Internet Archive - Collection: netcafe

Net Cafe: Web StartUps - Dec 14, 2001

Tue, 24 May 2005 13:36:03 GMT

Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle is featured in this program on new internet startups. Sites covered include fabric8.com, teoma.com (now AskJeeves), ehobbies.com, and archive.org. Shot on location at the Metreon cyber cafe in San Francisco....

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Nicholas Negroponte - Part One

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 06:13:49 GMT

This is part one of a special two part series on Net Cafe featuring an in-depth interview with Nicholas Negroponte, Director of the MIT Media Lab, author of Being Digital, and columnist for Wired magazine....

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New Age Web Sites

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 05:59:20 GMT

The internet has become home to many new age organizations and movements. This program looks at several examples including astrology.net, itsyoga.com, the Berkeley Psychic Institute, the Covenant of the Goddess, reclaiming.org, and SETI@home....

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Nicholas Negroponte - Part Two

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 05:45:02 GMT

This is part two of a special two-part series on Net Cafe featuring an in-depth interview with Nicholas Negroponte, Director of the MIT Media Lab, author of Being Digital, and columnist for Wired magazine....

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Online Collecting

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 04:17:28 GMT

People collect all kinds of strange things and many of them now use the web to extend their hobby. This show looks at several web sites dealing with hobby collections. Topics covered include the online auction of Butterfield and Butterfield, online book collectors, auctionwatch.com, the Vintage Comp....

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Gambling and Gaming on the Web

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:59:33 GMT

The web quickly became a popular platform for game playing and gambling. This show looks at several approaches to using the internet as gaming platform. Sites covered include gamespot.com, acrophobia, NetStorm, Activision, bezerk.com, gamers.com, pgl.net, virtualvegas.com, starluck.com, and intercas....

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Extreme Web

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:42:10 GMT

Some users see the web as a challenge and want to stretch the limits of what the internet can do. This program looks at several examples. Topics covered include the @Home network, fonecam.com, thetech.org, nasa.gov, mars.jpl.nasa.gov, sdss.org, the Hubble space telescope, and usgs.gov....

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Performing Arts on the Web

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:23:36 GMT

A look at how various arts groups use the internet. Web sites reviewed include sfopera.com, ladyofspain.com, eiu.org, dramex.org, and annabegins.com. Features the official web site for lovers and players of the accordion including a performance by accordion afficionado Tom Torriglia....

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Home Improvement

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:05:20 GMT

A survey of web sites that provide useful information for home improvement projects. Sites reviewed include improvenet.com, netguide.com, homecentral.com, gardening.com, and planetproperties.com. Also features Candi Strecker, known as the HandyGirl....

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Online Activism

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 02:49:10 GMT

The internet changed political activism by providing a new and powerful communications and organization tool. This program reviews several web sites that serve the needs of activist groups. Among those covered are the Barron Park Neighborhood Association (BPA) web site and the Palo Alto College Terr....

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Virtual Doctors

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 02:33:20 GMT

The internet forever changed the relationship between patient and doctor, allowing patients to research their medical conditions online before seeing a doctor. This program looks at several web sites that provide healthcare information....

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Sports Online

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 02:14:49 GMT

A review of several web sites about sports. Sites covered include a fan site for the San Francisco 49ers football team, sites for mountain bikers, golfers, and surfers. Also a review of major sports news sites such as cnnsi.com, espn.com, and cbssports.com....

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The Virtual Zoo

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 01:57:05 GMT

Even if you don't have a zoo in your city, you can still find out about animals on the web. This program looks at several sites that bring the zoo to you. Topics covered include the new web site for the San Francisco Zoo, a zoology and animals portal run by Rachel Shaw focusing on animal pets, cyber....

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Disinformation on the Web

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 01:39:08 GMT

Sure, the web is full of information, but it also has lots of false information. How do you tell the difference? This program looks at the problem of disinformation on the internet. Robert Schafer shows us csicop.org, a site that features the Skeptical Inquirer, an online journal which debunks phone....

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Science Fiction Online

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 01:24:02 GMT

There has always been a synergy between the web and sci-fi fans. This program looks at several science fiction web sites. Guests include Forest Ackerman, a sci-fi film maker who runs one of the world's largest real science fiction museums at his mansion in Southern California and who offers virtual ....

