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Dang, we ended up with a top-down Internet anyway. "Today, Google and a handful of other major Internet corporations like Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon fulfill much the same role that Otlet envisioned for the Mundaneum—channeling the world’s intellectual output." [via RF]

"Today, a Canary build of Google Chrome removed something kind of important from the browser: the URL." AOL Keyword: Déjà vu.

checkout this repository of git parody. --so-good [via todayintabs]

Excellent Google Reader rant. "We need to keep pushing forward without them, and do what we’ve always done before: route around the obstructions and maintain what’s great about the web."

Google Reader's massive database is full of Web history that no longer exists anywhere else. The Archive Team is trying to pull as much out as they can, but they need lists of feeds. I just shared my list of subscriptions. If you have an OPML file sitting around gathering dust, consider donating.

Mat Honan, national treasure, on Google. "If democracy worked so well, if a majority public opinion made something right, we would still have Jim Crow laws and Google Reader."

Jason Shellen talks about the origin of Google Reader.

One Thing Well has a nice roundup of the Google Reader fallout and commentary. The verdict: no replacement yet but many are scrambling to get something working.

shit sandwich.

I miss the old Google Reader sharing features too. It'll be interesting to see if this new effort will get enough users to make the sharing features work as well as they did at Google. [via waxy]

Mat Honan is experiencing a nightmare cascade failure of interconnected services. This is a good reminder to back things up and make sure your passwords are unique for each service.

Reading this article just reminds me that I'm still upset Google killed its Google Reader sharing features. The Reader bridge has been burned for me, but I agree they could do more inside existing services to improve Plus.

Hey, nice idea: public unit tests.

Background bird chirping in a YouTube video is mistaken for content under copyright. Highlights of a broken system ensue.

Horrible one-star Amazon reviews. [via MetaFilter]