“The growing phenomenon of Internet”
The, um, internet is abuzz over a video posted at Torontoist about “the growing phenomenon of Internet”. Taken from an early ’90s CBC news report, the video is hilarious mainly because it’s so darn earnest, and comes complete with sweetly novel-sounding dial-up and a gripping explanation of two emoticons (FYI, :-] means “I AM KIDDING” and :-[ means “I AM SERIOUS”). Of (not “the”, just) Internet’s growth, it is reportly “growing like an embryonic brain at a rate of 10% per month”. When asked “What does Internet mean to you?” one Canadian replies “It has more soul than any human being I know”. Those were the days, eh? For more command line than you can shake a stick at, check it out. Internet is waiting for you! Snaps to Robyn for directing me to this story at Qwantz.com today.
P.S. In honour of this great video, Ryan North will be selling “I AM SERIOUS” t-shirts after Christmas. I can’t wait!
December 8th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
And you wonder why I’m such a geek. I was the third guy from the left with a 2400 baud modem. There’s no getting back to normalcy after that.