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This site is dedicated to what makes the INTERNET great - you and me and something that we just decided to do.
Mostly without pretension - quirky and full of wonder ... just like CERN !
Sorted by Era ... Sort of
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The Dress
In 2015, a photograph of a dress sparked worldwide debate over whether it was blue and black or white and gold. The discussion spread across social media at extraordinary speed.
Keyboard Cat
A video of a cat appearing to play a keyboard became an Internet sensation, particularly when edited onto the ends of humorous “fail” videos.
Rickroll
Internet users began disguising links so that, instead of the expected destination, viewers were taken to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
Star Wars Kid
A private video of a teenager enthusiastically pretending to wield a lightsaber was uploaded online without his permission.
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
A poorly translated line from the opening sequence of the video game Zero Wing became one of the Internet’s first global memes. Users remixed the phrase into images, videos, and websites that spread across forums and email.
Jennifer Lopez Green Dress
At the 2000 Grammy Awards, Jennifer Lopez wore a green Versace dress that generated enormous public interest. Millions of people searched online hoping to see photographs of the dress.
Homestar Runner
Homestar Runner was an independently created Flash website featuring animated cartoons and recurring characters.
Hampster Dance
Created in 1998 as a personal webpage experiment, Hampster Dance featured rows of animated dancing hamsters accompanied by an endlessly looping tune. It quickly spread through email, bookmarks, and word of mouth.
Dancing Baby
Originally created as a 3D animation demonstration, the Dancing Baby spread rapidly through email before becoming a recurring joke on the television series Ally McBeal. It became one of the earliest recognizable Internet sensations.
Trojan Room Coffee Pot
In the early 1990s, researchers at the University of Cambridge pointed a camera at the Trojan Room coffee pot so they could check whether coffee was available before making the trip down the hall.
Meme
An idea, image, phrase, or joke that spread rapidly across the Internet, evolving as people remixed, reinterpreted, and shared it. Memes often outlive the moments that inspired them, becoming part of the Internet’s shared language and culture.
Viral Video
A video that captured the Internet’s collective attention through humor, emotion, creativity, or sheer unpredictability. These are the clips people emailed to friends, shared on forums, and watched repeatedly because everyone simply had to see them.
Website
A website that became an iconic destination, inspired a generation of creators, or represented a defining moment in the evolution of the web. Whether beautifully designed, wonderfully strange, or technically innovative, these sites helped shape Internet culture.
Technical Milestone
A technological breakthrough, innovation, or engineering achievement that changed how people experienced the Internet. While often invisible to everyday users, these milestones laid the foundation for many of the moments that followed.
Internet Legend
A story, myth, mystery, or enduring piece of Internet folklore that became part of online culture. Whether entirely true, partially true, or delightfully ambiguous, these legends were passed from person to person and became part of the Internet’s collective memory.
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