In the early hours, at the turning of the year (9
3 - 94), when all the tess-
ellated pieces of then high-technology had fin-
ally clicked into place — though I squirm now to confess
These were only a modest Windows 3.1,
Tattam’s stack (as shareware — good on yer, Pete),
A complimentary Demon account, hellish but fun
(God bless the little devils), and, to complete
My toolset, the first graphical browser Mosa-
ic — I was jiggering around, and it happened. Bits blurr-
ed across the Net, and a spinning globe proved
That at last I had joined — logged on to the NCSA
At the UIUC, with its mighty, mythical Ur-
URL. That night, for me, the earth moved.
3 - 94), when all the tess-
ellated pieces of then high-technology had fin-
ally clicked into place — though I squirm now to confess
These were only a modest Windows 3.1,
Tattam’s stack (as shareware — good on yer, Pete),
A complimentary Demon account, hellish but fun
(God bless the little devils), and, to complete
My toolset, the first graphical browser Mosa-
ic — I was jiggering around, and it happened. Bits blurr-
ed across the Net, and a spinning globe proved
That at last I had joined — logged on to the NCSA
At the UIUC, with its mighty, mythical Ur-
URL. That night, for me, the earth moved.
(12.12.1998)
