Napster
Disruptive? Napster was certainly that. For a whole two years, it turned the record industry upside down. And made lost songs listenable again.
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The Y2K problem
In the popular memory, the millennium bug was something that failed to come to pass. However, that is only because an army of coders made sure it didn’t.
Carol singers
Strangers standing on your doorstep singing about Good King Wenceslas? A vanishing rarity.
The Independent in print
The online newspaper The Independent used to be a dead-tree version, too. Is this a path other titles may be forced to take?
Disc cameras
Another example of The Future that remains firmly in The Past. But wait! Also an example of The Future hiding in The Past.
British Telecom
The name vanished in 1991. Except not quite…
The Millennium Dome
It cost too much money. It ruined political careers. It was a monument to corporate sponsorship. Welcome to the queue.
Puppets without strings
Sock puppets are in the news this week. Not the Internet sort. The real sort.
