Apr 172012
Someone had the clever idea to create a site reimagining Google as a BBS circa 1987, complete with ASCII art and modem screeches. BBSs were the precursors to the modern web. You dialed in to chat with other people, play simple text-based games, and read posts from fellow users. If the sysadmin liked you, you might even get access to the restricted prØn library. I seem to recall incurring the wrath of my parents after dialing long-distance to a Milwaukee BBS in my never-ending quest for dirty pictures.
Of course, nothing like Google existed back then. If it had, I probably would have bankrupted my family.
