light: the first demon with the power beauty, the ultimate manipulator of men.

The years (centuries? eons? Time in Hell does not flow so much as it squirms and stretches like the skin of a writhing worm) spent in the laboratory were a strange atmosphere, even for the underworld. The low levels of Heavenly radiation wore at the demons, depleting them gradually. Meanwhile, it nourished and uplifted the otherwise dead souls of the beautiful earth creatures whose bodies would become an essential ingredient of the Neon Demons. Even as their physical forms were dismantled and augmented, they moved through the halls of the Spire with a grace and lightness never before witnessed by Hell’s denizens. For most of the already tired demons, the presence of these glistening nymphs in this unholy realm of infernal misery made them uncomfortable and irritable. But a few demons, in their weakened state, let their guard down and allowed themselves some comfort in the beautiful mortals. But that is another story…

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NOTE: This alternate reality horror story is part of my NightmAIres narrative art series (visit that link for a lot more). NightmAIres are windows into other worlds and alternate histories, conceived/written by me and visualized with synthography and Photoshop.

If you enjoy my work, consider supporting me on Patreon for frequent exclusive hi-res wallpaper packs, behind-the-scenes features, downloads, events, contests, and an awesome fan community. Direct fan support is what keeps me going as an independent creator, and it means the world to me.

#rob sheridan #nightmAIres #ai horror #synthography #ai art #synthography horror #sci-fi #ai sci-fi #synthography sci-fi #alternate history #neon demons #horror stories #demons #satanic #demonic #cyber-hell #cyber-demons #writing

[lostlibrariangirl]

February 14, 2024

45/366 Days of Growth

Finally reading Babel!

Keep moving forward with Cybersecurity, almost finished the ISC2 CC training - fighting my fear of failure the test 🥲🤌🏾

It is ok to be afraid of failing, you just must keep doing your best!

Tips:

🌻 Ruby Granger YouTube channel 🌹(lovely girl, with adorable and highly motivating videos)

🌻 Playlist for Studying:

#studyblr #study #study blog #daily life #dailymotivation #study motivation #studying #study space #productivity #study desk #cyber security #cybersecurity #bookshelf #books #bookblr #babel an arcane history #babel rf kuang #babel #Spotify

[petiolata]

You ever think about the memes you don't see any more? I guess they ran their course and fully realized their potential.

Still, I miss the "3 drinks later" meme. I haven't seen it in the wild in ages

#three drinks later #3 drinks later #meme #memes #cyber history #op #personal #cw alcohol

[dark-raven-feathers]

Making moodboard things based on other plague doctors, featuring Dr. Athanasius (the first one) and Jota the Arcade Doctor (the second one) (Next: Fabian the necromancer and Dr. Corpses/Anubis)

(The 1st one)

#plague doctor #dark raven feathers #plague doctors #plaguesona #plaguecore #bird doctor #dark acadamia #cybergoth #cybercore #cyber aesthetic #weirdcore #sciencecore #arcade aesthetic #medicalcore #history aesthetic #dr athanasius #jota the arcade doctor #the arcade doctor

[cravinganescape]

Nokia 9000 Communicator (1996) | The first official 'smartphone' to hit the market with a laptop-like design, featuring LCD display screen of 640 x 200 pixels and full QWERTY keyboard.

#techcore #cybercore #90s #y2k #y2kcore #computercore #nostalgiacore #webcore #vintage tech #old tech #retro gadgets #retro tech #2000s web #vintage smartphone #nokia 9000 #cyber y2k #90s aesthetic #tech geek #tech history #old cellphones #curators on tumblr #90s tech #digicore #y2k aesthetic #2000s internet #retro computing #alt text

[guthrie-odonto]

These two should interact. That is all.

#even beyond Goooseworx’s Deltarune history and Caine’s voice actor using his Spamton voice for the AI I can still see a crossover happening #like the circus troop finding a doorway that leads to then cyber realm and them joining the fun gang in an adaptation of Chapter 2 #amber's post #the amazing digital circus #tadc caine #deltarune #queen deltarune

[voguexdreams]

are you into black guys👀

Yes I love my black kings🫶 They love me most 🤪

#me #baddie #cyber cutie #nyc #18+ content #ask me things #send me dms #send anons #ask me stuff #freak nasty #bbc breeding #black history

[thejaymo]

I’m sure you have all seen this clip of David Bowie talking about the Internet back in 1999 “I think we're actually on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying”. 

One of the things that is always missing whenever that clip goes viral is the context from which he was speaking. 

David Bowie was in the Metaverse before most people were even on the web. Here’s an overview

At the time of the recording ALL of the following was already happening and going on in his life:

BOWIE WORLD (1999)

Created by World’s Inc. in 1999, Bowie World was the first 3D virtual world created by a creative artist on Bowienet. Bowie World allowed users to experience the immersive world of David Bowie, interact with fans from around the world, purchase merchandise and meet with David in avatar form.

The 3D environment was powered by worlds.com technology and featured integrated chat room etc.

See this paper from 1996 ACM interactions, Sept-Oct 1996 journal for more details.

"He would never announce it in advance, but he would get on to the chat board and talk to us. The handle he always called himself by was Sailor," says Mr Carrington.

In 2016 daily dot went to visit Bowie World and documented their experience. there were people in the world chatting! Still! 17 years later! 

// If you’re so included you can read my experience of doing something similar. I toured Active Worlds (launched 1995) in the book Lost Zone. Hiking the Dawn of Metaverse //

Cyber Song (1999)

The same year 1999, Bowie recorded the worlds first ‘Cyber Song’.

