Archive for January, 2008

This picture on Graham Linehan’s blog reminded me of the all-night MUD, Usenet & IRC sessions in UL’s VAX lab back in the day. Those who couldn’t go the distance woke up with a case of qwertyface. These were the early days of the Internet in Ireland (1991-1995), and IOL and the like were only getting started. Universities, via HEAnet, were the only connections to the net.

Many of the old timers still called it ARPANET and begrudged the intrusion of undergrads into what was supposed to be a serious academic and scientific tool. We were the kind of people who would post requests More >