Comments on: Mosaic and Maria Benet

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:04:08 +0000

Big wave to Elaine long time no chat

By: Frank Paynter

Frank Paynter — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 22:54:08 +0000

Elaine, thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment! And thanks to you too, Doug and Maria. I’m always grateful for comments on my blog posts.

By: Elaine of Kalilily

Elaine of Kalilily — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:23:24 +0000

I was way behind all of you in planting my roots in that big web, but I remember those old back-fence days after I settled in. While I still only use the technology that is simple enough for me to navigate, and while I’m not blooming as fruitfully as I used to, my roots are still here, and the 6 degrees still hold. So glad you are al still here.

By: maria

maria — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:49:04 +0000

Doug: I remember you. It’s nice cross paths again.

By: maria

maria — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:47:10 +0000

I see a number of people struggle with blog rolls these days. Keeping it up and active and as a “live” link, or a conversation at the fence, is harder these days. I still haven’t found a way to manage mine. Your way of tidying up is inspirational.

By: Frank Paynter

Frank Paynter — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:02:14 +0000

Missing Lynx… hey! I see what you did there!

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:11:39 +0000

I like your idea of the backyard fence Frank – lately I’ve been pulling back my online presence – the older I get the harder it is to stay heavily involved but I do like to keep talking on occasion with those who, off and on, I made the journey with these past two decades. Occasional twitter post but mostly just G+ now and mostly for my photography

And Maria – I remember your Alembic site. I was one of those lurkers

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:05:27 +0000

Of course prior to Mosaic – the first graphical browser there was the fun of Lynx (and Archie, Veronica, Gopher and the other protocol specific browsers) – I can’t say I’m missing Lynx but it was fun at the time

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 22:58:10 +0000

Wow – the memories – it was late in 1993 or very early in 1994 when I first loaded Mosaic on my Packard Hell 386SX 16 and no looking back since – thanks Frank

By: Frank Paynter

Frank Paynter — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 22:55:44 +0000

Back in the day a lot of us connected through the use of “blog rolls.” Mine grew unwieldy and I’ve had difficulty managing it for a long time. Whenever I feel moved toward blogging, free-range journalism, or whatever one might call it, I always start with tidying up. It was nice to convert the link update chore into a post. Thanks for being my missing lynx today, maria.