August is BIT-101 month.
Hard to believe, but I started www.bit-101.com four years ago this month. A little trivia: the first few experiments were actually part of my former site www.kpwebdesign.com (if there’s anything there now, it’s not mine). I then decided to get a new domain, wrote up a long list of potential high-tech-sounding names, crossed out the ones that were taken, and somehow ended up with BIT-101. I purchased the domain in early September, and it went live on September 11, 2001. Yikes.
Anyway, although the domain didn’t actually start until September, the concept was born in August, and the first experiments are from August.
To celebrate, I’m going to try and revive the site. As you know, if you have visited lately, it hasn’t been updated in months. My goal for August is to have an experiment every single day of the month! The last time I batted a thousand like that was November 2001. We’ll see how long I can keep it going.
Also, in my FlashForward goodie bag was a CD for something called the Radical Concept Server. I still haven’t looked at what’s on it, but the case it came it was awesome! I ordered a bunch, and if you purchase a BIT-101 Source CD, it will come with one of these cases.
It’s actually a clear plastic sleeve that the CD slides into, and snaps securely. There’s a little trigger on the back end, which you pull to pop the CD out for easy removal. I love these things!