FriendBurst Blog

In early 2000 I bought my first internet ready computer.  I was nearing the age 50.  It was a Dell.  It came with a lifetime free internet access provided by Alta Vista.  It was dialup but I did not realize how slow dialup was back then.  I thought it was wonderful.  Alta Vista offered dialup access, email, chat and a bunch of other things that they said I would have for a lifetime.  It turned out to be their lifetime, not mine.

I had previously owned Radio Shack and Commodore computers.  They were pre-internet and were useful only in that they gave me the experience of writing simple programs and playing pre-installed games.

I played with the computer, went to the computer store and bought new gadgets to attached.  Many times the store clerk would tell me that these gadgets wouldn’t work, I needed a new computer.  They did work, at least for a while.   When they didn’t work, I started building my own computers.

I believe that the internet has opened up new means to both view the world and change it.  I hope others embrace this and continue to challenge the status quo continue to push the envelop of human progress.