IMPORTANT: TODAY IS THE 12TH ANNIVERSARY OF "BEAUTIFUL CINNAMON ROLL TOO GOOD FOR THIS WORLD, TOO PURE"

#memes #internet #internetHistory

Internet Artifacts by neal.fun

A fun way to scroll through some internet history.

Internet Artifacts

Browse through the old internet

Twitch’s “Twitch Plays Pokémon” event once had over 1.16 million participants controlling a game together — a world-record interactive stream milestone.

#TwitchPlaysPokemon #TwitchHistory #InteractiveStreaming #GamingCulture #TwitchMoments #StreamingLegend #CommunityDriven #LiveInteraction #GamingCommunity #TwitchFun #StreamerFacts #InternetHistory #LiveGaming

Anil Dash: How Markdown took over the world. “Though it’s now a building block of the contemporary Internet, like so many great things, Markdown just started out trying to solve a personal problem. In 2002, John Gruber made the unconventional decision to bet his online career on two completely irrational foundations: Apple, and blogs.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/12/anil-dash-how-markdown-took-over-the-world/
Anil Dash: How Markdown took over the world | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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The #UK Government's Department of #Transport website in 1997. 🖥️🌐🛣️🛤️

#RetroWeb #90sInternet #WebDesignHistory #InternetHistory #Year1997

🎭 Oh, the valiant quest to maintain WiFi signals amidst chaos and ruin! Apparently, the secret to outsmarting ISIS and global intelligence is a grab-bag of everything from Syrian cinema to LGBTIQFeminisms. 📡 Maybe next we'll learn how Shakespeare saved the internet in Syria! 🙄
https://syriauntold.com/2025/12/27/keeping-syria-connected-during-war/ #WiFiChallenges #SyrianCinema #LGBTIQFeminism #InternetHistory #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated
Keeping Syria connected during war | SyriaUntold | حكاية ما انحكت

Who remembers the #London #Transport website in 1996? 🚏🚌🚇⦵ 🖥️

"Best viewed in Netscape!" 😁

#RetroWeb #90sInternet #WebDesignHistory #InternetHistory #TfL

TODAY IN HISTORY: January 1, 1983 – ARPANET Adopts TCP/IP

The modern Internet begins not with a machine, but with agreement 🌐

TCP/IP allowed disparate networks to communicate through shared standards, proving cooperation scales better than control.

#Brewminate #TodayInHistory #InternetHistory