Comments on: #802 Watching something download really fast

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:24:28 +0000

Yes. Music to my ears.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:24:01 +0000

This is superfun especially when it comes to Youtube

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:07:37 +0000

Why is there no Digg button on this amazing, well-written post?!

I came here from galadarling.com and I can honestly say I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. It’s a simple pleasure I don’t actively appreciate enough, and this lovely little anecdote brought back waves of nostalgia. Man, what are the kids of today’s young generation going to reminisce about in fifteen, twenty years? That old dinosaur piece of crap the iPhone? Whoa…

By: jdurley

jdurley — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:21:27 +0000

exactly.

By: Freddo

Freddo — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:30:41 +0000

Awesome comment. Having been an early “on-line” adopter (logging on to BBS’es with my 2400 baud modem), I was all too dependent on those shrieks and electronic warbles myself. You captured it perfectly.

By: Freddo

Freddo — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:28:15 +0000

Wow – that’s sinister. Having been Rickrolled more times that I can count (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjeogv9VUAE&feature=related), I can’t imagine what fragile mental state I’d be in if those had all be Hoff-rolls. *shudder*

By: carpevino

carpevino — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:27:18 +0000

I remember hearing people say that the internet would improve reading ability… it’s true because every time I was waiting for my emails or yahoo news to download, I would pick up a book and read a chapter or two.
Anyone else so old (and geeky) that they surfed the BBS community before the net went global?

By: The Ranter Formerly Known as Dave

The Ranter Formerly Known as Dave — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:18:16 +0000

I also often appear shirtless on your screen. Although after just a cursory glance, it’s evident that I’m coming.

By: El

El — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:09:02 +0000

Recently, I had a sureal moment when I recalled the flood of excitment in signing up with my first email address (hotmail) and that flutter of emotion opening my inbox each time to discover an email waiting to be read.

By: Beau

Beau — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:59:03 +0000

I’m really old :)

We connected to Prodigy in the early 90’s with a 2400 baud modem. Connecting often took over five minutes, and this was just to the Prodigy service. The internet cost extra. Heck, until like 1994, each e-mail cost a quarter (but boy, how exciting it was to get one!). And don’t even get me started on how much it cost to peruse message boards.