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Throwback Thursday: The First Spam
Internet

Throwback Thursday: The First Spam

Posted on June 19, 2025June 15, 2025 by Michael Sauers

In early 1994, Canter and Siegel contracted with Leigh Benson to write a program to advertise on Usenet, but Benson was unable to write their…

Millennials definitely were early adaptors of the Internet but GenX? We helped build it.
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Millennials definitely were early adaptors of the Internet but GenX? We helped build it.

Posted on June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 by Michael Sauers
Throwback Thursday: Fail Whale
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Throwback Thursday: Fail Whale

Posted on May 15, 2025May 11, 2025 by Michael Sauers
Throwback Thursday: Godwin’s Law
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Throwback Thursday: Godwin’s Law

Posted on May 2, 2024May 1, 2024 by Michael Sauers
Throwback Thursday: Don’t Copy That Floppy 
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Throwback Thursday: Don’t Copy That Floppy 

Posted on May 18, 2023May 17, 2023 by Michael Sauers
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Mixtape: Cassetternet

Posted on December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 by Michael Sauers

In 1983, Simon Goodwin had a strange thought. Would it be possible to broadcast computer software over the radio? If so, could listeners record it…

Throwback Thursday: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)
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Throwback Thursday: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)

Posted on April 29, 2021April 26, 2021 by Michael Sauers

Network Working Group L. Masinter Request for Comments: 2324 1 April 1998 Category: Informational Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0) Status of this Memo…

Friday Video: Trillions of Questions, No Easy Answers: A (home) movie about how Google Search works
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Friday Video: Trillions of Questions, No Easy Answers: A (home) movie about how Google Search works

Posted on January 1, 2021December 24, 2020 by Michael Sauers

Like any typical home movie, this one started in a dusty basement with boxes of old footage. Some conversations in 2019, a field trip to…

Friday Video: I Accidentally Became A Meme: Overly Attached Girlfriend
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Friday Video: I Accidentally Became A Meme: Overly Attached Girlfriend

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 by Michael Sauers
Engadget: House approves $100 billion in broadband funding for rural areas
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Engadget: House approves $100 billion in broadband funding for rural areas

Posted on July 5, 2020July 5, 2020 by Michael Sauers

The US House of Representatives approved the Moving Forward Act this week, a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that puts $100 billion toward bringing high-speed broadband to underserved…

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