-I was aware of usenet back in the day, but I was only on pure dial-up through the local library for 1-2 years (no browser, all text interface through telnet!) before AOL hit the scene. I was not aware of this Eternal September thing though, until about 2020, when oddly enough Default Friend interviewed Curtis Yarvin, a few months before he would no longer be a persona non grata. Thus if you look for this post in her archive, it's hard to find, because "Yarvin" and "Moldbug" are nowhere mentioned in the title or body.
But that was where I first heard this story. Can relate.
-AIM was far superior to FB, IMO. Your conversations were private. I was so pissed when everyone migrated from AIM to FB. Crafting a good away msg was much more of an art than shitposting on FB.
-I STILL use Winamp, motherfucker. It's open right now, playing The Midnight. Never know when Spotify is going to declare your favorite band a secret Nazi (or not so secret, in the case of Ye) and pull their shit right out of your library. I swear my local ownership, I have at least 9000 mp3s downloaded and migrate the whole damn collection to every new phone I buy via USB connection.
-Def learned HTML over Angelfire myself. And graduated college majoring in Slicing Up Photoshop Images For Efficient Downloading At 28k/s, then spent 10 years at Homes.com writing code once and debugging everywhere. Nightmares, man.
-Oh shi, I did not know about the Akamai guy being on that plane, nor that that was what Akamai actually did, the edge network caching, brilliant approach. But damn, b.
Pretty random ADD article, but I never tire of nostalgia.
The year is 2000 and a girl tells you she has DSL. Whatever she’s referring to, you’re in for a peak milllenial experience.
For Years There's Been Nothing But The Static On The Radio.
If you can hear my voice outside these walls; if you can hear me sending out this message tonight.
Break The Silence, Send A Signal Back (if you can hear me)
I'm coming home all I need is a little Guiding Light...
If You Can Hear Me/
Don't Turn Your Back On The City.
-I was aware of usenet back in the day, but I was only on pure dial-up through the local library for 1-2 years (no browser, all text interface through telnet!) before AOL hit the scene. I was not aware of this Eternal September thing though, until about 2020, when oddly enough Default Friend interviewed Curtis Yarvin, a few months before he would no longer be a persona non grata. Thus if you look for this post in her archive, it's hard to find, because "Yarvin" and "Moldbug" are nowhere mentioned in the title or body.
https://default.blog/p/-yousenet?utm_source=publication-search
But that was where I first heard this story. Can relate.
-AIM was far superior to FB, IMO. Your conversations were private. I was so pissed when everyone migrated from AIM to FB. Crafting a good away msg was much more of an art than shitposting on FB.
-I STILL use Winamp, motherfucker. It's open right now, playing The Midnight. Never know when Spotify is going to declare your favorite band a secret Nazi (or not so secret, in the case of Ye) and pull their shit right out of your library. I swear my local ownership, I have at least 9000 mp3s downloaded and migrate the whole damn collection to every new phone I buy via USB connection.
-Def learned HTML over Angelfire myself. And graduated college majoring in Slicing Up Photoshop Images For Efficient Downloading At 28k/s, then spent 10 years at Homes.com writing code once and debugging everywhere. Nightmares, man.
-Oh shi, I did not know about the Akamai guy being on that plane, nor that that was what Akamai actually did, the edge network caching, brilliant approach. But damn, b.
Pretty random ADD article, but I never tire of nostalgia.
I miss ICQ.
"Uh-oh!"
Lol yep. 2000-2003 or so. Constant.