"Virtually the second we opened, we had three lines deep around the block. [...] If you wanted to collect your emails, we were the only place in town."

Fun fact, I actually had a summer job at an internet cafe when I was 18/19. Often working night shifts. Kind of a fun job!

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online scrolling the article: "this is not the Barlow i had in mind when thinking about (early) Cyberspace"

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online i honestly thought Cyberia only existed in Serial Experiments Lain