Journal Doctor O's Journal: Ten years on the net 4
Geez. Today I'm on the net for ten years, and I don't know what to say. If you knew me better, you'd know why this is actually hilarious.
Time to write a book, isn't it? I had 240.000 readers on CompuServe at a time when there were only around 600.000 users in Germany. I have been recognized by strangers while shopping groceries who wanted to talk about the stuff I wrote. I make a living off the net for 7 years. I've got lots of stories to tell.
How long have you people been online? Do you feel this, too?
Yeah. (Score:2)
Funny coincidences (Score:2)
I also remember tearing my hair out trying to figure out why my (American) modem would hang up all the time. Nobody seemed to know the answer. Just by dumb luck I figured
Re:Funny coincidences (Score:2)
(okay, so let's see who's gonna post the "you had modems ... we had to make do with rocks and hollow logs")
Re:Funny coincidences (Score:2)
Rocks? Hollow logs? We had to make do with dirt, sonny, and we were damned lucky to have that!
Cheers,
Ethelred