The first webcam was for people to know if a coffee pot was in use
From the Illustrated Bizarre Facts challenge. See all 61 entries (closed)
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From the Illustrated Bizarre Facts challenge. See all 61 entries (closed)
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one of my early internet projects - 1995 I think
was a page where you could vote on who made the tea in my office
I used page counters to judge the votes - not hugely accurate
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Sun 23 Dec 2012, 22:38,
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I used page counters to judge the votes - not hugely accurate
yes
but I think the office ignored the votes so it didn't matter hugely
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Sun 23 Dec 2012, 22:42,
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I'd always assumed that making the tea
is seen as one above having to do work and so people would want to do it. Like a second-rate fag break.
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Sun 23 Dec 2012, 22:46,
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Yikes I remember this and my first dial up on the Internet. Command line only
Then Mosaic turned up. Since then shaved genitalia, cats doing stupid stuff and me me me me. Progress I guess.
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Sun 23 Dec 2012, 23:22,
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The internet was better in the 90s
before all the people turned up.
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Sun 23 Dec 2012, 23:31,
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Pffff. internet.
I was having dial-up cybersex on Commodore BBSes before any of the posers started [air quotes] logging on [/air quotes].
It occurs to me that there's not much difference between "I was into them before they were cool" and "When oi were a lad…"
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Mon 24 Dec 2012, 12:54,
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It occurs to me that there's not much difference between "I was into them before they were cool" and "When oi were a lad…"
The difference is that one is born of arrogance
and one is nostalgia, I guess.
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