This map of the Internet (full size) may have just been posted on Monday at the IAOC blog, but it looks like something drawn circa 2005.
Where’s Twitter? It’s this map’s equivalent of Waldo. And look how huge MySpace is compared to Facebook? Looks like our map needs to be redrawn.
But that’s the nature of the online world, isn’t it? As son as we think we can set boundaries around something, the terrain shapeshifts into something heretofore unrecognizable.
Andy writes! 
Andy, Reminds me of something from a fantasy novel. One of those multi-series works that you know won’t be very good even as you start getting hooked. And you know it’s going to last for at least six volumes, if not more, so you’ve committed yourself to six years of waiting to see how the damn thing ends.
Hate to burst your bubble, but that map is at least 3 yrs old. It’s actually been a WHILE since I’ve last seen it. ;)
Michael – Yes, the map looks very Tolkeinesque.
Kyle – Well, that certainly explains why the map looks so 2005. Thanks for enlightening me.
Hi Andrew,
That map is from a web comic series called xkcd (http://xkcd.com/), specifically posted here: http://xkcd.com/256/.
Liz
Well, spank me with a spatula and call me a LAMER. Can I blame my recovering eyes? That’s got to be a good excuse for at least the rest of the week.