Deep Waters

This blog is about the culture of the interwebs. Not the internet, that formal, serious revolution in culture and information access that is changing the world around us as we speak, but the interwebs - that place of unending pathways leading deeper into the entertaining, the inane, the nonsensical, the beautiful and the horrific that you traverse when you should be working.

Most people are mere waders into the ocean of the interwebs. They stick to well-populated islands like facebook, gmail or myspace, unwilling to swim into deeper waters. But some hear a siren call and find themselves pulled - by curiousity, boredom, or some other unameable force - into the depths of the interwebs. They allow themselves to be pulled deeper, sucked down into the infinite murky abyss... they find fascinating secrets and wondrous treasures.

Diving deeper, into the ocean trenches of the interwebs, they find entire cities built by their fellow explorers... forums, imageboards, chatrooms and wikis made by and for interwebs people. There they join communities of like-minded souls. Media consumers, meme-chasers and online gamers. Entire civilizations form around sites with their own cultures, etiquette and language.

But the call to dive deeper is always present. There is no bottom to this ocean, and divers find more exotic and novel treasures the further they go. Images no man has seen before, websites of infinite entertainment, online flash games of unlimited simplicity and addicting value... these are the wonders the divers of the interwebs seek, to be brought up and displayed at the great cities of the interwebs for all to see.

And there is always more to explore, always more to see, always more to find. No matter how far an interwebs person goes, it is never far enough. Eventually, they become an interwebs junkie, and it is this creature that this site is for. A survivor of flamewars, a baiter of trolls. An admin, or a forum necromancer. A noob pwner or a leet haxxor.

The interwebs junkie is a jaded creature. They've seen it all... at least in images. They've done irony, ironic irony, double and triple irony. They've had over 20 tabs open at once. They're a member of at least a dozen forums. They understand what the GIFT is, and how they can avoid being a part of it. They've said lol in real life, and they meant it. They have at least two junk e-mails to sign up for sites online.

I am an interwebs junkie, and as one, I'll seek out the best, most interesting sites I can find for my fellow divers. And if you, the reader and fellow interwebs junkie can find better, I ask you to share. Because this site is another outpost of the deep, another bulwark of civilization and exploration in the great vastness of the expanse. Here I will discuss, analyze, criticize and link to anything and everything of interest on the interwebs, the more esoteric and convoluted the better.

So join me, my fellow junkies. Let us dive as deep as possible, into the farthest crevices and reaches of the interwebs. Like the great explorers of old, we will chart out new territory, see new sights, and travel into the deep waters of the interwebs.