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It is always illuminating to witness the mashup that occurs when staid and analytical software development spills out onto the psychedelic landscape of our popular culture. The weirdest news this month was that World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee sold a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) depicting the original web source code at Sotheby's auction house for an unbelievable US$5.4 million.

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It is always illuminating to witness the mashup that occurs when staid and analytical software development spills out onto the psychedelic landscape of our popular culture. The weirdest news this month was that World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee sold a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) [1] depicting the original web source code at Sotheby's auction house for an unbelievable US$5.4 million [2].

The bidding started at a mere $1,000 – Sir Tim and the auctioneers apparently had no idea what they would get for the item. Then several bidders pushed the price up into the millions until one anonymous buyer with $5.4 million stood alone with a checkbook.

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