"Yes. And USENET was just like web fora, except with all your forums under one powerful interface. And IRC was just like IM, except, well no IRC is exactly like IM.
Why did we need to invent twitter, web fora, and IM when we had Listserv, USENET, and IRC?"What is old is new again.
tim I'm fully 5 hours late to this but if you haven't already, you might want to try Googling "tilt". (via @acton inter alia) #eastereggsThu, Nov 03 13:35:02 from web
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wesrucker247 Pat Summitt to her players: "I'm still going to remember your name, and I'm still going to yell at you."Fri, Nov 04 12:24:24 from TweetDeck
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"This will be the 36th running of the five-borough marathon. Mendelsohn is the only person who has been on the course for every mile of every one of them, always in the lead vehicle. His official title is Communications Director, which means he’s in charge of 400 ham radio operators who provide the communications pathways for all aspects of the race."That's an impressive record even if he had been healthy the whole time. I continue to be surprised at all the places ham radio pops up.
"Dennis Derickson (AC0P), Cal Poly Electrical Engineering (EE) department chair, conceived the Freshman Licensing Initiative which gives every EE 111 student a chance to get their radio license. As part of the EE 111 curriculum, this test session will be administered during the 50-minute class period and count as one of the midterm exams for the freshmen students."I wish I had an opportunity* like this when I was in school.
