Jerry Brito

Terrific set of behind-the-scenes photos by Jeff Bridges during the making of Iron Man. (Via DF.)

After telling the riveting story of how a bunch of self-organizing geeks employed by the private sector discovered and patched a potentially catastrophic bug with the internet’s DNS, MIT Technology Review concludes that “the story points to the troubling absence of any process for identifying and fixing critical flaws in the Internet. Because the Internet is so decentralized, there simply isn’t a specific person or organization in charge of solving its problems.” Wow. Nevertheless worth the read for the inspiring story.

Two years ago, if a writer wanted to share a link or a video with friends or tell them about an upcoming event, he or she would post the information on a blog. Now it’s much faster to type 140 characters in a Twitter update (also known as a tweet), share pictures on Flickr, or use the news feed on Facebook. By comparison, a traditional blogging program like WordPress can feel downright glacial.