This history of file sharing was written by Sean McManus while conducting research for the Rock & Pop Timeline book by Johnny Black, which presents a year by year history of the music industry, its stars and fashions. The article doesn’t appear in the book in its original form, so I thought I’d share it [...]
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A short history of the internet by Sean McManus
Posted by rosemary on March 2nd, 2010
We’ve come a long way, baby. Here’s a timeline of some of the significant milestones in the internet’s history. 1969 – The first node is connected to the internet’s military ancestor, ARPANET. With no HQ and the ability to bounce messages between surviving nodes until they reach their destination, ARPANET was intended to be America’s [...]
Meeting People through the Internet
Posted by jonathan on February 27th, 2010
I’ve tried dating on the internet for several years, with mixed results… I met the two loves of my life on here a few years back, and met a few real psychos in the process, too, so I can’t really say if I recommend using this as a meeting tool or not. I thought you [...]
