This new thing called "Internet"

I’ve blogged about this video before, but it is worth another viewing even if you’ve already seen it. This is a CBC video from the late 1980s/early 1990s about this new thing called “Internet”, and it is fascinating to view it 15 years later:

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3 Responses to “This new thing called "Internet"”

  1. Well, I wish I could view this. *sigh*…I can’t wait to move somewhere with high-speed. I suppose I could just let it load for a while and play it then. If I have the patience to do so, I’ll comment once more.

    By the way, it’s okay to own some McCartney. I actually owned his movie “Give My Regards to Broad Street” many years ago, on VHS. I have no idea where it is today, which is probably for the best.

  2. Ha, that’s great. :) Who knows what we view as “new” today will be as big as the Internet became?

  3. I think the next huge thing will be robo sapiens. They’ll be controlling the Earth in 15 years, mark my words. I myself welcome our robot conquerors. Especially when they do that demo-dance. Yeah.

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