The internet in 2004

2004 was the year of Numa Numa, The Subservient Chicken, Dean Scream and Digg. Part of the early web.

Numa Numa ▶

The one from 2004

Numa Numa

You might remember it as Numa Numa Dance

The webcam video that showed a generation that the thing to do with a camera was point it at yourself.

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1. 15 January

   The snowclone Whitman proposes “snowclone”. Pullum adopts it the next day. Wikipedia — Snowclone

2. 19 January

   Dean Scream Howard Dean, having come third in the Iowa caucus, lists the states he says he will win and ends with a scream of “Yeah!” Wikipedia — Dean scream

3. 22 January

   Orkut The network is launched. Wikipedia — Orkut

4. 23 January

   Dean Scream Four days later, television networks have aired the clip 633 times. Within a week the figure is 937. Wikipedia — Dean scream

5. 8 April

   The Subservient Chicken The site goes live. Wikipedia — The Subservient Chicken

6. 10 April

   YTMND The site opens for anybody to make a page. Wikipedia — YTMND

7. July

   I Love Bees The game begins. Players find it from a web address flashed at the end of a Halo 2 trailer, and from jars of honey sent by post. Wikipedia — I Love Bees

8. 1 August

   EVO Moment 37 Umehara parries all fifteen hits of Wong’s super move and wins the round with a twelve-hit combination. Wikipedia — Evo Moment 37

9. September

   Battle at Kruger David Budzinski films lions taking a buffalo calf at a watering hole, crocodiles pulling at it from the water, and the herd coming back to drive the lions off. The calf gets away. Wikipedia — Battle at Kruger

10. 5 December

    Digg The site is launched. Wikipedia — Digg

11. 6 December

    Numa Numa Gary Brolsma posts Numa Numa Dance to Newgrounds. He said he had found the song in a Japanese Flash animation of cartoon cats. Wikipedia — Numa Numa (video)

1. February

   Dean Scream Dean suspends his campaign after finishing third in the Wisconsin primary. Wikipedia — Dean scream

2. 28 May

   The Streisand effect Streisand is reported to have been ordered to pay Adelman’s legal fees of 177,000 US dollars. Wikipedia — Streisand effect

3. June

   Xiao Xiao Zhu sues Nike over stick figures in its advertisements. He wins, and Nike is ordered to pay 36,000 US dollars. Wikipedia — Xiao Xiao

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On this page: 14 named things from 2004, 1 video and 2 trends among them.