internet

  • Daily Prompt: Windows 98

    My first computer — the first one I have clear memories of, anyway — was an off-white boxy monitor running Windows 98 on a dial-up connection.  The dial-up didn’t last long, though.  My whole family had to use the internet connection, and in those days my mom was still on top of her computer science…

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  • Daily Prompt: Delete Web 2.0

    Look upon the polished face of the internet and ask yourself: are you having any fun?  When you look something up, can you find any decent answer without tacking “+Reddit” onto the end of your query?  When was the last time you watched a video uninterrupted by ad breaks?  Blame Web 2.0.   While Web 2.0…

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  •    |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴|   ∩___∩   |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴|   | ノ   ヽ /⌒ )   |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴|  /⌒) ●   ● | .|   |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴| / /  ( ● )ミ  /     |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴|.( ヽ  |∪|  /    |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴| \   ヽノ /   |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴|_ /      /    |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴∵∴∴       /   |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴∵∴∴   /   |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴ ∵∴∴  /   |∵∴∵∴∵∴∴| ̄ ̄ ̄ I’ve been on the internet for a long time, a member of that weird in-between generation that grew up just as the old internet started to die, when forums and niche internet communities were replaced by the inexorable creeping illness…

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