Happy birthday, World Wide Web! Hard to believe you're turning 20 already. It seems like just yesterday we were hearing the pitter patter of little dial-up, delighting at the words "you got mail," and getting frustrated when calling our friends and receiving that dreaded busy signal. You're all grown up now, helping people learn how to farm and become overnight pop sensations.
What, we wonder, will the next 20 years bring? At the very least, you'll eventually have to move out of your parents' basement, get a real job, and settle down. It's hard to pay attention to that kind of stuff, though, when you've got another year of sneaking beers ahead of you. So go ahead, World Wide Web, enjoy yourself tonight -- just make sure to be home by midnight.
10 comments:
Oh wow, time goes by really fast. I remember the old dial up days.
Happy bday, next year we can go out and drink together hahaha
Old web is OOOOOOOOOOOOLD. How many of those sites from 20 years ago are still around?
I remember when we got internet for the first time at home 16-17 years ago..
What a delight!
cool post
Very interesting post, thanks!
The internet is now older than many of the current pornstars it's helped make (semi) famous.
2 years older than me woot. We practically grew up together.
20 already? Heh :P
Oh good old 56k modems. Happy birthday.
i remember when i first got ISDN and thought it was state of the art lol. time sure does fly.
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