I Was An Internet Pioneer (and All I Got Was This Lousy Story)

Transcript: Hello and welcome to episode 7 of this podcast about my crazy life. While I’m not really bothering too much with content warnings with this podcast, I will say upfront that this particular episode does contain some possibly upsetting topics like child abuse, neglect, and loss. That said, I didn’t exactly plan this, but when it all came together, it suddenly occurred to me that I’m very...

Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 6! The long-awaited episode 6. I took a couple weeks off… uh, just, life getting in the way… but, um… Oh and also I am a little more casual today. I just got back from the pool, took a shower, had a little bit to eat and, you know… I gotta get this done because I have let another week get by me and I… I know that I don’t need to keep to a schedule but I want...

Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 5 of “I Was an Internet Pioneer and All I Got Was This Lousy Story.” I know, it’s kind of a long title. I have struggled with finding a name for my story, whether it be a book or podcast or whatever, for years… and when this one popped up in my head, it just felt right. I wasn’t thinking about it at the time, but now that I have, I’ve counted and the title h...

Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 4! As you might be able to tell if you’re watching the video version of this, I’m going a bit more casual today. I’ll be honest, it’s been a bit tough keeping up with this weekly schedule. It’s good for me, but I am pushing myself. And today, I just didn’t feel like getting all gussied up for this. If you’ve made it this far, I figure you can handle seeing a...

Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 3! While my first two-episodes were sort of world-building, this episode is going to be about one very specific event: The trip that Dave I took to Tampa, Florida in May of 1998. I will also be including photos. They’ll be censored but, keep that in mind if you’re consuming this episode in a way other than simply listening to it. Around the same time I took...

Transcript Hello and welcome back! This is episode two of my new series so, if you haven’t seen/heard/read the first one, make sure you do that since that first episode was pretty much all set-up, but important set-up. Now, though, it’s time to really get into it. Starting with that very first photo set that Dave posted to the Usenet newsgroups, he chose to use the name “JEN n DAVE,” putting my na...

Transcript Hello and welcome to 1995! What a time to be alive! I’m just 20 years old with my whole life ahead of me. I mean sure, this year has had its downsides… this building in Oklahoma City was bombed… OJ is on trial for killing his wife and another guy… BUT, there are so many good things happening right now, too. Cal Ripken, Jr. just broke Lou Gherig’s consecutive games played streak. Go O’s!...