I lived through it, so you'd think i'd remember, but what struck me was how long anime girls have been a part of 'computer culture'. Winamp, OSX Aqua, Sonique,

I lived through it, so you'd think i'd remember, but what struck me was how long anime girls have been a part of 'computer culture'. Winamp, OSX Aqua, Sonique, Shoutcast, Windows 9x : all gone. Rei and Lain -- still immensely popular across the internet. edit : found my old favorite https://skins.webamp.org/skin/78deb012fc1bd1db7ccc00de2a28a124/The_Winbreta_v2.wsz/ https://skins.webamp.org/skin/78deb012fc1bd1db7ccc00de2a28a1... there's something nice about contrasting chickenscratch style hand-writing with graphing paper and the rest of the rectangular interface plastering the rest of the computer. Almost a squiggle-vision Dr.Katz feel to it.