Principal Victoria says she’s taking it in as evidence.

Good lord, that picture with the 5000 wires is insane. I wonder what the process was for them to scrap that mess and start putting in trunk lines to different areas of the city.

I’ve been around since the early 1980s on BBSs. I think what OP is describing is gopher:// links which were common in the early 1990s. I recall getting news and music tablature that way, but like others said it was boring and there wasn’t much else.

To me, 1996 to 2005 was the peak of the Internet experience, especially in the early 2000s when content was increasing. Big business was still oblivious about it, and little forums were able to truly thrive on their own without being on a billion dollar platform.

Web 2.0 was when it all went to shit. I remember the look when it was happening… every website went to white webpages, tons of white space, big-ass sans serif fonts, rounded buttons, and very little actual content, just minimalist screens everywhere. Every website was doing it. I knew at the time that this was symbolic of the vacuousness of the coming Internet.

Whatever happened to OpenOffice? I remember 20 years ago it was looking to be the next best thing.

Cousin Niko, a PiЯwasser truck! Must be from back home!

I always want to send them something like “What a big boy that you know what you got! And when you make the sale you can add the money to your piggy bank!”

I’m missing where there was accountability… it just sounded like USPS put out a mealymouthed corporate PR statement.