ANONYMOUS AND CHANOLOGY

• Wikipedia's description page of the Anonymous movement/community [LINK].

• Wikipedia's page on Anonymous' "Project Chanology" (systematic attacks and protests against the Church of Scientology), including a timeline of Anonymous activities [LINK].

• Image of the original discussion thread that gave rise to Chanology [LINK].

• Image of the original discussion thread that gave rise to Chanology (part II) [LINK].

• The original (recently re-released on YouTube) Jan 14, 2008 Scientology video interview of Tom Cruse (The Church of Scientology warned the site Gawker.com to remove this video from their site under threat of litigation):

To salvage a little of Tom Cruise's dignity/coolness, remember, he did do this: LINK.

• The (in)famous first video by Anonymous (Jan 2008) to the Church of Scientology, alerting them to upcoming attacks/protests:


• Wired Magazine's Jan 2008 article on the Anonymous protests/attacks on the Church of Scientology [LINK].

• A video outlining the Anonymous Guideline of Conduct for Protests:


• The Anonymous Sekrit Code [LINK].

• A Chanology "Research Portal" (Wiki format) for amassing information and materials on the Church of Scientology [LINK], including a collection of "leaked" documents from the Church of Scientology itself.

• Attributed to an Anonymous hackers, an Epilepsy Foundation message board was attacked - hackers posted flashing animations onto the messageboard; March 2008 [LINK].

• An Anonymous video clarifying/repeating the necessity to act as a group and rely upon the group:


• An Anonymous (Jan 2009) video to Scientology "We Still Run This":


• Another stylishly designed Anonymous video [LINK].

• An Anonymous instructional video on how to create and publish an Anonymous video, anonymously [LINK].

• An infamous Fox News 11 report on "Anonymous," which (in the name of poor journalism) sensationalized the activities of these groups and likely included "attacks" never committed by them. Some materials from this news report were actually adopted by these groups as a joke, such as calling themselves "Anonymous" [LINK].

• A directory of Wired Magazine's articles on Anonymous news events [LINK].

• The main logo/icon associated with the Anonymous Movement - the suit and tie, without a head [LINK].























• The logo/icon associated with the Anonymous Movement [LINK].



















• The Anonymous movement message board (***WARNING:*** this is an optional link for educational purposes only. Linking to this site is NOT AN ENDORSEMENT of this site's content. THIS SITE MAY CONTAIN OFFENSIVE MATERIALS) [LINK].

• Links regarding the historical Guy Fawkes, and the form of the Guy Fawkes Mask as it appeared in the 2005 film "V for Vendetta. NOTE: though the "Guy Fawkes" masks are used in protests and imagery, this mask is actually a reference to an internet meme "Epic Fail Guy."

Image of Anonymous Feb 10, 2008 protest, donning Guy Fawkes masks (image courtesy of Paul Williams):

INTERNET AND WORLDWIDEWEB HISTORY

• Wikipedia entry/overview of the history of the Internet [LINK].

• Wikipedia timeline of popular Internet services [LINK].

• Wikipedia entry/overview of the history of the WorldWideWeb [LINK].

• A 1995 (Web 1.0) article on the history of the Internet [LINK].

• Brief overview of the history of the Internet and the WorldWideWeb [LINK].

• A copy of Tim Berners-Lee's first webpage (1992 version) (original address - http://nxoc01.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html) [LINK].

• An image of Tim Berners-Lee's first web server (from a NeXT desktop; original address - nxoc01.cern.ch) [LINK].
*NOTE: In simple terms, the NeXT computer's operating system utilized "OpenStep" - which eventually gave rise to the Mac Operating System (Mac OS).


















• A list of Tim Berners-Lee's Frequently Asked Questions [LINK].

• A brief history of web browsers [LINK].

• A list of the 100 oldest registered domain names, including date of registration [LINK].

• The current website of the W3C (WorldWideWeb Consortium) - reporting on the technology of the WorldWideWeb itself [LINK].

• O'Reilly Media's description of "Web 2.0" (from 2005) [LINK].

• The media's perpetuation of the myth that Al Gore invented the Internet [LINK].

• And a brief ed piece about Al Gore's intended statement about inventing the Internet [LINK].

• A partial transcript of Senator Ted Steven's (R-Alaska) famous speech rant about the Internet being a "series of tubes" [LINK].

• And the Wikipedia overview of Ted Steven's (in)famous quote [LINK].

MISCELLANEOUS INTERNET RESOURCES

• "50 Things You Should Know About the Internet" [LINK].

• "Know Your Meme" - a comical Internet meme database [LINK].

• The Wikipedia list of "Internet Phenomena" [LINK].

• "Internet World Stats" - a site dedicated to tracking and publishing global Internet statistics [LINK].

• 1001Fonts - a large catalog of free user-generated fonts [LINK].

• David Horvitz's interactive "sociological experiments" on the Internet [LINK].

• "Urban Dictionary" - a wiki dictionary of slang terms (WARNING: a significant number of these terms could be considered offensive or derogatory) [LINK].

• "WordSpy" - a site dedicated to tracking recent terms, usually relating to technology and the Internet [LINK].

• "iStrategy Labs'" blog - a business dedicated to tracking Internet (marketing) trends [LINK].

• Aaron Zinman's "Personas" name search engine - it creates summaries of Internet references of full names [LINK].

• "Notcot.org" - perhaps one of the most popular wiki (user-submitted) format sites dedicated to art, marketing, and product design on the Internet (and off) [LINK].

• USA Today's "Pop Candy" blog (by Whitney Matheson) - tracking current/popular culture trends on (and off) the Internet [LINK].

• "MAKE: Magazine" blog - dedicated to DIY and "hacker" culture, including instructionals on how to make nearly anything [LINK].

• "BoingBoing.net" - a blog-zine dedicated to Internet news and culture, and technology and trends on and off the Internet [LINK].

• Google Maps tracking of the recent "Swine Flu" (H1N1/09) pandemic, from April-May 2009 [LINK].

• Free "EcoFont" - perfect for college students: a font that spares your printer ink cartridges [LINK].

• An Internet Connection Speed Test - determine the speed of your Internet connection [LINK].

• "StumbleUpon" - a way to find wonderful things that you aren't looking for [LINK].

• "Skreemr" audio file search engine (like Google for mp3s) [LINK].

• What does your phone number spell? [LINK].