I went to University in 1987. In February '89 I applied for a computing account as 'an undergraduate, for recreational purposes only'. On my first day in my current job, my predecessor put that form in front of me to see the look on my face. I currently work for the man who actually put the blank form in front of me in my College bar and said 'fill this out'.
I realised the power of the internet in 1989, when someone 'liveblogged' the LA earthquake on GROGGS, and spent the night reading their updates as the disaster unfolded. I saw the early internet before Lynx, and scoured usenet for FTP sites where I could download guitar tablature.
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Date: 2012-12-19 02:02 pm (UTC)I realised the power of the internet in 1989, when someone 'liveblogged' the LA earthquake on GROGGS, and spent the night reading their updates as the disaster unfolded. I saw the early internet before Lynx, and scoured usenet for FTP sites where I could download guitar tablature.
It's changed a bit since then.