“And, wow, it was easy. If you wanted to go somewhere, you just clicked. Links were blue and underlined, easy to pick out. You could follow your own virtual trail of breadcrumbs backwards by clicking the big button up there in the corner.” 25 years ago, “NCSA Mosaic 1.0, the first web browser to achieve popularity among the general public, was released.” (And like 45 minutes later, I started thinking about my personal potential in the past tense.)

+ Speaking of the old web, SmugMug has acquired Flickr, and promised to bring it back to its former glory. (Everyone is excited about SmugMug bringing back Flickr because it reminds us of a time when we thought the internet was gonna be a good thing.)

+ Vladimir Putin. Bashar al-Assad. Manuel Noriega. Harvey Weinstein. Maybe France should be a little more selective when it comes to giving out Legion of Honor awards?