The Weekly Bit: A Bit About the Internet

The Weekly Bit (dead link, 11/30/06)

1. How long have you been online? Not today, but in total, how long have you had your computer?
1996

2. Do you have many online friends? Have you ever met any in person or spoken to them over the phone?
Some, but except for one or two people, we’ve only communicated via e-mail.

3. What are your favorite things to do while online?
Besides e-mail? Check Borders inventory; play online video games; surf blogs; procrastinate.

4. List your favorite websites.
Besides my own? Here’s my new favorite: Awful Plastic Surgery

5. Do you know HTML, Javascripts? Do you create your own webpages and graphics?
Do you have any websites?
Just enough HTML to change font attributes and insert links/images. The first personal site I created was in ‘98–the final project for Intro. to computers 101, composed in Netscape and uploaded via FTP. I have absolutely no idea how to do that now. I’ve only messed around with graphics by creating icons and avatars. Below are links to my pages.

slacktivities (old blog, dead link, 10/09/05)

Cell 2187 (old blog, currently in the process of importing posts and comments to this blog; 11/30/06)

6. What do you hate about the Internet? What annoys you most about it?
When it’s s-s-s-s-l-l-l-l-o-o-o-w. And we have cable Internet. Having grown up during a time in which various time-savers appeared on the market (microwave, fax, word processors, etc.), unfortunately, my impatience has increased.