Here is Keith Lynch's timeline of net related terms, concepts, stories, and people, showing when they were first mentioned in my archives. I've been saving email and netnews for a long time. I now have close to three gigabytes of it, stretching back to the first email I ever sent or received, 28 years ago.
February 22, 2023
Related Links
December 2024
I've been wondering the same thing and just like Ruben, I end up being in favor of archives.
May 2024
Hm.
April 2024
Finally
January 2024
Praise the infrastructure nerds. They're the real heroes of our times.
Well, let's hope it does.
November 2023
So it wasn't aliens?
October 2023
MetaFilter is such a weird website. I used to love it but that's quite a while in the past.
I feel this loss of community online every day.
September 2023
Well, well.
August 2023
I like those little glimpses into the history of artifacts of our times
Those were the days.
We like things not just because we’re exposed to them, but because, before exposure, we have opened our hearts to liking them.
Hm.
July 2023
Fascinating look at the history and present situation of internet cafes