Anyone here remember Girls On Film? That was probably my first online community situation, in like 98-99. I met a guy I went out with a couple of times on there, and also wrote something (I have no idea what) and got paid via a t-shirt.
Good times.
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Feb 26, 2009 7:21:30 am PST #8372 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kathy A - Feb 26, 2009 7:21:55 am PST #8373 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The Tennant Graham Norton show was a hoot! They had a TARDIS set up in the streets of London and rang the phone that they had installed inside it to see if anyone would pick it up, and when a guy did and started chatting with them, they proceeded to have a forklift pick the whole thing up and transport it back to their studio, with the guy still inside!
Ginger - Feb 26, 2009 7:32:31 am PST #8374 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I first had internet access in 1995 with Mindspring, which has since merged with Earthlink. I remember being conscious that that made me much cooler than someone with an AOL address. When I started with Mindspring, the servers were in Charles Brewer's condo in midtown, and if you reported a problem, he'd call you.
Gudanov - Feb 26, 2009 7:40:04 am PST #8375 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I remember one of my first ISPs was run out of the basement of a guy who was a professional baker by day.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2009 7:41:27 am PST #8376 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I lived in Minneapolis in '94, there was no ISP in the city that offered internet access - AOL was the only way. Then some ISP started that was available only to UM grads, so my roommate could get online but not me. For a while I'd get online via a BBS in San Francisco, which gave me text-only web access.
Cashmere - Feb 26, 2009 8:16:13 am PST #8377 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
DH got a decent annual raise and a pretty generous bonus today. It feels weird because other industries and companies are reeling and not giving them out. So many people have been fucked over and are hurting financially. We have a bit of survivor's guilt.
I didn't get online until 1999!
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2009 8:20:42 am PST #8378 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My XT clone died while I was in San Francisco in '95, and I didn't get a computer to replace it until '97. So I generally consider that as when I got on the web - at least it was the first time I could browse the web with graphics!
lisah - Feb 26, 2009 8:33:11 am PST #8379 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I got online in 95 when I started grad school and got a computer of my very own. I think I was mostly on Salon and Eastenders message boards for a long time.
Calli - Feb 26, 2009 8:36:27 am PST #8380 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The first time I had my own account with an ISP wasn't until around 1997. About a week later I discovered slash fanfic (X-Files, Mulder/Krycek). Mmmmmm, good times.
megan walker - Feb 26, 2009 8:41:33 am PST #8381 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
DH got a decent annual raise and a pretty generous bonus today. It feels weird because other industries and companies are reeling and not giving them out. So many people have been fucked over and are hurting financially. We have a bit of survivor's guilt.
Don't feel weird. If he deserves it, good for him. Part of the problem is everyone thinking that everything is going downhill and then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.