Web Detritus

Copyright infringement is one of the biggest problems of the internet age. Never before has it been easier to infringe on intellectual property rights, and never before has it been harder to prevent others from stealing one’s hard work. As a creator, you need to protect your intellectual property: photographers should copyright photos and images, software developers should use proper software licenses, bloggers should issue DMCA takedown notices, etc. But that can be quite a headache, especially if you’r...

The internet is a large place with tons of useful websites. But what makes it truly interesting is the number of bizarre pages. Here are 25 of the best. Sure, there are other websites you haven’t heard about. They vary between being useful to being fascinating. But what we want are pages that crank up the weird-but-cool factor. 1. The Collective Unconscious In an article about weird, bizarre and useless sites, here is a website that tracks just how much time has been wasted on it. You can see the total t...