Tag: BBSing
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Thanks Frank
My friend Frank Pierce died unexpectedly on Christmas Eve. Frank is a friend who I initially “met” online. Meeting someone online nowadays is not a big deal, but around 1990 it was a weird thing to do or to even acknowledge. In those days, there was an Internet, but it was not accessible to the…
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We were cyberspace pioneers once, and young
In 1984, I purchased a Commodore 64 computer and a 300-baud modem. I cannot recall exactly how much money it cost me. I think it was around $300. For the money, not only did I have a “personal” computer but also I had a way to reach out into a new electronic frontier. With my…
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Covenanted
When you live in cyberspace can you find real community? Does having with a network of friends online amount to the same thing as a network of friends in real life? For the last few years I have been puzzling over these thoughts. I have been wondering if my family’s social life has become too…
Occam's Razor 