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The Weird Web

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 01:06:58 GMT

In the early days of the web, there was a lot of weird stuff going on. This show looks at some of the strange subjects explored on the internet. Weird sites reviewed include Lip Balm Anonymous, UFO Insurance, The Deth Vegetable, Mr....

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Health Sites

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 00:49:51 GMT

We're now all familiar with mega health sites like webmd.com, but the idea of putting up health resources online started in the first days of the web. This program looks at early examples including thebody.com, a site focused on information for HIV and AIDS patients....

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Cyber Writing

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:55:17 GMT

The internet spawned a new generation of writers who wrote about the Net and on the Net. This program features several well-known cyber writers including Brendan Kehoe, author of "Zen and the Art of the Internet"....

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Webby Awards 1997

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:36:06 GMT

Coverage of the first annual Webby Awards, recognizing the best sites on the internet. Awards were given in fifteen different categories. San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown presides. Shot on location at Bimbo's night club in San Francisco....

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Movies Online

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:10:28 GMT

Hollywood quickly discovered the web as a tool for promoting films. But film makers have also discovered the web as a new medium for sharing information and distributing their creative output. This program looks at several Hollywood oriented web sites incuding atasite.org, the site for the Artists T....

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Censorship Online

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:50:19 GMT

The web has become home to lots of strange claims and outlandish charges, all part of free speech. But some of the people affected by these cyber writings have tried to stifle this new form of expression on the internet....

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Music Web Sites

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:30:44 GMT

Musicians were immediately hooked on the web, seeing its potential as a community builder and a creative outlet. This program looks at several early music sites including fogworld.com, the site for Fog City Records....

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Travel Sites Online

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:09:11 GMT

One of the first ecommerce successes on the internet was buying airline tickets and travel packages. This program looks at some of the first online travel booking sites. Demonstrations include earthwatch.org, a site for adventure travel....

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The 3D Web

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:40:28 GMT

As web designers tried to make the internet look more like the "real" world, they experimented with three dimensional online environments. This program looks at several early examples. Mark Pesci explains VRML, the virtual reality modeling language....

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Women on the Web

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:10:38 GMT

The internet quickly became a home for special interest groups, among them, women. This program looks at several early web sites focused on women's issues. Sites covered include lesbian.org, fatgirl.com, fatso.com, WomensNet, diva.com, creative.net (a site for the Exotic Dancers Alliance), and bitch....

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The Dark Side of the Web

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:56:48 GMT

The early days of the web provided an outlet for people who wanted to explore ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and other scary things. This program looks at several such sites. Guests include Lady Caroline (Carrie Carolin) who runs cascade.net, a portal for Gothic sites and links to sites dealing with ....

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Love and Romance on the Web

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:34:18 GMT

One of the early drivers in the growth of the internet was the topic of dating and romance. This episode of Net Cafe looks at some early examples of sites devoted to love, in various forms. Sites reviewed include globalmatch.com; divaweb.com and its famous advice columnist Midori; Bianca's smut shac....

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Politics on the Web

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:18:40 GMT

The early internet became an instant hit with political organizations and movements that had previously felt shut out of the mainstream press. This program looks at several examples of how the web was being used for political advocacy....

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UFOs

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:58:06 GMT

A look at various web sites that focus on aliens and unidentified flying objects. Guests include Dan Plonsie, webmaster for berkeley.edu, a site that has lots of information about UFOs and spacey topics; Jerry Bjornson, head of Abductees Anonymous, an organization for people claiming to have been ab....

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Equality & Diversity On Line

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:44:37 GMT

It is said that one of the most important social aspects of the internet is that it levels the playing field for people and provides new access for users with ideas. This program looks at several examples of sites that provide a platform for a variety of diverse interests....

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Weird Science on the Web

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 17:43:37 GMT

The web became a home for unusual approaches to scientific research. This episode of Net Cafe looks at several examples including The Annals of Improbable Research, the IgNobel Awards, Telegarden, spiritofamerica.com, PigDog, The Twinkies Project, and the Mad Science Guy....

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Games on the Net

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 17:01:51 GMT

An early episode of the Net Cafe series dealing with online games and sites about gaming. Includes Quake, Full Throttle, TEN (the Total Entertainment Network), Meridian 59, and MUD sources (Multi User Dimension)....

