<p> I&#39;ve actually thought it for a while, but it took <a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/07/17/kodi-1997-2010/">a post</a> by <a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com">John Scalzi</a> to get me to write.</p> <p> What really matters on the Internet–blogs, twitter, Facebook, what-have-you–is that it acts as a place we can remember what really matters to us.</p> <p> I&#39;ve read memorials for people&#39;s pets–dogs, cats, what-have-you–parents, grandparents, unborn babies, friends I&#39;ve never met and will never have a chance to meet, and they&#39;ve all been worth all the spam and blink tags and chain letters combined.</p>