Category Archives: History

Rewind: 2011

Posted on Sunday, 25. December 2011 by hmvh

As the end of 2011 approaches, now would be a good time to reflect on the year that was. If you’re reading this you may have noticed that the world didn’t end in 2011 (unless you’re Harold Camping) — it’ll only end next year (if you’re a Mayan). Continue reading →

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Madge and the squatter

Posted on Friday, 24. June 2011 by hmvh

Fans and followers of the real Ms. Ciccone had to be content with the less attractive madonnaweb.com domain, and this is what the main page looked like in 1999. Continue reading →

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History through humour

Posted on Saturday, 4. December 2010 by hmvh

Sure, in the grand scheme of things they’re just a bunch of jokes. Once you delve deeper into the annals of these shitty old jokes you will discover that many of them ain’t funny no more. This was the time before smartphones, iPods and near-universal broadband internet access, and before everyone and their cat was on Facebook and/or Twitter. As a result, there’s some historical relevance in them thar jokes. Continue reading →

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Current status

Posted on Tuesday, 13. April 2010 by hmvh

Months of this insanity involving late hours trying to piece together the origins of an existing label or the forensics to determine the time and cause of demise of a label that’s disappeared off the radar can drive a person nuts. Conversely, it’s the controversial Google Book Search that’s turned out to be an invaluable tool for hunting down facts on companies that existed during the dark days of apartheid, BC. Continue reading →

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The end of the decade is nigh

Posted on Thursday, 31. December 2009 by hmvh

While we’re rounding up what’s left of the current decade, allow us to reveal some statistics of nonsense within the vast hmvh network of shenaniganisms. It’s turned out that the most popular blog posting by far is the the pseudo-humouresque, quasi-investigative, and semi-critical-of-life-online essay called “The story of Moshzilla”. Continue reading →

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Rewind: 2009

Posted on Tuesday, 15. December 2009 by hmvh

Through their annual Zeitgeist report, those evil people from Google have revealed that “Facebook” was 2009′s top “search query”. Other top searches included “hotmail”, “youtube”, “gmail”, “yahoo” (a touch of irony there), “ebay”, “myspace”, “bebo” and “google”. Continue reading →

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(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?

Posted on Saturday, 21. March 2009 by hmvh

So far we’re up to ten drives across eight PCs unable to read the discs, and I’m getting a little peeved. Both look perfectly OK… no scratches, degradation, fading, rot or anything visible to the human eye — and these are two discs stored in two different rooms, far away from sunlight or other radiation. Feared lost is a time capsule. Continue reading →

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Rewind: 2008

Posted on Sunday, 28. December 2008 by hmvh

With 2009 just a few days away, now would be a good time to reflect on the year that was. Continue reading →

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