12Nov/090
The Internet at 40
Not really a milestone, but I find it worth celebrating 40 years of the internet today with maybe giving my computer a rest after a month of continued online surfing. It all started in 1969 not in the name we know it today, but as Arpanet – the networking project funded by the Pentagon.
The Guardian came out with an interactive history about the internet essaying how it all started and interviewing some of its founders. Charles Kline and Bill Duvall – the very first people who communicated over it between Stanford Research Institute and the University of California.
They were in the interviews, as well as the pioneers of online gaming, social networking, and bulletin boards to mention some.