Gregory's ServerAn editor at TechRadar realised that Iβm getting on a bit and asked me to write about life before Google β services that helped us survive the early days of the internet. I mostly write it while shaking my fist at clouds, obvs.
Craig Grannell
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@craiggrannell did you write it with a quill or relent and use a fountain pen? ππ
Edinburgh Man
@craiggrannell I once had a website that was featured in an actual physical book that listed websites. Naturally the URL was my university department and a tilde followed by my initials. Oh the good old days.
Chris P. π
@craiggrannell Used to be you could just telnet into your ISP and do everything from the shell. |
@craiggrannell Most of those I have somewhat positive memories of. The exception is RealPlayer, which I remember as being spammy or mostly broken.