“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.”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/worlds-first-ever-cyber-cafe-cyberia-london/
#internet #TheWeb #history #InternetCafe #cyberia
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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
