From: Mustafa Akgul (akgul@Bilkent.EDU.TR)
Date: Wed 20 Jul 2005 - 17:28:44 EEST
From: Bob Rankin <bob@RANKIN.ORG>
Subject: TOURBUS - 19 Jul 2005 - Happy Birthday Tourbus
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TOURBUS Volume 10, Number 68 -- 19 July 2005
Tourbus Home - http://www.TOURBUS.com
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TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPIC: Happy Birthday Tourbus!
Woohoo! This month the Internet Tourbus turns 10 years old. So
we'll do a little retrospective, look at some Internet history,
and move on to the latest and greatest. Read on...
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Back In My Day...
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When Patrick and I began publishing Tourbus in July of 1995, the
Internet was 25 years young, but the Web was a mere two-year-old.
Our mission then, as now, was to highlight Internet resources that
are cool, fun or useful, and to help people understand and use the
Net safely.
Back then, it was still largely a text-only world, and we would
have given anything for a 56K modem. Computers are now 50 times
faster and sport hard drives that are 1000 times bigger. Spyware
was unheard of. Spam was something that happened to other people.
Internet Explorer did not yet exist.
Fast forward to 2005... we're still having a blast driving the
world's biggest bus, and we have to say THANKS to those of you who
have been faithful riders since Day One, to our sponsors who make
this free newsletter possible, and to over 100,000 readers in 130
countries around the world. We appreciate your kind words of
support and encouragement.
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A History Lesson
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The history of computing and the story of how the Internet came to
be are fascinating subjects to me. But it's too big a story to tell
here, so I've pulled together some excellent links that you can use
to explore it at your leisure.
The HISTORY OF COMPUTING PROJECT offers a timeline of the major
events in the history of computers, biographies of computer pioneers,
and even a history of video games.
HOBBES' INTERNET TIMELINE gives a brief history of Internet
milestones from 1957 to present.
http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline
"WHERE WIZARDS STAY UP LATE: THE ORIGINS OF THE INTERNET" tells the
story of the origins of the Internet, based on interviews with the
people who made it happen. Perhaps you've never heard of Bob Taylor,
Vint Cerf or J.R. Licklider but after reading this book you'll want
to thank them. Search for the book here:
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/compare/isbn/0684832674
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Snapshots of the Web
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The Internet Archive has been taking "snapshots" of Internet sites
since 1996 and stashing them away for posterity. To date, more than
10 billion pages have been stored in the Internet Archive's database.
Using the Wayback Machine is a wonderful walk down memory lane if
you've been online for a few years.
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Back to the Future
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Two questions I see often on my AskBobRankin site are "Why does it
take so long for my computer to start up?" and "Why is my computer
running slower than it used to?"
I have this theory that sludge builds up inside a computer over time,
much like an automobile engine. After a while, it doesn't start right
up like when it was new, it stalls unexpectedly, and performance is
sluggish on the (information) highway. Wouldn't it be nice if there
was something like engine cleaner you could pour into your PC to
restore that "like new" performance?
Well voila! My new recipe for Cyber Sludge Remover is guaranteed to
make your computer start quicker and run faster. And of course you
can get it at no charge. Read my article "Making Windows XP Start
Faster" and then tell me how it worked for you.
Pop in and browse around, you'll find details on this topic and
other questions as well.
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That's all for now, see you next time! -- Bob Rankin
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