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Art on the Net

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:18:13 GMT

This early episode of Net Cafe looks at art and artists on the Web including collaborative art sites. Web sites covered are sito.org, art.net, artnet.com, srl.org, metroactive.com, crashsite.com, and Fractal Painter....

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Hackers

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:56:05 GMT

This is the very first episode of the Net Cafe series. It was shot on location at a cybercafe in San Francisco called CoffeeNet. It looks at the hacker culture and their influence on the early growth of the internet....

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Comic Books on the Web

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:20:02 GMT

This early Net Cafe program looks at comic book web sites. Included are Jonah Weiland's Comic Book Links, Hellblazer, Sandman, DC Universe, Spawn, The Preacher, Swampthng, Hitman, The Tick, Loving Henry, and Johnny the Homicidal Maniac....

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Webby Awards 1999 - Part One

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

At the height of the dot com boom, web creators were recognized at an annual gala event called the Webby Awards. This year's awards ceremony was held at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. Awards were given for best web site in twenty-two different categories....

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Small Business Resources On the Net

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

A review of online resources for small business owners. Featured sites include score.org, cheesemans.com, linkexchange.com, ivillage.com, and ideacafe.com. Guests include Larry Magid of the L.A. Times....

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Consumer Protection Online

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

As online buying grew, so did concern for consumer fraud on the web. This program looked at various ways to protect online consumers. Featured sites include bloomberg.com, privaseek.com, iescrow.com, consumernet.org, and consumer-action.org....

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Cool Home Pages

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

As the web grew in popularity, individuals started creating their own personal web sites. This program looked at several examples. Featured sites include homestead.com, shadowsong.com, aimnet.com, gamefun.com, and webpagesthatsuck.com....

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Cyber Chat

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

One of the fast growing applications on the early internet was chat. This program looks at several approaches to online chatting. Featured sites include activeworlds.com, concretecam.simplenet.com, CU-SeeMe, talkcity.com, daveyd.com, and talk.excite.com....

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Cyber Communities

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

One of the early uses of the Internet was to form virtual communities of people with common interests. This program looks at several early communities including The Mining Company (now about.com), HipBONE, PlanetOut, Yahoo Clubs, and GeoCities....

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Performing Arts on the Web

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The Internet has become a haven for artists of all sorts. This program looks at some of the early uses of the Web by creative artists and performance organizations including the San Francisco Opera, the Experimental Techno-Performance Guru, a Counting Crows fan site, a script exchange site for playw....

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Finding Anyone / Anything Online

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Before Google, you had to be a bit more creative to find information on online. This program looked at several strategies. Featured sites include mapblast.com, infopeople.berkeley.edu, planetall.com, imdb.com, and wwwomen.com....

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The Global Net

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

In the late nineties the world began catching up with the U.S. in internet access and involvement in the web. This show looked at the international aspects of the net. Featured sites include irishabroad.com, tonic.to, globetv.com, babelfish.altavista.com, and apc.org....

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Grim Reaper Web Sites

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

A look at how web sites deal with the subject of death. Sites featured include an information site on cemeteries, a tribute to the passing of Jerry Garcia, a virtual 3D graveyard, the pop culture death pool, and a virtual pet cemetery....

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Group Therapy Net Style

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Getting therapy online may not be the best way to deal with personal issues, but the internet is providing new tools for self fulfilment. Featured sites on this program include wespsych.com, sonoma-aids.org, thetherapist.com, processes.org, and support-group.com....

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The Hollywood Connection

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

As the web grew, virtually every movie put up a web site. This show looks at several early uses of the internet by Hollywood. Featured sites include moviecritic.com, film.com, hsx.com, and skinema.com....

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Humor on the Web

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The internet quickly became a platform for spreading jokes and humorous content of all sorts. This program from 1998 looks at some of the early humor sites on the web. Among them, suck.com, aprilfools.com, rubberchicken.com, jigsoftware.com, 40kmiracle.com, thecorporation.com, and zenda.com....

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Jobs and Careers

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The web has become a great place to find jobs. This show looked at several employment sites including monsterboard.com, individualsoftware.com, hotwired.com/dreamjobs, bridgesonline.com, and listfoundation.org (a spinoff of craigslist.org)....

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Making Money On Line

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The internet provided new ways to manage money, invest money, and lose money. This program looked at several online financial services. Featured sites include quicken.com, digicash.com, financialengines.com, wellsfargo.com, and gomez.com....

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