Fans were invited to send in lyrics to help co-write a track, and 80,000 people responded. The song Bowie chose was by a 20-year-old American, about the idea of having a virtual life on the internet. 

You can find the song on the album Hours...

"What's Really Happening?"

Grown inside a plastic box Micro thoughts and safety locks Hearts become outdated clocks Tickin' in your mind

Fans were invited to watch the track being recorded live via a 360-degree interactive webcast!! back in 1999! 

The chat logs from that session are still online and archived at bowiewonderworld.com

The chat reads like literally any twitch livestream you’d read today:

*** Now talking in #BowieNetChat

Eileen: hmph - pFuRs: looking glass studios Bonster1: I like the hair especially ;) Eileen: (duh) Mechnic: his hair! *sigh* Eileen: I LOVE his hair.. Bonster1: it's getting really long Bonster1: my husband is jealous Eileen: first time in my LIFE I have actually LIKED the way he wears it LdyofDarkness: if I could be anyone's hair in the world, it would be his William: silly old man

Bowie also showed up

TotalBlamBlam: Is that Davis Bowie? Bonster: (David Bowie) yes I smell great

A potion of that chat in addition to the recording session is taken up with discussion about the (then upcoming) adventure game: The Nomad Soul developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive.��

The Nomad Soul (1999)

David Bowie is not only *in* the game and also wrote the soundtrack with Reeves Gabrels from The Cure!

I’ve never played the game but here’s a two line review:

In an alternate reality, all hell is breaking loose. And only one person can stop it - YOU.... sitting at your computer. That's not a witty commentary on video gaming, it's the plot of the game. And that's just the start of this bonkers bonanza. 

Lastly, for completeness I should also mention BowieNet

BowieNet (1998)

From 1998 - 2006, BowieNet wasn’t just David Bowies website with its virtual world, chat rooms, live-streamed concerts etc 

It was also the name of his ISP

Thats right, for 8 years Bowie ran an Internet Service Provider offering high speed and “uncensored” access to the Internet. 

The ISP provided every user with 5MB of web space, encouraging them to create and share their own websites. Newcomers were told they’d need at least a 28k, but preferably 56k modem connection – this was demanding at a time when the commercial WWW infrastructure was still in its infancy.

Through his Ultrastar company he negotiated deals to give users access to music services like the Rolling Stone Network, which livestreamed concerts, and Music Boulevard, one of the first companies to offer paid-for downloadable music tracks. 

For Bowie, this ISP wasn’t just a new means of marketing his material to the masses, it was the realisation of something he’d always understood about music: that the fan response completes the art. 

Anyways, hope his ‘Alien Life Form’ have a little more context. 

Bowie was in the Metaverse way before many of us were even on the web!

#David Bowie #bowie world #metaverse #cyberspace #bowie #cyber song #cyberpunk #online world #online worlds #ISP #the nomad soul #hours #internet #history #worldrunning

[wojenka]

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[robsheridan]

“Neon Demons: Genesis.” Holoroid photographs from the Laboratories of the Seventh Spire of Hell, circa 1980s earth time.

The top of the Seventh Spire is the highest point of cosmic elevation in Hell, built as far into The Shifting Zones as would still sustain hellfire. There, Hell is the closest it can be to Heaven, and the fringe spectrum of radiation from Heaven’s Light can be detected (and felt by Hell’s Demons, whose flesh will burn if exposed for too long).

Satan had long exploited the power that beauty has over humans, but only by drawing them away from it with sin. Hell, by its nature, is the antithesis of beauty; and although Satan, by his own nature, found a different kind of beauty in pain and torment, he coveted the pure beauty that Heaven possessed. Although he was loathe to admit it, light affects humans far more than darkness, and this infuriated the devil.

When Satan discovered he had access to even trace amounts of Heaven’s Light, he drew plans for a new breed of “beautiful” demons, bioengineered creatures that could flicker between darkness and light like a turning gemstone. In the Laboratories of the Seventh Spire, “volunteer” demons from Hell’s army endured immeasurable agony in experiments to alter the hellfire that coursed through their veins with radiation from Heaven’s Light. The experiments failed; something was missing, something that could bring equilibrium to the darkness and the light: Human souls.

Among Satan’s prized possessions were souls he claimed through deals granting superficial beauty to humans who desired it above all else. These souls were filled with darkness inside, but radiated with the shallow aesthetic exterior beauty that proved the undoing of so many men. By the 1980s, the devil had won himself an extensive collection of these souls as superficial beauty gained more and more power over human culture. Their turbulent dichotomies proved to be the perfect missing ingredient in a new demon for a new era of glamor and depravity: Human, demon, and machine. Beautiful and monstrous. Darkness and light. The jewels of Cyber-Hell. They became known as The Neon Demons.

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NOTE: This alternate reality horror story is part of my NightmAIres narrative art series (visit that link for a lot more). NightmAIres are windows into other worlds and alternate histories, conceived/written by me and visualized with synthography and Photoshop.

If you enjoy my work, consider supporting me on Patreon for frequent exclusive hi-res wallpaper packs, behind-the-scenes features, downloads, events, contests, and an awesome fan community. Direct fan support is what keeps me going as an independent creator, and it means the world to me.

#rob sheridan #nightmAIres #ai horror #synthography #ai art #synthography horror #sci-fi #ai sci-fi #synthography sci-fi #alternate history #neon demons #horror stories #demons #satanic #demonic #cyber-hell #cyber-demons #writing