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27 July 2011

Wired93: part the second

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Wherein we discuss pages 20 – 31.

  • a letter to the editor from Eric Kettunen (posted on America Online) discussing how wired his family home is with a 486 PC, a Mac, two phone lines and a 9600 baud modem
  • an ad for Dysan brand floppy diskettes – 5.25″ and 3.5″
  • a Tired/Wired inset featuring Schwarzenegger/Mystery Science Theater 3000 (still accurate)
  • the launch of a proliferation of cable channels including “Television Food Network”
  • interview with James Parry, who seems to have been a precursor to the likes of 4chan while operating his Kibo personality (which is still going strong)
  • DCC – Digital Compact Cassette – from Philips:  I had no idea what this was, either
  • Digital Queers:  “We’re here, we’re queer and we have E-mail.”

Really, It’s Not Scary

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The wonderful Ms. Lauren Beal found this resource for learning the very basics of how the modern web works – and is written.  With a hint of sarcasm and a completely approachable attitude, the video modules on Don’t Fear the Internet are perfectly suited to explaining this new language of webcode to those who really don’t want to learn it any farther than they have to.  Just yesterday, Carla was bringing herself up to speed with some tutorials on the matter so I’m sure she’ll be excited to see these videos.  And you’d better believe that I will be showing clients – PSU and freelance alike – the training very frequently from here on out.