What a lovely written article, and a nice throwback to that time of the "earlier" internet. I also enjoyed the photo of the author in the motel hunched over his

What a lovely written article, and a nice throwback to that time of the "earlier" internet. I also enjoyed the photo of the author in the motel hunched over his laptop; certainly rings a few bells for myself (and perhaps others here as well). I remember arguing with my family as I was trying to play Ultima Online on our 28.8k connection and someone wanted to use the phone. Salt in the wound was when the phone call wasn't urgent but rather just a normal chin-wag with a friend. Was always a thrill to discover if during that sliver of time after school and sports, and before homework and dinner, and nobody was using the phone (and I hadn't used up my current allotment of our shared home PC as well), I could log into UO Sonoma and play for a short but glorious time, and hopefully avoid getting grief-killed as well. Really fun times and good memories.