Abril 16, 2004
Ghost Town
“Ghost Town” es un excelente website de lo que es hoy Chernobyl. Está mantenido por una joven armada de un contador geiger, una cámara, una Kawasaki Ninja y un permiso gubernamental, quien documenta con fotografías el estado de los alrederores de Chernobyl y algo de la planta misma. Ghost Town (“Ciudad Fantasma”) es realmente un título apropiado para lo que pueden ver aquí.
Realmente triste, escalofriante y conmovedor.
“Incredibly, people had homes, motorcycles, garages, cars, country houses, they had money, friends and relatives. People had their lives. Each had their own niche. And then in a matter of hours , their entire world fell to pieces.
After a few hours trip in an army vehicle, they stood under a shower, washing away radiation. Then they stepped in a new life, naked with no home, no friends, no money, no past and with a very doubtful future.”
(Link)
GooOS, the Google Operating System
“So. They have this huge map of the Web and are aware of how people move around in the virtual space it represents. They have the perfect place to store this map (one of the world’s largest computers that’s all but incapable of crashing). And they are clever at reading this map. Google knows what people write about, what they search for, what they shop for, they know who wants to advertise and how effective those advertisements are, and they’re about to know how we communicate with friends and loved ones. What can they do with all that? Just about anything that collection of Ph.Ds can dream up.”
(Link)