Clever Bill and the Death of Script

And now a word in support of listservs.

In an era where serious debates attempt, and fail, to be conducted on such sites as Twitter, a place never meant for serious discussions of any significant length, allow me to sing the praises of an almost old-fashioned web tool that continues to have meaning and currency long after many would have predicted its demise. Listservs, those mailing lists where people talk to one another via email in a digest form, have survived the rise and fall of Pets.com...