{"id":6794,"date":"2017-04-28T17:54:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T17:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6794"},"modified":"2017-04-07T17:55:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:55:47","slug":"linked-a-vhs-tape-from-1996-demonstrates-what-the-internet-looked-like-in-its-early-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/04\/28\/linked-a-vhs-tape-from-1996-demonstrates-what-the-internet-looked-like-in-its-early-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;A VHS Tape From 1996 Demonstrates What the Internet Looked Like in Its Early Days&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3065,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/laughingsquid.com\\\/a-vhs-tape-from-1996-demonstrates-what-the-internet-looked-like-in-its-early-days&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20170212190530\\\/http:\\\/\\\/laughingsquid.com:80\\\/a-vhs-tape-from-1996-demonstrates-what-the-internet-looked-like-in-its-early-days\\\/?&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 02:35:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-11 17:56:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-20 21:48:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-28 10:17:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 08:45:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 03:07:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 18:48:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 21:02:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-30 10:16:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 18:43:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 20:51:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-12 10:29:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 02:08:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-25 03:27:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-28 10:27:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 09:49:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 13:12:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 15:59:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-13 01:53:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-16 02:24:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-19 03:29:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-23 01:33:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-26 22:42:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 10:58:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 11:48:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 23:03:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 03:23:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 13:07:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 01:11:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 03:07:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 11:28:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 12:04:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 15:54:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 06:03:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 01:27:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 16:16:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 16:16:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/a-vhs-tape-from-1996-demonstrates-what-the-internet-looked-like-in-its-early-days\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via LaughingSquid<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Transferred from a VHS video tape, this 1996 video shows how to use a PC and how to use the PC to access the new \u201cworld wide web.\u201d I had my first website that year. It was a one pager which got an average of one visit per day, which wasn\u2019t too bad back then. I\u2019m guessing the average 1st grader knows more about using a PC and the internet than this professional instructional video is teaching. You won\u2019t believe how backwards the state of PC and internet use 15 years will seem to you as you watch.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I watched this in its entirety. Nice hop down memory lane but half-way in, I consider this tape required viewing for 90%+ of the Internet users in 2017. They don\u2019t know the difference between HTTP and HTTPS. They don\u2019t know what FTP is or why a URL is formatted the way it is.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, I was in a meeting last week and someone was sharing their screen. They Google-searched for Gmail.com. This is 2017. This person works in tech. This 21 year old tape on how to use the Internet is still valid today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via LaughingSquid: Transferred from a VHS video tape, this 1996 video shows how to use a PC and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-04-28T17:54:53Z","apple_news_api_id":"2414879d-8136-4d13-bf2e-a12717d5db28","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-04-28T17:54:56Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AJBSHnYE2TRO_LqEnF9XbKA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1LA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7243,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/12\/06\/linked-netflix-stole-my-vhs-cassette-photos-for-its-stranger-things-boxed-set\/","url_meta":{"origin":6794,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Netflix Stole My VHS Cassette Photos for Its Stranger Things Boxed Set&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via PetaPixel: Initially, I was in disbelief for two reasons. 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