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~bartender I’ll have a plaintext coffee please, with a bit of sugar to inspire some accuracy of thought.
I mourn the escapism of early internet. True and fun eureka moments in a environment which had no motives to provide information, except enthusiasm for sharing. A community waiting to be found, an outlet for conversation more specific than could have ever been had in near geography. A place where we could all grow together.
I saw your sign on the street and decided to pop in as it peaked my nostalgia for the simpler connection with the online world of the early 2000’s. I’m glad this place is open. I know it’s late and that you’ve listened to me talk, do you feel the same way? I’d love to hear your memories of early internet days.
~bartender A carajillo on the rocks, please!
Well, I guess we enjoy that feeling of the Internet/Web from 2000s due to the good memories and moments. Sadly, we are different people, and the internet is different too. These spaces have been fresh air to me. The smol net, the slow net, the hobbyist net, have been for me a different way to enjoy technology in general, besides working on Web 2.0-3.0ish, AR, VR, and multiple stuff bringing money to my family.
And it's weird since I've been reading books from 1800s, 1920, 1980, and even if wasn't alive at that time the feeling is like if I was that teenager living in those years. Aaaand, I can do that thanks to a transmission system, digital storage, and an eink reader.
Today, telecommunications in general, TCP/IP, 5G, microSD, GPS, to say something, are magical stuff that most people don't understand, and take for granted. For us, it's the top of the human inventive, greediness, ambitions, and talent.
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The first time I watched the Web in action was, perhaps 1993 or 1994, and a colleague of my grandpa showed me a page about Michael Jordan.
Then dial-up came to my city, so you could actually play with it for about 20 dollars a month, not that much.
I had great memories of the following page (in spanish):
And today that I checked again, looks much like in the 2000s, great!
There was a sense of wonder to the early Internet/Web.
I still feel it sometimes. The idea that if you just simply type the correct characters into the address bar, you'll discover the coolest thing ever, something that will make your life complete.
Today's internet is all about marketing, advertisement and surveillance.
You mourn your youth. There, I said it.