We often think of the Internet as existing in the ether, not a physical, tangible place. Wired magazine writer Andrew Blum flipped that notion on its head by visiting the Internet we don't get to see: the data centers, the underwater cables, the "series of tubes" as the late U.S. senator Ted Stevens described it....

Nick Baker, the Internet Cafe Hobo, will be traveling around the world and visiting Internet cafes. The details are in this BBC World Service article . Although Internet cafes may be facing a decline with the rise of netbooks like the Eee PC, they are still a common pit stop on the travelers' trail. Especially...