@bithistory.bsky.social💾 **500,000 Users Online — At the SAME TIME!**
A neat piece of early Internet history we picked up for the BitHistory collection!
This original America Online (AOL) plaque commemorates reaching **500,000 simultaneous users on October 27, 1997**
@cartridgeandquest.bsky.socialRemember those AOL 1000 free hours CDs? Total horror movie vibes – a girl crawling out of your computer screen. They weren't giving away free internet, they were selling addiction. Get you hooked, then pay up. Classic early internet gambit. #AOL #90sNostalgia #90sTech #Y2K #InternetHistory
@properlyintrst.bsky.socialThe First Cyberattack That Its Own Court Never Called an Attack
History's first cyberattack?
Full video: https://youtu.be/DSoHyosN5uE
Made with AI and edited by a human. Every claim fact-checked against primary sources.
@thedailyhistorian.bsky.socialIn 2010, there were no Stories, Reels or advertisements. The central idea was simply to take a photograph on a phone, make it look good with a filter and share it with other people.
#Instagram #SocialMediaHistory #TechnologyHistory #Photography #InternetHistory #OnThisDay
@pitrh.bsky.socialThe first packet sent on an RFC1149-compliant (avian carrier) network is up for auction: onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-print...
For background, see blug.linux.no/project/rfc1... and nxdomain.no/~peter/rfc11... #rfc1149 #firstpacket #networking #aviancarrier #auction #internethistory #tcpip
@cronologia.bsky.socialBefore YouTube had a copyright system, Kevin MacLeod decided his music would be free for everyone, permanently. With that radical move, one American composer changed the internet's soundtrack. #KevinMacLeod #RoyaltyFreeMusic #InternetHistory
@settersnick19.bsky.socialUnpopular opinion but edge was better than explorer HOWEVER EXPLORER IS THE MORE ICONIC #INTERNETHISTORY
@backhouse06.bsky.socialThe AI Error That Almost Led to War
AI-narrated, sourced explainer.
@theoff-keybard.bsky.social👇 Read the full story on The Bard's Desk:
theoffkeybard.com/bards-desk/h...
#InternetHistory #ThisDayInHistory #ComputerHistory #CompuServe #TheOffKeyBard #BardsDesk (3/3)
@techforeveryone.bsky.socialHedy Lamarr — 1940s film star, and in 1942 co-patented frequency hopping to stop torpedo signals being jammed.
Spread-spectrum ideas from that family sit under Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS today.
Free worksheets, all 4 bands.
@bsletten.bsky.socialIt’s like none of you pirates arrrrree even celebrating today.
Maybe that’s because ninjas arrrre way cooler.
@theoff-keybard.bsky.social
@admin.educationFoundation #vWorker Member — the real historical curiosity.
Sites like #Scriptlance (2000) and #vWorker belongs to an earlier era of online contracting, so this can become the final "internet archaeology" post rather than presenting it as a programming exam...
#vworker #freelancing #internethistory
@cowsites.nethello friends! we couldn't get our instagram account back BUT we have a new account: check it out if you want a #1 cowsites fan badge*: instagram.com/2cow2sites
*disclaimer this badge only exists in the confines of your brain
@researchbuzz.bsky.social#journalism #media #technology #InternetHistory
'Search the technology reporting of Newsbytes News Network, documenting the formative years of personal computing, online services, telecommunications, and the Internet from 1983 to 2002.'
@deli-ofc.bsky.socialnow for something completely different:
fidelity-ofc.github.io/hulagirl/
after learning the digital history of a rather famous elder web gif, I discovered its physical reference and did a bit of a research project on it
take a look
#oldweb #internethistory #gifs #internetarchive
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