Tuesday Favorites....early days of the internet

[CDGator]

Back in the early days when Gore invented the internet, what were some of the best websites that kids these days will never know about?

 

[Detroitgator]

Back in the early days when Gore invented the internet, what were some of the best websites that kids these days will never know about?

@bradgator2 will back me up here... but my FAVORITE "home page" to this day was the old Yahoo home page that you could absolutely customize the F out of in terms of everything you could possibly want to see on one page/"feed". Down to a gnats ass level of detail for types of news, sports, stock portfolio... on and on and on.

 

[Gatordiddy]

CompuServe BBS.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Lan parties of games like Quake or Doom, or that really really schitty looking development software that UF was teaching Java and C++ that was orange and blue, which would be killing your eyes by 1am

 

[Gatordiddy]

LAN parties for sure.
We had a great network set up at the Tech Data training center in Largo and did a few Doom95 parties.
Rambo and God mode come to mind

 

[TheDouglas78]

LAN parties for sure.
We had a great network set up at the Tech Data training center in Largo and did a few Doom95 parties.
Rambo and God mode come to mind

Tech Data I worked not to far from them for almost 2 decades

 

[LaylaGator]

I just have vague memories of AOL with minimal fondness.

But I can honestly say I remember my first ever Google search!! I was at work doing a lot of research, and someone came to my door and suggested I try a new search engine Google, because it found "everything." My very first search right then and there was pics of Derek Jeter. Lol

 

[Gatordiddy]

Tech Data I worked not to far from them for almost 2 decades

Did you work at that little store that made great Cuban sandwiches across from the airport?

 

[TheDouglas78]

Did you work at that little store that made great Cuban sandwiches across from the airport?

No, Little further than that... I still work for the company, but not I can work from home... home office is in Feathersound

 

[Gatordiddy]

No, Little further than that... I still work for the company, but not I can work from home... home office is in Feathersound

RJ?

 

[Grumbler]

No, Little further than that... I still work for the company, but not I can work from home... home office is in Feathersound

Jabil?

 

[Gatordiddy]

Jabil?

HSN??

 

[Detroitgator]

Lan parties of games like Quake or Doom, or that really really schitty looking development software that UF was teaching Java and C++ that was orange and blue, which would be killing your eyes by 1am

I liked playing the original 2 or 3 World of Warcrafts like that.

 

[Detroitgator]

RJ?

Nope

 

[Detroitgator]

Jabil?

Nope

 

[Detroitgator]

HSN??

Nope, but someone's wife who worked for the same company did work for HSN.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Nope, but someone's wife who worked for the same company did work for HSN.

Spectrum?
PCSU?
Chick fil a?
Courtside Grill??

C’mon man… getting desperate here.

 

[Detroitgator]

Spectrum?
PCSU?
Chick fil a?
Courtside Grill??

C’mon man… getting desperate here.

He doesn't work for any of those...

 

[Detroitgator]

OK, I'll spill the beans... he works for Thee Manor (formerly "Diamond something") but is able to do all their "IT" work remotely now

 

[Gatordiddy]

OK, I'll spill the beans... he works for Thee Manor (formerly "Diamond something") but is able to do all their "IT" work remotely now

You made me look that up