Several weeks ago, Chris at IIS Hacks posted a rant entitled “What Ruined the Internet?”. I just came across it and am linking to it just because of the awesome intro paragraph that took me on a quick trip down memory lane:

“I’ve been around the Internet since long before the “Dot-Com Bubble”, when we had to get our MP3s from IRC and use Blade’s Encoder for the command line. Slashdot was just starting up, ICQ was the only instant messenger around, and Winamp really did whip the Llama’s ass. Those were the days…or were they?”

I don’t necessarily agree with the rest of his rant, but he got one thing right: Those really were the days…