Going back a few years (from 1998), it was all dial-up and I was working in London on a stand-by. Happened to be paired with someone I respct, so I showed him "

Going back a few years (from 1998), it was all dial-up and I was working in London on a stand-by. Happened to be paired with someone I respct, so I showed him "the internet" - pretty much Pat Sharp and mtv.com back then. Headline story on mtv.com was Kurt Cobain was dead - I was like "Wow!". Guy I was working with was "yeah, it was in the papers a few days ago.". It's an abiding memory, maybe has coloured my view of the rise of the internet, just sharing a dusty anecdote.