Dot-ca, 20 eh!

The Vancouver Sun has a quick history of the creation of the Dot-ca top-level-domain, exactly 20 years ago today.

(The) Internet on CBC

This YouTube clip of a CBC report (circa early 1990s?) is certainly part of history (Flash required). As introduced by Peter Mansbridge, "There is a revolution taking place in rec rooms, offices, and classrooms around the world." Bill Cameron proceeds to explain the computer network "Internet", in a time before YouTube, before the dot-com collapse, before the web even caught hold. He explore chat rooms, emoticons, and written computer communication across cultures and continents.



For the first half of the report Mansbridge and Cameron call it simply "Internet" without the definite article, and the overall effect is humorous to our 21st century ears (to be fair, Cameron does include "the" towards the end). It is a charming little piece, especially in the awe shown for what would soon be everyday technology.